RE: raid0 vs. raid5 read performance

[Roeland M.J. Meyer]

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Livingston
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 1:02 AM

> Others on this list seem to be confused as to how to
> calculate an optimum
> stripe size.  Would this be a good thing to "get the word
> out" on, or is there a more appropriate way to determine it?

I have seen neither FAQ entry nor document nor email message giving any
sort of heuristic to determine chunk size (even a note on what the unit
of measurement is, would be nice). If someone could explain it to me, I
would be happy to write it up.