From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n6I0Wi9e124009 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:32:44 -0500 Received: from Ishtar.tlinx.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id BBBE136E863 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:33:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ishtar.tlinx.org (ishtar.tlinx.org [64.81.245.74]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id dvZPervzzyUIhNDE for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:33:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.3.11] (Athena [192.168.3.11]) by Ishtar.tlinx.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n6I0XLF4030333 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:33:23 -0700 Message-ID: <4A611851.8060904@tlinx.org> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:33:21 -0700 From: "Linda A. Walsh" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: concerning 'optimal' strip size on RAID disks... List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs-oss CkNvbmNlcm5pbmcgc3RyaXAtc2l6ZS4gIFdoYXQgYXJlIHRoZSBjb25zaWRlcmF0aW9ucyBmb3Ig dGhhdD8gIEFueSByZWFzb24Kbm90IHRvIGNob3NlIHRoZSBsYXJnZXN0PyAgU2VlbXMgdGhhdCBh dCBzaXplcyB1cCB0byAxTUIsIHRoZSBsYXJnZXIgdGhlCmJldHRlci4KCkZvciBkaXJlY3QgSS9P ICh3aGljaCBpcyB3aGF0IHRoZSBSQUlEIGNvbnRyb2xsZXIgd291bGQgYmUgZG9pbmcgdG8KaXQn cyBkaXNrcywgc2VlbXMgYSBsYXJnZXIgd3JpdGUgd291bGQgYmUgYmV0dGVyKS4gIAoKV291bGQg SSBiZSBuYcOvdmUgdG8gYXNzdW1lIHRoYXQgaWYgYSBSQUlEIGNvbnRyb2xsZXIgb25seSBuZWVk ZWQgdG8gCnVwZGF0ZSAxIGJsb2NrLCBpdCB3b3VsZG4ndCBuZWVkIHRvIHVwZGF0ZSB0aGUgZW50 aXJlIHN0cmlwPyAKCldvdWxkIHRoZXJlIGJlIGEgYmVuZWZpdCBpbiBydW5uaW5nIGEgc21hbGxl ciBzdHJpcCBzaXplPyAKCkkga25vdyB3aGVuIEkgY2FuIGNvbnRyb2wgdGhlIGhhcmQgZGlza3Ms IEkgY2FuIGVuYWJsZSB0aGVpciB3cml0ZSBjYWNoZXMsCnNvIGhhdmluZyB0aGVtIGRvIHBoeXNp Y2FsIHdyaXRlcyB0aGUga2VlcCB0aGVpciB3cml0ZSBidWZmZXJzIHNhdHVyYXRlZAp3b3VsZCBv cHRpbWl6ZSB3cml0ZSBwZXJmb3JtYW5jZSwgYXQgbGVhc3QsIGJ1dCBpZiBpdCdzIGEgQklPUyBv ciBoYXJkd2FyZQpjb250cm9sbGVkIFJBSUQsIEkgZG9uJ3Qga25vdyBpZiBJJ2QgaGF2ZSB0aGUg b3B0aW9uIHRvIHR1cm4gdGhlIGRpc2sncwp3cml0ZSBidWZmZXIgb24gb3Igb2ZmLiAgU28gdGhh dCBsaWtlbHkgd291bGRuJ3QgbWF0dGVyIG11Y2guCgpJZGVhbGx5LCBJIHRoaW5rLCBpdCBiZSBv cHRpbWFsIGlmIGEgUkFJRCBjb250cm9sbGVyIChoYXJkd2FyZSBvciBzb2Z0d2FyZSkgCnJlYWxs eSBrbmV3IHRoZSB0aGUgbGF5b3V0IG9mIHRoZSBkYXRhIG9uIGRpc2sgLS0gYXMgaW4gc2VjdG9y cy90cmFjay4KVGhlbiBpdCByZWFsbHkgbWlnaHQgYmUgYWJsZSB0byBpbnRlcmxlYXZlIHRyYWNr cyBhbW9uZyBkaXNrIHVuaXRzICh1bmxlc3MKYWxsIHRoZSB0cmFja3MgY2FuIGJlIHdyaXR0ZW4g Y29udGlndW91c2x5IHcvbm8gZGVsYXksIHRoZW4gSSdkIGd1ZXNzIHRoZXJlJ2QKYmUgbm8gYmVu ZWZpdC4uLm9oIHdlbGwuLgoKQnV0IGhvdyBkb2VzIG9uZSBkZWNpZGUgYSBzdHJpcCBzaXplIGZv ciBSQUlEIGRpc2tzPwoKV2hhdCBjcml0ZXJpYSBkb2VzIG9uZSB1c2U/CgpUaGFua3MhCi1saW5k YQoKCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCnhmcyBt YWlsaW5nIGxpc3QKeGZzQG9zcy5zZ2kuY29tCmh0dHA6Ly9vc3Muc2dpLmNvbS9tYWlsbWFuL2xp c3RpbmZvL3hmcwo=