Viewing Drive Assignments - Biostar M7VIP User Manual

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Optimize Array For
Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), Security (RAID 1) under the
"Optimize Array for" setting.
Performance (RAID 0 Striping)
Supports the maximum performance. The storage capacity equals the
number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array.
NOTE
: FastTrak 376 permits striped arrays using 1, 2 drive attached in Auto
Setup mode.
Security (RAID 1 Mirroring)
Creates a mirrored (or fault tolerant) array for data security.
NOTE
: Under the Security setting, FastTrak 376 permits two drives to be used
for a single Mirrored array only.
NOTE
: If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays (such as
block size), you must manually create disk arrays with the Define Array <3>
option from the Main Menu.

Viewing Drive Assignments

The View Drive Assignments <2> option in the Main Menu displays whether
drives are assigned to a disk arrays or are unassigned.
The menu also displays the data transfer mode that relates to speed used by
each drive (U6 refers to 133MB/sec transfers, U5 refers to 100MB/sec transfers,
U4 refers to 66MB/sec transfers, etc...)
FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.
Channel:ID Drive Model
1 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A
2 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A
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[ View Drive Assignments ]
Capacity(MB)
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Mode (D=DMA, U=UDMA)
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Assignment Mode
Array 1 U5
Array 1 U5