:\Temp>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 5.2.3790.1830Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.On computer:  DISKPART> list disk   Disk ###  Status      Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt  --------  ----------  -------  -------  ---  ---  Disk 1    Online        34 GB  4096 KB  Disk 2    Online      1020 MB      0 B  Disk 3    Online      1020 MB      0 B  Disk 4    Online        15 GB      0 B  Disk 5    Online        15 GB      0 B  Disk 6    Online        15 GB      0 B  Disk 7    Online        15 GB      0 B  Disk 8    Online       134 GB      0 B  Disk 9    Online       134 GB      0 B  Disk 10   Online       134 GB      0 B  Disk 11   Online       134 GB      0 B  Disk 12   Online        10 GB      0 B  Disk 13   Online      1020 MB      0 B  Disk 14   Online       127 GB      0 B  Disk 15   Online       267 GB      0 B  Disk 16   Online      1020 MB      0 B  Disk 17   Online       267 GB      0 B  Disk 18   Online       127 GB      0 B  Disk 19   Online      1020 MB  1020 MB <----- this is the new disk  Disk 20   Online      1020 MB      0 B  Disk 21   Online      1020 MB      0 B DISKPART> select disk 19 Disk 19 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list partition There are no partitions on this disk to show. DISKPART> create partition primary align=64 DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition. DISKPART> list part    Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------* Partition 1    Primary           1020 MB    64 KB <----------- this is the off-set  DISKPART>  DISKPART> exit Leaving DiskPart...
Hello,  We are running Windwos 2003 R2 enteprise server with SQL 2005 on it and we are expecting some disk alignment  issues causiing some performance issues for DB server. Any one has idea on how to correct the disk alignemnt on clariion or on the server. Thanks.
DIsk Alignment issues for Clariion FC disks