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Converting SATA/SAS drives to 4Kn (Advanced Format)

1. Format SAS drives to 4Kn using sg3_utils from http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html

sg_format /dev/sdx --format --ffmt=1 --size=4096 --count=-1 --wait

2. Format SATA drives to 4Kn using hdparm from https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/

hdparm --set-sector-size 4096 --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/sdx