<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=big5"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style></head> <body> <body><div>The ashift parameter doesn't apply in illumos if my memory serves me well. It was introduced by ZoL.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Fred</div><div><br><br><div class="acompli_signature"><br></div><br></div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 1:37 PM -0700, "Geoff Nordli" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffn@gnaa.net" target="_blank">geoffn@gnaa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><br></div></body> <font size="2"><div class="PlainText">Quick, question.<br> <br> Any performance differences between 4Kn and 512e with ashift=12?<br> <br> I am thinking there should not be, since they will both write the full <br> 4K block size.<br> <br> The workload will be virtual machines using a zvol.<br> <br> thanks,<br> <br> Geoff<br> _______________________________________________<br> OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br> OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br> <a href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a><br> </div></font> </body> </html>