Discussion on: How much performance are you loosing by not aligning your drives? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/how-much-performance-are-you-loosing-by-not-aligning-your-drives/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:08:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/how-much-performance-are-you-loosing-by-not-aligning-your-drives/#comment-65 Mrdenny Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:15:34 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/how-much-performance-are-you-loosing-by-not-aligning-your-drives/#comment-65 You use the diskpart command to see the partition offset. Open a command prompt and select the disk you want to see. Then type "list partition" and look at the offset. You are looking for a 64k offset, the default is 32k. You use the diskpart command to see the partition offset.

Open a command prompt and select the disk you want to see. Then type “list partition” and look at the offset. You are looking for a 64k offset, the default is 32k.

]]> By: Shel http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/how-much-performance-are-you-loosing-by-not-aligning-your-drives/#comment-64 Shel Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:15:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/how-much-performance-are-you-loosing-by-not-aligning-your-drives/#comment-64 interesting stuff, Denny. This is my third week at a new job. Is there a way to identify how our servers are configured? interesting stuff, Denny. This is my third week at a new job. Is there a way to identify how our servers are configured?

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