4x 74gb raptors raid 0 question

[djdirect]

as the title states i have four 74gb raptor (16mb) drives on a raid 0 using the on board ICH7R raid controller on the asus P5WD2 Premium. what stripe size should i use? i am using 16kb and getting 294MBs avg read on hd tach

 

[Brahmzy]

Good question. What stripe size should use when I set up my 2 74GB 16mb Raptors in RAID0? It seems 16 is the norm.

 

[djdirect]

here is a bench with the 16kb stripe size

 

[drizzt81]

as the title states i have four 74gb raptor (16mb) drives on a raid 0 using the on board ICH7R raid controller on the asus P5WD2 Premium. what stripe size should i use? i am using 16kb and getting 294MBs avg read on hd tach

I think the answer to this depends on your access pattern, i.e. Expected Value (request size) and Expected Value (interrequest interval).

 

[Brahmzy]

That's some pretty friggin' impressive burst speed yo.