Stripe size for RAID 0, do I understand correctly?

[Camaroz06]

Ok,
I am about to set up a RAID 0 array with 2 74gb 16mb cache Raptors. Should I use a smaller stripe or larger stripe? I will be using mostly for games and photo editing.

The way I understand it is that smaller stripes means smaller packets on each drive, thus faster reading? At least thats how I think it works. Any insight? What size should I look at using?

thanks
Eddie

 

[Flexion]

Smaller stripes are better for random access of small files while larger stripes are better for sequential access.

 

[tuskenraider]

Should be fine with 32 or 64K.

 

[mikeblas]

File size is not as important as request size.