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From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.net>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Cc: Gandalf Corvotempesta <gandalf.corvotempesta@gmail.com>,
	linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: stripe_cache_size, some info
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:00:47 +0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170324110047.6f89eb62@natsu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wpbf8buk.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name>

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:47:47 +1100
NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> wrote:

> > 1) any upper limit for that value ? Can I set it near 1GB like most
> > hardware controller?
> 
> It is currently limited to 32768, for no particularly good reason.

I feel it should be clarified that's in *PAGES* (4K on x86) per *ARRAY MEMBER*.

So the calculation can get a little bit complex, it's not like you're setting
it to 32 MB with that number.

For a 8-drive array that would be 32768 * 4096 * 8 = 1073741824 bytes (1GB).

-- 
With respect,
Roman

      reply	other threads:[~2017-03-24  6:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-19 18:35 stripe_cache_size, some info Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-03-20 15:59 ` Wols Lists
2017-03-20 16:13   ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-03-20 16:22     ` Wols Lists
2017-03-20 16:24       ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-03-24  5:47 ` NeilBrown
2017-03-24  6:00   ` Roman Mamedov [this message]

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