Timeline for What's the difference between creating mdadm array using partitions or the whole disks directly

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Dec 1, 2023 at 11:13	comment	added	Mikko Rantalainen		You typically want to use 1 MB partition alignment with modern storage devices.
Jan 3, 2020 at 4:48	comment	added	ryancdotnet		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.
Jan 3, 2019 at 10:15	comment	added	andyn		If managing the partitions manually seems to be a hassle, one should use `sfdisk -d src \| sfdisk tgt`or `sgdisk --backup && sgdisk --load-backup`
Dec 15, 2017 at 13:10	history	edited	Marcelo	CC BY-SA 3.0	some text corrections
Dec 13, 2017 at 22:40	history	edited	Marcelo	CC BY-SA 3.0	Added a summary sentence in the beginning of the answer with the main difference.
Nov 16, 2016 at 23:16	comment	added	Marcelo		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.
Nov 16, 2016 at 11:37	history	bounty ended	Vlastimil Burián
Nov 16, 2016 at 11:36	vote	accept	Vlastimil Burián
Nov 15, 2016 at 23:48	comment	added	user1133275		That's mostly not related...
Nov 15, 2016 at 16:19	history	edited	Marcelo	CC BY-SA 3.0	Text cleanup for clarity and typos correcting
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Nov 15, 2016 at 13:56	history	answered	Marcelo	CC BY-SA 3.0