[lug] parted mkpart question

[Steve A Hart]

Quick rundown on the setup:

RHEL6 64-bit
External 8TB RAID (SCSI)
The volume is set using gpt

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(parted)print
Model: SA-4540S  (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 7494GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number  Start  End  Size  File system  Name  Flags

(parted)
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I just want to create one single primary partition as this is a backup 
server.  When I run "mkpart" I keep getting the following:

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(parted) mkpart primary ext4 0 -1
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best 
performance.
Ignore/Cancel?
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After some searching I see that this is due to the partition boundary 
alignment.  My question is, how can I determine the correct start point 
for the partition so this alignment is correct?

Any ideas are appreciated.

Thanks

Steve

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Steve Hart
Systems Administrator
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
University of Colorado Boulder
shart at colorado.edu
(303)492-8109