Manually Creating An Array - Promise Technology FastTrak S150 User Manual

Manually Creating an Array

The Define Array (3) option from the Main Menu allows users to begin the
process of manually defining the drive elements and RAID levels for one or
multiple disk arrays attached to FastTrak S150 TX4.
Users will commonly create one or two drive arrays with FastTrak S150 TX4,
though the card will support a maximum of four arrays. You may use a single
drive in striping mode with FastTrak S150 TX4. In this rare scenario, the card will
create an individual array ID but will offer conventional controller performance
depending on the drive type. At a later time, you can add a second drive to the
array and recreate the array to support RAID 1 mirroring.
For most installations, Promise recommends the (1) Auto
Setup for easy disk array creation.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
Array No
Array 1
Array 2
Array 3
Array 4
[ ] Up [ ] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select
To manually create an array from the Define Array Menu:
1. Press the arrow keys to highlight the array number you wish to define, and
press Enter to select.
2. The Define Array Definition Menu will next appear that allows drive
assignments to the disk array (see next page).
[Define Array Menu]
RAID Mode Total Drv
Stripe
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[ Keys Available ]
Note
Capacity(MB)
2 160048
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Status
Functional
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