Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard (non
512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember seeing
a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models still
1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
(I recall a similar question being asked recently on this list, but my
data-mining ability failed me this time).
MO drives themselves do not determine the sector size, you must look for a
1024b/s media which should be currently available from multiple vendors.
Jo Simons
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From: Nicholas Ryan [mailto:xxxxx@secretseal.com]
Sent: woensdag 27 februari 2002 02:32
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] drives with non-standard sector size?
Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard (non
512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember seeing
a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models still
1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
(I recall a similar question being asked recently on this list, but my
data-mining ability failed me this time).
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This is so obvious that surely you’ve thought of using a CD?
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Ryan [mailto:xxxxx@secretseal.com]
Sent: 27 February 2002 01:32
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] drives with non-standard sector size?
Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard (non
512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember seeing
a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models still
1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
(I recall a similar question being asked recently on this list, but my
data-mining ability failed me this time).
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Nicholas,
NR> Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard (non
NR> 512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember seeing
NR> a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
NR> they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models still
NR> 1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
I seem to remember seing MO disks with sectors of 2048 bytes, too.
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Pierre Duhem
Logiciels & Services Duhem, Paris (France)
xxxxx@macdisk.com
DVD rewritables are 2048 bytes devices as well. These may be easier to
get ahold of nowadays.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pierre Duhem [mailto:xxxxx@duhem.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:23 AM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: drives with non-standard sector size?
Nicholas,
NR> Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard
(non
NR> 512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember
seeing
NR> a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
NR> they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models
still
NR> 1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
I seem to remember seing MO disks with sectors of 2048 bytes, too.
–
Best Regards
Pierre Duhem
Logiciels & Services Duhem, Paris (France)
xxxxx@macdisk.com
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Many RAID arrays with integral controllers use 4096 byte sectors.
Emulate your own with a disk filter.
----- Original Message -----
From: “Nicholas Ryan”
To: “File Systems Developers”
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:32 AM
Subject: [ntfsd] drives with non-standard sector size?
> Anybody know offhand of a storage device that uses a non-standard (non
> 512-byte) sector size that I can test my filter with? I remember seeing
> a magneto-optical drive 5 years ago that used 1024-byte sectors, and
> they do still sell magneto-optical drives, but are today’s models still
> 1024-bytes? Would I ever encounter anything above 1024 bytes?
>
> (I recall a similar question being asked recently on this list, but my
> data-mining ability failed me this time).
>
> - Nicholas Ryan
>
>
>
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