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		hhw on Sept 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenZFS launch Newer disks use 4K instead of 512 byte sectors like older drives, so when you partition your disks you need to take care to align them accordingly.

stavros on Sept 18, 2013 [–]

Exactly. ZFS has a parameter for this, which you need to set manually.

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