Raid 0 Stripe size???

[robcy]

I am running two Maxtor 40gb 2mb 5400rpms on Raid 0 with a 64kb stripe size. What are you guys running for stripe size, and what would be a better choice. I mainly play games like IL2 FB, HL, Splinter Cell, Rally Sport, Halo. Does the stripe size beyond a particular amount really make a diffrence?

 

[WobbleWobble]

I usually ran 16kb stripe sizes. Smaller stripe sizes are usually better for applications whereas larger stripe sizes are usually better for multimedia like large video files.

You probably won't notice a difference between 8, 16, 32, 64 anyways. 32kb is usually the default number most RAID cards use.

 

[Monoman]

WW pretty much summed it up. but if you are collecting jps, mp3 and a couple movies then 32k is fine. but if you do mainly movie storage/ swapping/ editing go with 64k and the performance gain will me nominal.

Mitch

 

[StraightPipe]

I use 64k stripes, but next format i'm moving to 128 (or larger, going for biggest)

all I use RAID for these days is storing my videos, (had 136GB this morning, but by the time i get home, i betting on 140 )

I have a 200GB that holds my OS, page file, APPs, and MP3's
all my Doc's and Pic's are on a network drive

I've heard that promise reccomends keeping your os on IDE and just your page file on RAID. that should help performance a bit. Considering what i use it for (transfering of large files) i dont ever see myself moving the page file.

I've got RAID on 2 PC's now, that are connected using a Gigabit direct connect for lightning fast file transfers. can drop 2 hour movies in <30 secs

 

[boyRacer]

im using a 16k stripe too.