Analysis: The Impact Of Shifting From 512 Byte To 4 KB Sectors

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Slowly but surely, hard drives with 4 KB sectors are replacing the "legacy" 512 byte sector size. By January 2011, all drive vendors will have made this transition. Buyers of new PCs are safe, but there are still a few performance pitfalls to note.

Misaligned Sector Results: Streaming Reads/Writes

Sequential, streaming operation effectively does not suffer from misaligned sectors at all.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos