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<h1>Fine-tuning the stripe size</h1>
<p>A new controller stripe size is set at the factory to 16 KB. If you need
  to change this setting, you typically change the stripe size before you
  store data in the logical devices. However, this is not required.</p>
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<img src=images/hstraid1.gif width=37 height=32>&nbsp;
  For HostRAID controllers, after you store data in the logical devices,
  you cannot change the stripe size without destroying the data.</p>


<table border=2 cellpadding=3 width="63%" >
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> <b>Environment</b> </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> <b><a href="cstripe.htm"> stripe
      size</a></b> </td>
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  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">Groupware</a> (such as
      Lotus Notes or Exchange)</td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">Transaction processing
      database</a> </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">Decision support database</a>
    </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">Thin client environments</a>
    </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">File server</a> (Microsoft
      Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Novell NetWare)</td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">File server </a>(Other)</td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> <a href="capgroup.htm">Web server</a> </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign=TOP width="65%"> Other </td>
    <td valign=TOP width="35%"> 16 KB</td>
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<h2>More information</h2>
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  <li><A href="wadvstcc.htm">Changing the stripe size</A></li>
  <li><a href="cfintune.htm">Fine-tuning your system</a></li>
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