4kn

Hi, so I bought an R710 a while back, and for some reason the drives were not recognised by the raid controller. Initially I had an M1015, but swapped it out for an H700 when the drives didn't work. (The seller thought the H700 would work with the drives). The drives are 4Kn (HP...

Sorry for the delays, but we're back with some exclusives: x250 - HGST 10TB HC510 - ~100hrs runtime @ $179/ea Use code STHHDD to receive $40 off per drive. These are open box 4Kn drives at an excellent price! Please be sure your equipment is compatible. The code will also work on the 512e...

Hi all, I need realy fast HDD array and I was thinking about Adaptec 81605ZQ + 10x HDD 4Kn + 2x SSD for cache (S3710). A question is... it is possible to make such array with workable SSD caching. I know that this is not supported under LSI3108 (it does not officialy support 4Kn drives and SSD...

This is a thread to discuss real-world experiences with 4Kn disk configurations. 4Kn drives expose the underlying 4KB sector size to the operating system, as opposed to 512e which hides the 4K sectors (with varying degrees of success) from the operating system. There is a dearth of real-world...