Ideal RAID-1 Stripe Size for IMAP Server ?

Thu Feb 21 05:40:53 CST 2013

On 02/21/13 12:11, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I'm currently configuring a brand new email server(IMAP) which will run
> CentOS 6.3 x64.
>
> So lots of files on the data volume.
>
> I'm confused about stripe size for my data volume.
> I'm using 2x500GB for OS in RAID1 and 2x2TB SAS for DATA in RAID1 which is
> hosted on a HP Smart Array P420 Controller with 1GB in Cache/Battery Backed Up.
> Both these array's are on the P420 controller.

Raid1 cannot have "stripes" !?