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    Recommended cluster vs. sector size for 6TB hard disk? Diff? Optimize random access speed

    Whats the recommended cluster and sector size for 4TB or 6TB hard disk (formatted with NTFS)? It should be optimized for random access speed. Whats the difference between cluster and sector size at all? And which one has more impact on the random access speed? Toby
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    • cluster size disk formatting file system hard disk ntfs optimization performance random access sector size storage
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    You receive an error when building a RAID volume using disks with different sector sizes

    When you try to configure a RAID volume using disks with different sector sizes [such as between an Advanced Format disk (4-KB physical block size though 512 bytes on logical) and a non-Advanced Format disk (512 physical block size).], you receive the... Link Removed
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    • advanced format configuration disk error logical block physical block raid sector size storage volume
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    A hotfix is available that adds the FileFsSectorSizeInformation information class to Windows 7 and t

    Describe a hotfix that adds a new information class to Windows 7 and to Windows Server 2008 R2. This information class is used to return a "FILE_FS_SECTOR_SIZE_INFORMATION" structure that contains information about the physical and logical sector sizes... More...
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    • file systems hotfix information kb article microsoft sector size technical support update windows 7 windows server
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    An update that improves the compatibility of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Advanced Form

    This article describes an update that improves the interoperability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Advanced Format Disks that have a 4 KB physical sector size. More...
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    • 4 kb advanced format compatibility disk management interoperability sector size update windows 7 windows server
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