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    Voted to reopen. Mac users are simply not used to having to specify sector/chunk sizes etc on anything; they're simply never given the choice, the system chooses. The user accepts without even necessarily knowing what the value ever is. You can do it from Terminal… but most don't. See unix.stackexchange.com/q/118302 and zdnet.com/article/chunks-the-hidden-key-to-raid-performance [neither really gives an answer, btw]
    – Tetsujin
    Commented May 21, 2023 at 17:34
  • Thanks @Tetsujin for the reopen vote & for the info. yeah, i can't find a way to just let the system decide & i can't bypass choosing one of those options. so just trying to get a sense of which one to choose for optimal general purpose use.
    – SyberKnight
    Commented May 21, 2023 at 18:34
  • You'd have to research or rely on research others did, for example overclock.net/threads/…
    – Joep van Steen
    Commented May 21, 2023 at 18:50
  • Thanks @JoepvanSteen. i gather from that article that i should actually choose 16K. hmmm.
    – SyberKnight
    Commented May 21, 2023 at 19:14
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    THANKS EVERYONE for your comments, and THANKS to those who re-opened this. when this got closed, i asked the same thing & got a satisfactory answer there @ apple.stackexchange.com/questions/460163/… , so i guess you can close this again since the answer is at the other posting. much appreciation.
    – SyberKnight
    Commented May 22, 2023 at 20:24