On Wednesday 10 November 2004 23.29, Chris Wagner wrote: It's 'you' - three letters :-)
> If u still need RAID 5 then I would make the > stripe size equal to average file size / number of data disks up to no > more than 32KB stripe. To optimize random small reads, it's best if a read can be satisfied by touching only one disk, so large stripe sizes should be better - with your avg file size, 8k or 16k stripes should be fine; even 4k probably wouldn't hurt much. Disclaimer, however: this is based on reasoning, not experience. cheers -- vbi -- Oops -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
