Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Mac Drive Format Optimization

According to what I've read, the "block" size setting for RAID
formatting is mislabeled. That sets the RAID stripe interleave size
(whose correct name now escapes me) but the file system " block" size
is still 4K. However, setting the RAID stripe as high as possible may
be better for large media files for the same reason that increasing
block size might be. I'm actually going to run a simple test on an
empty RAID pair today. I'll let you know. Also according to what
I've read, there is no way to set the block size manually in OSX for
HFS+.

Cheers,
tod

On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Rupert Watson wrote:

> You can set the block size if you create a RAID set in Disk Util
>
> Never bothered looking if I was only formatting one disk.
>
> Rupert Watson
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> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On
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> Subject: [Avid-L2] OT: Mac Drive Format Optimization
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> So HFS+ uses a 4K block. No options. Why not?
>
> Can anyone tell me why I can't find anything at all about using a
> larger block size to optimize for video? Or alternately why this is
> just dumb question?
>
> Sometimes inquiring minds just want to know, and I'm baffled that I
> can't find anything that even addresses the idea in any meaningful
> way.
>
> Cheers,
> tod
>
> Tod Hopkins
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