RAID Array 450 HSZ50 HSOF Software Version 5.7 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX Release Notes

RAID Array 450 HSZ50 HSOF Software Version 5.7 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX
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Figure 8-2. Chunk Size Smaller than the Request Size
CXO-5172A-MC
Chunk size = 128k (256 blocks)
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Applications such as CAD, image processing, data collection and reduction,
and sequential file processing tend to require high data-transfer rates.
8.1.1.4
Increasing Sequential Write Performance
Sequential write and read requests on stripesets (or striped mirrorsets), should
use a small chunk size relative to the I/O size to increase the performance. A
chunk size of 17 generally works well
8.2 Array Controller HSOF V5.1 CLI Reference Manual
8.2.1 Chunk Size
Referring to the section titled Initialize, Switches in the HSZ50 Array
Controller HSOF Version 5.1 CLI Reference Manual, page 2-38 the
information regarding “Chunk Size” should be replaced. Please refer to the
above section of these Release Notes (Section 8.1.1, Chunk Size) for the
correct information.