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Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:48:19 am | by GianPerrone | Revert |
Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:32:10 pm | by DanielLawson | Revert |
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stripesize = throughput / (drives * RPM/60)
then round down the stripesize to the nearest multiple of your filesystem cluster size (usually 4k).
Suggestions for the improvement of the estimation of optimal stripe size is solicited.
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+A rather useful tool is this javascript calculator, which will estimate the amount of usable space you will have when using various RAID configurations.
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+http://www.ibeast.com/content/tools/RaidCalc/RaidCalc.asp