Hard drive spec change

[Peter Jones]

On 03/10/2010 05:28 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
> 
>> Felix Miata wrote:
> 
>>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
>>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
>>> mailing list.
> 
>> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one 
>> obvious win.
> 
> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
> analysis.

Note also that the access time will be slightly faster.

-- 
        Peter

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