Sata drives

[PappaG]

Hi All

Can anyone provide any info on the following. I have installed two sata drives running stripped i get an option on the default blocks size ranging from 8kb to 64 kb can anyone tell me what advantages are in setting lower and higher block sizes. I am installing 2003 server on these drives

 

[goombawaho]

Here's a comment that sums it up pretty well, but you'll have to decide on a size for yourself

http://www.churchmedia.net/general-...discussions/8265-disk-array-cluster-size.html

 

[tf1]

If it's a server of any importance, I'd stop stripping immediately too, unless you are considering RAID 5 rather than RAID 0.


Regards: tf1

 

[PappaG]

Its a build i use at home for training anything of importance is backed up onto an external drive if it goes wrong its usually good practice for me to rebuild

 

[tf1]

Obviously you are well versed in the fragility of RAID 0 already! I backup to an external (eSATA) drive anyway, as well as keeping all the family photos archived to DVDs.


Regards: tf1