Re: First RAID Setup

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Andargor The Wise wrote:

>Yet another thing, someone has suggested that I should
>increase the chunk size for my RAID5 from 32 to either
>64 or 128.
>
>Is it worth it, considering that the system doesn't
>normally run on a heavy load? Mail for a few users,
>some read-only database applications, website, etc.
>Mostly a development machine.
>  
>

Can't think of a case where it's not worth having better performance... 
I should write a WP on stripe size, and what happens as you change it 
with given loads.

>Would this alleviate the "pauses" during large file
>transfers/copies that I have indicated in my previous
>post?
>
>I'm asking because backing up ~176 GB, reconfiguring
>the RAID, and restoring it properly so the machine
>boots (the RAID5 is /) is quite a PITA.
>

You may have some special case, but I would never put data that large in 
/ just as a system admin issue. It makes backups and restores, as well 
as upgrades quite unpleasant. I guess you may have noticed that by now 
;-) Good luck!

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979