4K pages probably used to be too large

By: David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com), May 11, 2021 7:57 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
wumpus (wumpus.delete@this.lost.in.a.hole) on May 5, 2021 9:06 am wrote:
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> Even modern disk drives use 4k pages, although I'm sure that has more to do with newer ECC
> algorithms (and the need for their efficiency) than any underlying preference for 4k pages.

Disk sector sizes only have to do with ECC and overhead. CD, DVD, and large MO disks use 2048 byte sectors. The change from 512 to 2048 byte sectors in MO disks increased capacity from 540 to 640 megabytes.

Flash memory uses larger sector sizes for the same reasons.
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4K pages probably used to be too largeYuhong Bao2021/05/01 12:01 PM
  HDD seek time isn't freeMark Roulo2021/05/01 01:12 PM
    HDD seek time isn't freeYuhong Bao2021/05/01 01:21 PM
      HDD seek time isn't freeTim Mc2021/05/01 01:42 PM
        HDD seek time isn't freerwessel2021/05/01 01:57 PM
  4K pages probably used to be too largeBen LaHaise2021/05/02 09:45 AM
    VAX was 512 (in 1977) (NT)anonymous22021/05/02 07:36 PM
      FWIW, S/370 offered a choice of 2K and 4K (NT)rwessel2021/05/03 04:09 AM
      DEC's earliest PDP-11 disks were 512 (in 1971)John Yates2021/05/03 12:53 PM
    4K pages probably used to be too largeanon22021/05/03 12:17 AM
      4K pages probably used to be too largeBen LaHaise2021/05/03 04:36 PM
        Morotola 680x0 series page sizesBen LaHaise2021/05/03 04:51 PM
        4K pages probably used to be too largeanon22021/05/03 05:39 PM
          4K pages probably used to be too largeanon22021/05/03 07:51 PM
        4K pages probably used to be too largeYuhong Bao2021/05/03 09:51 PM
      4K pages probably used to be too largewumpus2021/05/05 08:06 AM
        4K pages probably used to be too largeanon22021/05/05 03:04 PM
          4K pages probably used to be too largeChester2021/05/05 05:45 PM
            4K pages probably used to be too largewumpus2021/05/06 08:06 AM
              Phenom TLB bugHeikki Kultala2021/05/06 11:46 AM
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        4K pages probably used to be too largeEtienne Lorrain2021/05/06 12:08 AM
          4K pages probably used to be too largeJames2021/05/06 01:36 AM
            4K pages probably used to be too largerwessel2021/05/06 08:32 AM
              Reformatting SCSI disk sector sizeDoug S2021/05/06 10:30 AM
        4K pages probably used to be too largeDavid Hess2021/05/11 07:57 AM
  Page size is more complex/nuancedPaul A. Clayton2021/05/08 09:03 AM
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