<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Well I guess the lack of responses means that without taking extraordinary steps, I&#39;m pretty much screwed. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for the idea though Tom. I&#39;m not sure if it&#39;s worth going to that much trouble though, at least for now.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Having the partition aligned to the erasure blocks probably gives the most benefit anyway.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Richard</div></div>