iSCSI LUN recommended sector size

5 May 2017

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I'm setting up a new iSCSI LUN / volume and am wondering what the recommend=
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=
si LUN? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Regards,
William

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