Andargor The Wise wrote:
Yet another thing, someone has suggested that I should
increase the chunk size for my RAID5 from 32 to either
64 or 128.
Is it worth it, considering that the system doesn't
normally run on a heavy load? Mail for a few users,
some read-only database applications, website, etc.
Mostly a development machine.
Can't think of a case where it's not worth having better performance...
I should write a WP on stripe size, and what happens as you change it
with given loads.
Would this alleviate the "pauses" during large file
transfers/copies that I have indicated in my previous
post?
I'm asking because backing up ~176 GB, reconfiguring
the RAID, and restoring it properly so the machine
boots (the RAID5 is /) is quite a PITA.
You may have some special case, but I would never put data that large in
/ just as a system admin issue. It makes backups and restores, as well
as upgrades quite unpleasant. I guess you may have noticed that by now
;-) Good luck!
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bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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