>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17@xxxxxxxx> writes:
Joshua> The unit's default is a stripe size of 64 512 byte blocks.
Joshua> The stripe size can be set between 4 and 128 (incrementally,
Joshua> of course). For the defaults, would this be correct:
Joshua> mkfs.xfs -d sunit=1,swidth=64
sunit = stripe width / number of disks
So mkfs.xfs -d sunit=8,swidth=64 for your 8 disks.
Joshua> Also, should I make the logfile any bigger than the default
Joshua> due to the size of the partition?
Depends how log-heavy the fs will be. But in general we tend to use a
bigger log than the 1000b default.
We've talked about adding heuristics to mkfs to make a qualified
guess. That's on my todo list.
Joshua> The system is maxed out at 128MB of cache RAM. The primary
Joshua> use will be reading and writing (over NFS) lots of largish
Joshua> (250+MB) data files.
In that case I'd probably up the stripe size a bit. But do some
benchmarks for yourself before you decide. RAID controllers vary a
lot.
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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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