echo *number* | sudo tee /sys/block/md0/md/stripe_cache_size blockdev --setra *number* /dev/md0 For example: echo 8192 > /sys/block/md0/md/stripe_cache_size echo 256 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/max_sectors_kb echo 256 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/max_sectors_kb echo 256 > /sys/block/sdd/queue/max_sectors_kb echo 256 > /sys/block/sde/queue/max_sectors_kb blockdev --setra 64 /dev/sd[bcde] blockdev --setra 16384 /dev/md0