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  • That's mostly not related...
    – user1133275
    Commented Nov 15, 2016 at 23:48
  • Yet, I guess @Kalavan warning refers to use multiple partitions in the same disk as components of an array. That certainly wouldn't make much sense as it removes the redundancy. We know, though, that this was not the intention of your question, His warning makes sense anyway.
    – Marcelo
    Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 23:16
  • If managing the partitions manually seems to be a hassle, one should use sfdisk -d src | sfdisk tgtor sgdisk --backup && sgdisk --load-backup
    – andyn
    Commented Jan 3, 2019 at 10:15
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    Don't forget about Advanced Format 4K drives that benefit from Partition Alignment (which most modern large multi-TB drives have nowadays). For most drives, the first available sector is not zero, meaning using the whole drive would cause partition misalignment.
    – ryancdotnet
    Commented Jan 3, 2020 at 4:48
  • You typically want to use 1 MB partition alignment with modern storage devices.
    – Mikko Rantalainen
    Commented Dec 1, 2023 at 11:13