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Chapter 9: Technology Background
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Linux operating systems with the 2.6 kernel support 64-bit LBA. For these
OSes, always choose the default 512 B sector size.
2 TB Limitation
If your Host PC runs Windows 2000 or Windows XP (32-bit), and you want to
create logical drives larger than 2TB, you must choose a sector size larger than
512 B when you create the logical drive. The table below correlates sector size
with logical drive capacity.
Logical Drive Size Sector Size
8 to 16 TB 4096 bytes (4 KB)
4 to 8 TB 2048 bytes (2 KB)
2 to 4 TB 1024 bytes (1 KB)
0 to 2 TB 512 bytes (512 B)
Because logical drives can be expanded, you may encounter a situation where
the usable capacity of your expanded logical drive is reduced by the addressing
issue described above. There are two alternatives:
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Limit your logical drive expansion to within the limits described in the chart.
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Back up your data, then delete your existing logical drive and create a new
one with a larger sector size.
Cache Policy
As it is used with ASUS Storage, the term cache refers to any of several kinds of
high-speed, volatile memory that hold data moving from your computer to the
physical drives or vice-versa. Cache is important because it can read and write
data much faster than a physical drive. There are read caches, which hold data
as it is read from a physical drive; and write caches, which hold data as it is
written to a physical drive.
In order to tune the cache for best performance in different applications, user-
adjustable settings are provided. Cache settings are made on the RAID
controller
. See ―Making Controller Settings‖ on page 132 (ASUS Storage
Management) or page 213 (CLU).