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Creating Arrays Automatically

The Auto Setup <1> selection from the Main M enu can intuitively help create your disk array . It

w ill assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating. After making all

selections, use C trl-Y to Save selections. FastBuild w ill automatically build the array.

Optimize Array for:

Typical Application usage: A/V Editing

Mode.................................................Stripe

Spare Drive C ount...............................0

Drives used in Array............................2

Array Disk C apacity............................16126

[?] U p [?] Down [? ,? , Space] C hange Option [ESC ] Exit [C trl-Y] Save

Optimize Array For

Select w hether you w ant Performance (RAID 0), Security (R AID 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.

N OTE : This motherboard permits striped arrays using 1, 2 drive attached in Auto S etup

mode.

Security (RAID 1 Mirroring)

C reates a mirrored (or fault tolerant) array for data security.

N OTE : U nder the Security setting, This motherboard permits tw o drives to be used for a

single Mirrored array only.

[Auto Setup O ptions M enu]

Performance

[ A uto Setup C onfiguration ]

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