A new controller stripe-unit size is set at the factory to 8 KB (SCSI) or 16KB (SATA/SAS). If you need to change this setting for a ServeRAID SCSI controller or HostRAID controller, you must change the stripe-unit size before you store data in the logical drives. After you store data in the logical drives, you cannot change the stripe-unit size without destroying data in the logical drives.
The ServeRAID-8i, ServeRAID-7t, and HostRAID controllers do not support 8 KB stripe-unit size.
For ServeRAID SCSI controlles, you must use
the ServeRAID Manager in bootable-CD mode to change the stripe-unit size setting.
| Environment | stripe-unit size |
| Groupware (such as Lotus Notes or Exchange) | 16 KB |
| Transaction processing database | 16 KB |
| Decision support database | 16 KB |
| Thin client environments | 8 KB |
| File server (Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Novell NetWare) | 16 KB |
| File server (Other) | 8 KB |
| Web server | 8 KB |
| Other | 8 KB |
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