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Re: Problem identified: WAPL/RAIDframe performance problems



> I must look at how to determine that disks have 4k sectors and to
> ensure filesystesm have 4k fragments - regardless of the fs size.

Seems to me the right thing is to believe what the disk tells you.  If
you really want to be friendly to broken hardware, add a quirk for
disks known to lie about their sector size.  (Yes, I consider it broken
for a disk to lie about its sector size.)

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