'Clarkson'

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Name: Clarkson (powaaaaaaaaa)
CPU: Intel i5-750
GPU: 1Gb Gigabyte GTX460 (Currently RMA'd)
RAM: 4x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws
Motherboard: Gigabyte P55A-UD7
Cards: Dell Perc 6i
Drives: 60Gb OCZ Vertex2E, 500Gb WD Black, 6x 2Tb Hitachi 7K2000
Power Supply: Corsair HX650
Chassis: Fractal Design Define R3
OS: Windows 7 Pro x64
Monitor(s): 2x Benq G2220HD
Other: Corsair H50, Logitech Illuminated, Razer Mamba

Vid card currently rma'd because of noisy fan, running Ati 5770 w/o drivers for the last month.
Perc running Raid6 on the 6 2tbs, 256k stripe.
Intend to copy data off and add 2 more drives - suggestions for stripe size?
 

nitrobass24

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If you are storing large files, then the largest stripe size will give you the best sequential performance.