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SQL Server 2008 R2 Baseline Configuration Analyzer 1.0 partition alignment error

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Hello,

We have a new iSCSI SAN with multiple partitons,  

On the server in a cluster we are running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Alll patches) and SQL 2008 R2 SP2

SQL Server 2008 R2 Baseline Configuration Analyzer 1.0 and the system returned with this warning

Category: Configuration

 Source: localhost

 Issue: On most storage systems, hard disk partitions are configured optimally when they have a starting offset of 65536 bytes, or a multiple of 65536 bytes. Hard disk partitions with starting offsets which differ from this recommendation were detected - [ Volume Identifier : Disk #5, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ], [ Volume Identifier : Disk #2, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ], [ Volume Identifier : Disk #6, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ], [ Volume Identifier : Disk #3, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ], [ Volume Identifier : Disk #7, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ], [ Volume Identifier : Disk #4, Partition #1, Starting Offset : 17408 ]

 Impact: Incorrect partition alignment can result in adverse I/O performance impacts on SQL Server queries and operations

 Resolution: Consult with your hardware vendor to optimally partition storage volumes on RAID devices. Pay primary attention to storage volumes that contain user database files, tempdb and msdb database files, and transaction log files

I ran the following command.

wmic partition get BlockSize, StartingOffset, Name, Index 

From this article.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2011/09/26/alignment-changes-in-windows-2008-and-2008-r2.aspx

This what was returned with that command.

BlockSize  Index  Name                   StartingOffset 

512        0      Disk #1, Partition #0  1048576        

512        0      Disk #5, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #5, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #2, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #2, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #6, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #6, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #3, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #3, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #7, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #7, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #4, Partition #0  135266304      

512        1      Disk #4, Partition #1  17408          

512        0      Disk #0, Partition #0  1048576        

512        1      Disk #0, Partition #1  105906176      

 Any idea if they are misaligned or are they good, I know Windows 2008 R2 should  not need to be realigned, but just want to confirm if we have an issue, and how do we resolve it.

 Also wanted to add, that Disk 2-7 are on the SAN and are basic disks, with GPT partitions.

Thank you,



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