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

I think you'll find the best setting the the RAID is 32k. YMMV.

Brian Conner

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