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blue68f100 · 04-21-2006, 12:00 PM

It's using LBA48.

This (33 meg) is the RAID 5 overhead. It keeps parity data for drives on each side of it. It uses this data to rebuild the array incase there is a failure.

It can also be due to drive hardware, One my be using 3 platters where the other is 2. Which changes heads and cyl.

04-21-2006, 12:00 PM	#2
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Any one out there playing with Guardian OS It's using LBA48. This (33 meg) is the RAID 5 overhead. It keeps parity data for drives on each side of it. It uses this data to rebuild the array incase there is a failure. It can also be due to drive hardware, One my be using 3 platters where the other is 2. Which changes heads and cyl. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820 Last edited by blue68f100; 04-21-2006 at 12:34 PM.