Ars Technica

partition alignment on non-ssd?

is partition alignment just for ssd? if not, is there any advantage for non-ssd? i've heard of the paragon alignment tool..doing it.. though prob not free and don't know if it's good. Only plain old ...
PC World

Paragon Alignment Tool Works…But Do You Need It?

With the advent of Advanced Format drives and their new 4K low-level sectoring scheme a new, performance-robbing phenomenon known as misaligned partitions has shown up. Paragon Software’s $30 Paragon ...
Ars Technica

Partition alignment on SSDs and other flash media.

I've read here and there that to get better performance out of SSDs, one method is to align its partitions with diskpar(t). But does this work for all flash-based media? I tried to realign a partition ...
Hexus

PARAGON SOFTWARE RELEASES PARAGON ALIGNMENT TOOL (PAT) 3.0

Addresses Increase in Partition Alignment Problems Associated with Virtualization, 4K Advance Format HDDs and SSDs IRVINE, Calif., April 21st 2011 - Data storage software developer Paragon Software ...
Lifehacker

Speed Up Your SSD By Correctly Aligning Your Partitions

We've covered proper solid state drive maintenance before, but one of the most overlooked factors in proper SSD care is partition alignment. Here's how to make sure your partitions are aligned ...