The firmware on these disks automatically converts accesses to
512 byte sectors internally to 4 KB to allow OS's, including QNX, to
function unchanged. QNX has done some testing of AF drives and found
them to work well. Drives with 512 byte sectors that are greater than 2
TB are not working well in QNX 6.5.0 and earlier, so you should avoid
those.
For optimal performance with AF disks, you will need to
partition the disk such that partitions begin on 4 K boundaries. This
will likely happen naturally for the 1st partition, but any additional
partitions that you may want will require the 1st to be a multiple of 4
KB. All of the normal QNX tools should work fine.
NOTE:
This entry has been validated against the SDP version listed above. Use
caution when considering this advice for any other SDP version. For
supported releases, please reach out to QNX Technical Support if you have any questions/concerns.
