From wcooley at textwise.com Thu May 4 23:10:34 2017 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2401928913214122984==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: William Cooley To: users at ovirt.org Subject: [ovirt-users] iSCSI LUN recommended sector size Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 21:38:00 +0000 Message-ID: --===============2401928913214122984== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --_000_BLUPR0801MB659DFB1D72979A76DF0D1CCC4EA0BLUPR0801MB659na_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm setting up a new iSCSI LUN / volume and am wondering what the recommend= =3D ed sector size is. The setup wizard recommends 8KB for vmware. I've read that QCOW2 uses 64KB blocks? Does this mean I use 64KB on the isc= =3D si LUN? Sorry if this is a stupid question. Regards, William --_000_BLUPR0801MB659DFB1D72979A76DF0D1CCC4EA0BLUPR0801MB659na_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=3D"us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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I&#= 8217=3D ;ve read that QCOW2 uses 64KB blocks? Does this mean I use 64KB= =3D on the iscsi LUN? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Regards,

William

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