lis :comfytea: :lesbianthoughts: on Nostr: > when creating a zpool it's important to set the `ashift` correctly. it should be ...
> when creating a zpool it's important to set the `ashift` correctly. it should be set to the `log2` of the physical sector size, which can be queried with `lsblk -o +phy-sec`.
ok cool, the sector size of these SSDs is 512 bytes so i should set the `ashift` to 9 i guess
> also, SSDs often lie about their sector size for compatibility reasons. their sector size is usually 4096 or even 8192 bytes.
okay and HOW THE FUCK DO I FIND THAT OUT?
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