@InProceedings{chen:maxraid,
  author = {Peter M. Chen and David A. Patterson},
  title = {Maximizing Performance in a Striped Disk Array},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 17th Annual International Symposium on
  Computer Architecture},
  year = {1990},
  pages = {322--331},
  keywords = {parallel I/O, RAID, disk striping, pario-bib},
  comment = {Choosing the optimal striping unit, i.e., size of contiguous data
  on each disk (bit, byte, block, etc.). A small striping unit is good for
  low-concurrency workloads since it increases the parallelism applied to each
  request, but a large striping unit can support high-concurrency workloads
  where each independent request depends on fewer disks. They do simulations to
  find throughput, and thus to pick the striping unit. They find equations for
  the best compromise striping unit based on the concurrency and the disk
  parameters, or on the disk parameters alone. Some key assumptions may limit
  applicability, but this is not addressed.}
}