I'm setting up a new Areca Raid controller and one of the parameters I can set is the stripe size for each block written to the hard drives. I can select these sizes: 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K, or 128K. If Astaro does more "random" reads then it is my understanding that I should select a smaller stripe size. If Astaro does mostly sequential reads then I should use a bigger stripe size.
Of course this may be a moot point if this Areca Raid card will not work with Astaro, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It comes with all the standard Linux based drivers much like 3Ware raid cards do, so we'll see!
Anyway, I'm guessing Astaro does mostly random reads, anyone know for sure??
Thanks,
Patrick
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