RAID cluster size

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:39 am

i decided to choose a size of 32k this time rather than 64k.... did a format.....

is this a good idea? bad idea?

benefits?

thanks

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:46 am

Jstyr · Post by **Jstyr** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:15 pm

From what I've heard smaller sized clusters are good for things like gaming and random read accesses.

Larger sizes are better for things like streaming video and audio..or larger file transfers. 64k seems to be the sweet spot in between.

njeddiek · Post by **njeddiek** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 2:15 am

For general use the 32k cluster works well. It all depends on what your storing on the array. The benefit of a 32 vs 64 is less wasted space when storing smaller files. On the otherhand If most of your files are larger then 32k then Running too small a cluster adds overhead to the system which lowers performance.