On Tuesday 13 May 2008 00:44:58 Myles Uyema wrote: > We're setting up a Linux iSCSI lun and wonder whether NetApp accounts for a > raw block device without partitions or with partitions? > > Should we simply format /dev/sdd as a filesystem, or should we partition it > at /dev/sdd1 allocating the whole the disk? Hello Myles, There's a Performance Issue when partitioning LUNs. Partition alignment is required for better performance. Please follow to the below mentioned link for further details about how to partition your LUN. http://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb8190 You can also refer to the following Red Hat Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=179390 Ritesh -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf Linux SAN Enginnering NetApp Inc. - http://www.netapp.com
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