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From: Michael Weissenbacher <mw@dermichi.com>
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Subject: Re: Ideal RAID-1 Stripe Size for IMAP Server ?
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schrieb Svavar =D6rn Eysteinsson:
> I thought so just after sending this email to the group.
> But the ACU(Array Configuration Utility) gives me the option of changing =
the stripe size
> and gives me 256 as default.
> =

> So that is irrelevant on RAID1 completely ?
> =

It should be, yes. I would guess it becomes relavant if you later decide
that you want to expand to a RAID-10 or (shrug) RAID-5.

Generally, a small stripe size (like 64k) should be beneficial for
random access patterns like on a mail server.

hth,
Michael

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