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Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by jeffbee on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:18PM (#39445596)
I would start with the LBA format, which is likely to be suboptimal for compatibility.
Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by zokier on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:22PM (#39447787)
somehow I4g drives don't like to get formatted

    # nvme format /dev/nvme1 -n1 -f
    NVMe status: INVALID_OPCODE: The associated command opcode field is not valid(0x2001)
    # nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1 | grep oacs
    oacs      : 0
but the LBA format indeed is sus:

    LBA Format  0 : Metadata Size: 0   bytes - Data Size: 512 bytes - Relative Performance: 0 Best (in use)
Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by jeffbee on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:47PM (#39448000)
It's a shame. The recent "datacenter nvme" standards involving fb, goog, et al mandate 4K LBA support.
Re:SSDs Have Become Fast, Except in the Cloud by zokier on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @06:56PM (#39448552)
it'd be great if you'd manage to throw together quick blogpost about i4g io perf, there obviously something funny going on and I imagine you guys could figure it out much easier than anybody else, especially if you are already having some figures in the marketing.