[mythtvnz] System freezes thrashing HDD

[Tony Sauri]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:56, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 00:13 +1200, Steven Ellis wrote:
> > > Take a look at this link:
> > >
> > > http://www.greengecko.co.nz/node/21
> > >
> > > "WD Green disks are formatted with 4096 byte blocks, not the usual
> > > 512.
> > > While this shouldn't be a problem, it doesn't report this fact
> > > properly.
> > > Also, if partitions aren't actually created on a 4k boundary, then
> > > performance slows to a crawl."
> >
> > Currently only the 2TB models have 4096 byte blocks so this is
> > unlikely.
>
> This statement is incorrect, as my example of a 1TB disk shows. It's (at
> least - there may be others) the 'R' of EARS in the part number that
> identifies disks with 4KB blocks.
>
> Steve

This document seems to confirm your understanding:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701229.pdf

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Advanced Formatting
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Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers to increase
media format efficiencies, thus enabling larger drive capacities.
(WDxxEARS and WDxxxxAARS models only)
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Tony
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