How to configure ext file system stride and stripe-width for optimal performance on RAID

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Issue

  • How to configure ext file system stride and stripe-width for optimal performance on RAID

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • RAID storage (RAID0, RAID1, RAID5)
  • Number of data-bearing disks in array greater than 1 (not counting spares)
  • Known RAID chunk size

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