Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server - 1 views
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Windows Server 2008 attempts to align new partitions out-of-the-box, yet disk partition alignment remains a relevant technology for partitions created on prior versions of Windows.
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A sector is the minimum chunk of data that can be read or written to a hard drive. Historically, sector size has been fixed at 512 bytes.
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Newer drives may offer 1 KB, 2 KB, or 4 KB sectors.
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