RE: RAID Strip Size 4k, 16k, 32k, or 64k

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Darren

I have a W2K Advanced Server SP3 as a IIS5 Web Server but
not sure what setting to choose for the RAID Strip Size
on the IBM controller. I have heard that it can increase
performace if you match it to the OS etc.

Tx,
Darren
 
stripe size and sector/cluster size are being confused here.

windows uses the sector size. bigger stripe sizes will in crease your
performance on the Raid card.

setup a test volume under 2000 and run HDTach, testing with different
cluster sizes 'at the filesystem' level.

This should give you the information you need.

on my large arrays, i use 64K stripes. On smaller ones, i use 32K.

The "default" from windows 'used to format the filesystem is usually
sufficient.

NuTs
 
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