'tis but a speck of dust in a vast ocean

Can you tell me why you go for 2^12 but then choose (2^16)-1 as an alternative? Wouldn’t that create alignment issues?

Alzheimers patient

Aren’t there added concerns of batch-faults like impurities in the metals used in production that will ruin a whole set of drives, when buying in bulk? Also, if they’re all shipped in the same package, and that package suffers abuse, won’t that ruin all or most of the drives?