TYAN TRINITY I875P User Manual page 61

Trinity i875P S5101
Creating an Array for Performance
NOTE: The PDC20378 enables you to create striped arrays with 1, 2, 3 or 4 drives.
To create an array for best performance, follow these steps:
1. Using the Spacebar, choose "Performance" under the Optimize Array for section.
2. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to Save and create the array.
3. Reboot your system.
4. Once the array has been created, you will need to FDISK and format the array as if it
were a new single hard drive.
Creating a Security Array with New Drives
To create an array for data protection using new hard drives, follow these steps:
1. Using the Spacebar, choose "Security" under the Optimize Array for section.
2. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to save your selection.
3. The window below will appear.
Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another? (Yes/No)
Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only
4. Press "N" for the Create Only option.
5. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been
created. Press any key to reboot the system
6. Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just installed a new
hard drive.
7. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Step 4. Installing Software
Driver to install your operating system and/or PDC20378 driver.
Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)
Array has been created.
<Press Any Key to Reboot>
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