Stripe Size

NachT

NachT

NachT

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Hey guys, i've read all the stickies about the stripe size when using RAID 0.

I'd just like to get an idea of what stripe size people are using and what they mainly do. I myself have chose 32k as it was advised in one of the post's for windows XP and genral stuff... The main reason i striped HD's in the first place was to run games faster, you know, less loading screen time etc.

Was 32k a good choice for games, UT 2k4, WoW, and some oblivion.. are the type of games i play.


/NachT
 
If its faster and you notice the difference of course its worth it.

The whole point of the stickies is to prevent posts like this. If you feel its no good, then re-do it and try doing it differently. I do understand you want someone to compare with, but in all honesty unless you have the same hardware as the next person the results will always difference, i'm guessing you're just after some clarification yes???
 
Sorry about the wording in the first post, what i ment was...

Whats a good choice of stripe size for modern games, i.e. the ones listed above.

I'm new to the whole raiding thing, and have read the stickies.

I thought it'd be a good idea to ask on here, yes i could try them all out my self as you suggested, but that'd take quite some time... thought'd be faster asking others what they thought thats all.

After all, thats what the forums for.
 
NachT:

I use a 32KB stripe and 4KB (Windows XP default) cluster size on 2 x 74GB Raptors on ICH5R cont. I would do quite a bit of video work, working with large files and a bit of gaming. Find RAID0 especially good for big files.

I did try larger stripe & cluster sizes, but found that 32KB, 4KB, gave me the best results overall all things being considered. :)
 
Thanks J :D

I guess i'll stick with the 32k then, just needed somone to say it was a good choice heh, thanks again

/NachT :)
 
Is it possible to change the stripe size on an existing raid? or would i have to part the drives then re-build the raid?

If so, would i loose my data, or would it just build the raid back, with a different stripe size, and my OS would work?

Arg, that might not have been worded properly >.< been typing to fast, cba to wait for my hands to type slow lol
 
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