Re: BBU Cache vs. spindles - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: BBU Cache vs. spindles
Date
Msg-id 201012011348.oB1Dm1123786@momjian.us
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In response to Re: BBU Cache vs. spindles  ("Pierre C" <lists@peufeu.com>)
List pgsql-performance
Pierre C wrote:
>
> > Is that true?  I have no idea.  I thought everything was done at the
> > 512-byte block level.
>
> Newer disks (2TB and up) can have 4k sectors, but this still means a page
> spans several sectors.

Yes, I had heard about that.

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