Optimal Stripe Size

[RazzleUltra]

Just quick one really, what's the optimal stripe size for an n5200 RAID5 array that's full of large video files (180MB to 3GB in size)? Exclusively reads, no writes (except for putting files on occasionally).

Will also be used to host music files (couple of megs each), but not as fussed about performance on those.

[foolinator]

Too late for me, I already did the small stripe size

However, go with a 1MB size. Users on the thecus wiki reported better performance with this size.

[RazzleUltra]

LOL, that user on the wiki was me!

[N5200user]

See thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=n5200installations&action=display&thread=1169848822

I found nearly no differences in read performance under your requirements. But big changes in write performance with different stripe sizes.