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>From: "ed_tarantino" <edtarantino@...>

>Hi,
>Great feedback from everyone, but could I get some clarification 
>based on this (now cross-platform?) thread:
>
>Based on this discussion, large block formatting is preferable for 
>audio only drives. So, I should format to 32k or 64k?

On your audio drive, yes.

>The OS/programs drive should be as small block as possible. Or is it 
>better to just use the default size? (I don't actually remember what 
>that size is for NTFS)

NTFS will choose it's default block size according to the size of your drive.
So, on your system drive the default will work fine.

>Finally, will a raid 0 striping setup for audio drives help 
>performance or cause potential problems? (drop outs, etc?)
>
>(I'm running win2000, NTFS with late model IBM and Maxtor IDE 
>drives.. my mobo has onboard raid, hence the question)

Don't know.

Howard

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