KT7A -RAID Which setting are the best?

[rondeemc]

I just received my KT7A Raid and in going through the manual there are some items I am not familiar with. What is the optimum block size if performance is the deciding factor?
I will be using two IBM 30gig 7200rpm drives configured as Raid 0. Also would someone post the best BIOS settings for performance? The memory I am using is one stick of Crucial 133 256megs of CAS 2.

 

[NoreagaCNN]

If you read the manual it'll tell you what's recommended and what's not.

-Nore

 

[rondeemc]

Here is what the KT7A manual says on page 4-4:

Block Size:
This item allows you to select the block size of the RAID array. There are five options: 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, and 64K.

So where in the above description does it make a recommendation NoreCNN?

 

[1gemini1]

I believe it means it depends on the size your partitions. larger drives require bigger block size


Ripped from Paul's - Enter the Highpoint BIOS menu (using Ctrl-H) and use "Create RAID" to create your RAID-0 array. Select the disks you wish to use, a Block Size of 16k for optimum performance in most situations and then choose "Start Creation Process".
Reboot the machine using a bootable floppy disk which also contains the FDISK and FORMAT utilities (you will probably need to copy these onto the floppy as Windows doesn't put them onto bootable floppies as a matter of course).
Type FDISK to start this utility. Using FDISK create the partition(s) you require - as a minimum you require one active Primary DOS Partition.
Reboot your machine to activate the new partition(s)
Type "FORMAT C: /Z:32" to format partition C: Repeat for any additional partitions you created. Note that the "/Z:32" parameter formats the disk with a block size of 32x512B=16k - matching the stripe size. This has been recommended as optimum.
Paul's

 

[rondeemc]

1gemini1

Thanks for the information! The "Paul's Unofficial" site you referenced was just what I needed.

 

[1gemini1]

Your welcome Rondeemc, yeah I've learned alot about raid from that site. I guess it was hacked this weekend (that sucks) and he lost some of the info. Figures it was what I needed. I'm still struggling with the proper steps to set the raid0 up. It seems others are not having any problem at all. I can't get win98 to load. I keep loosing partitions. I think I have some more ammo for tonight when I get home though. So far I have: load win98 disk; turn raid on in the Bios; leave first boot floppy; create raid ( not sure about making it boot or not); run fdisk should read double your drives; format new drives; reboot and install os hopefully.