Thanks thats the exact same question I have. Does this page, http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2006-October/msg00014.html, hold any validity? The poster makes a good argument, but by seeing Damon's response it makes no sense to go thru the trouble. I would be willing to try this if I get some assistance...
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Brian McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Mag Gam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a RAID controller with 256MB of on board cache and its connected > to > > 12 500GB SATA disks. I am planning to create 2 RAID groups (6 disks > each), > > but I don't know what is the optimal stripe size should be. > > > > Also, once I stripe on the RAID controller I am planning to use LVM. Is > > striping a good idea? What should I consider for the filesystem? > > I think you are confusing stripe and stride (and others may not > realize it's still a stripe in RAID5 even though it's not a mirror). > > This email seems to be apropos - > <http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2006-October/msg00014.html> > but I dont' have any advice for you. > > Brian >
