Need advice on block size for RAID 0...

[Elvis2]

I'm getting ready to setup my two Maxtor d740X 40 gig drives in a RAID 0 configuration using a Highpoint Rocket Raid 100 controller. I don't know if it allows to be to set block transfer size but if it does, what would be the best size for performance? This is primarily a gaming/oc'ng rig.

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

I don't know the answer myself, but if you get no joy here the place to post is the forums at:

www.storagereview.com

Good luck,

Andrew

 

[chizow]

Try 64kb or smaller. Should be a good blend for loading game textures (not that large) and every day usage. Your not doing any video editing or encoding/decoding are you? If so you may want to look at 128kb.

Chiz

 

[incorrigible]

Don't know about PC's but on high end Unix servers I've found either 32K or 64K to be the best general stripe size. I would suggest 32K for a PC.

 

[Elvis2]

Well, I have it up and running. It's at 64k. It wouldn't let me change it. So far so good. My Sandra file system bench is way up (24,000+) and my PCMark 2002 HDD score almost doubled to 1300+.
Thanks guys

 

[Balex99]

That is the stripe size that I have on my Iwill Side raid(recommended by anandtech for best overall). I would take a look at that Sandra score though. I am getting around 40000. I am using the latest version of Sandra. Also you may want to try using HD Tach(do a search on it). I get around 45000 average read on HD Tach.