From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Subject: Re: Raid chunksize... Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 17:40:56 -0700 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200305281740.57652.matt@lpbproductions.com> References: <200305280334.52979.matt@lpbproductions.com> <20030528225546.GD6785@zero> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20030528225546.GD6785@zero> Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline To: Tom Vier Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 what about using raidreconf , to reconfigure the array ?? Matt On Wednesday 28 May 2003 03:55 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:34:49AM -0700, Matt wrote: > > raid-level 0 > > chunk-size 4 > > > > Both drives are 80 gig .. so the total comes out to 160 gig w/ raid0 .. > > Now is a chunksize of 4k to small (??), or is it optimal (??). Also I'am > > curios is > > yes, i definetly think that's too small. try 16, 32, and 64. i'm using 32 > w/ reiserfs. the only way to really find the optimal size, is of course to > try different sizes timing what you typically use the drives for. > > > there anyway to change the chunksize w/o lossing the raid array and the > > contents inside that array ? > > nope. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE+1VcYleY/n9G/oZ8RAhV7AJ4spTMuOdqn/xItQdWy6ajlguOKnACYpTvN 7LZNH5e8qIX86xx3zGLuaA== =CQ5j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----