ideal stripe size for RAID 10

From: amrik (a_at_b.c)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:09:31 -0500

Hi Guys,

Another question about RAID. What should be the ideal stripe size for a
level 10 RAID array. I have 8 drives of size 300 GB each connected to
the 3Ware RAID controller card. I am setting it up on SuSE Linux 9.2(64
bit).

The card gives me options to set the stripe size at 64kb, 128kb, 256kb,
512kb or 1MB.

I am not expecting too much of a sequential access but rather a lot of
random access activity on this setup.

thanks

Amrik

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