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512e and 4Kn Disk Formats

Figure 5 Advanced Format emulation logos

Figure 6 Advanced Format native logos

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Conclusion

The industry transition away from the legacy 512-byte sector is a certainty, and gives hard drive suppliers
another tool for driving improved areal densities. Dell and our customers both benefit from this transition
through higher capacity hard drives and continued reliability.

The key to a smooth transition is a well-educated storage community who can avoid potential
performance pitfalls. The most critical aspect of a smooth and successful transition to 4K sectors used in
Advanced Format is performance. Whether you are building or configuring a computer, do the following
to ensure optimal performance:

• Use"an"operating"system"to"align"partitions"on"a"4Kn"boundary
• Use"third-party"software"or"utilities"to"create"hard"drive"partitions;"verify"with"your"Dell"team"to"

ensure"the"products"you're"using"have"been"updated"and"confirmed"to"be"4K

Together with our industry colleagues and customers, we can make the transition to Advanced Format 4K
sectors smooth and efficient, leveraging the long-term potential benefits for Dell and our customers.

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Additional resources

http://www.seagate.com/tech-insights/advanced-format-4k-sector-hard-drives-master-ti/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848035(v=vs.85).aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/04/24/exchange-2010-database-availability-groups-
and-disk-sector-sizes.aspx

http://www.idema.org/?page_id=2900

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