# Optimal Strip Size

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160 "2022-10-13T09:25:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/82dd89/32.png) [@ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISEMAREN_AAG)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160/1 "2022-10-13T09:25:36Z")

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Good morning.

I am setting up a **HP server** which I will install **Proxmox** (hypervisor) to create **2 virtual machines (Debian Linux)**. One for **Ignition** and the other for **PostgreSQL** (Historian).  
The server has **4 HDDs of 1 TB**.  
I am going to create a **RAID 10** and I would like to know what the **optimal "Strip Size"** would be, taking into account that a SCADA will be developed for about **10000 tags** (75% float, 25% boolean), with a **read/write frequency of 5 seconds**.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/5/f54c968ddc12115ffb7e2c257f49c8f02e39f708.png)

Thanks.

Best regards.

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160/2 "2022-10-13T11:54:58Z")

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Perhaps a read through this will point you in the right direction?

> **[Ignition Server Sizing and Architecture Guide](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/resources/article/ignition-server-sizing-and-architecture-guide)**
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> This guide is intended to provide some tips to help you determine the correct architecture depending on your requirements. It is important to note that any architecture that you come up with needs to be fully tested and verified. Throughout that...

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160/3 "2022-10-13T12:15:48Z")

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The strip size won't matter for database and light OS duties. These are mostly random-access workloads, not streaming workloads.

I do hope your HDDs are really SSDs.

More importantly, make sure you do not over-allocate CPU cores and RAM.

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**Author:** ![ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/82dd89/32.png) [@ISEMAREN\_AAG](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ISEMAREN_AAG)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/optimal-strip-size/65160/4 "2022-10-13T12:51:49Z")

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Thanks for the reply.

Then I will select the values ​​by default.

Best Regards.