Performance Tuning Windows 2012: Storage Subsystem – Part 4

Stripe Unit Size

In part 4 of the storage subsystem, we’ll provide some guidelines for selecting the stripe-size unit for your selected storage solution. Hardware-managed arrays allow stripe unit sizes ranging from 4 KB to more than 1 MB. The ideal stripe unit size maximizes the disk activity without unnecessarily breaking up requests by requiring multiple disks to service a single request. For example, consider the following:
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