TYAN TRINITY I845E Manual page 40

Creating Arrays Automatically
The Auto Setup <1> selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help create your disk array. It will
assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating. After making all
selections, use Ctrl-Y to Save selections. FastBuild
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[Auto Setup Options Menu]
Optimize Array for:
Typical Application usage: A/V Editing
[ Auto Setup Configuration ]
Mode .............................................. Stripe
Spare Drive Count................................1
Drives used in Array .............................2
Array Disk Capacity.....................16126
[ Keys Available ]
[ ] Up [ ] Down [ ,
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: The PDC20276 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, the PDC20276 permits two drives to be used for a single
Mirrored array only.
Defining Typical Application Usage
Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how the
PDC20276 handles data blocks to enhance performance. Your choice will determine the block
size used. You may choose from: A/V Editing (for audio/video applications, or any similar
application that requires large file transfers), Server (for numerous small file transfers), or Desktop
(a combination of large and small file sizes).
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.
Performance
, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
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will automatically build the array.