Dell 3 - Manual (Page 35)

Introduction to RAID 33
F i g u r e 2 - 1 . E x a m p l e o f D i s k S t r i p i n g
Stripe Width
Stripe width is the number of disks involved in an array where striping is
implemented. For example, a four-disk array with disk striping has a stripe
width of four.
Stripe Size
The stripe size is the length of the interleaved data segments that PERC 3
writes across multiple drives. PERC 3 supports stripe sizes of 2 KB, 4 KB,
8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB.
Segment 1
Segment 5
Segment 9 Segment 2
Segment 6
Segment 10
Segment 3
Segment 7
Segment 11
Segment 4
Segment 8
Segment 12