Auto Setup - Promise Technology FastTRAK66 User Manual

Auto Setup <1>
The <1> Auto Setup selection can intuitively help create your disk array. It will
assign all available drives appropriate for the disk array you are creating.
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Optimize Array for:
Typical Application usage:
Mode ...................................................... Stripe
Spare Drive Count ........................................ 1
Drive used in Array ...................................... 2
Array Disk Capacity ........................... 13044
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The "Optimize Array for:" setting has three choices - Performance (Striping), Fault
Tolerance (Mirroring), and Capacity (Spanning).
Striping (Performance)
Supports the maximum performance where the capacity equals the number of drives
times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array. Change the Stripe Block
sectors that best optimizes system applications. Using a Stripe Block size of 8 KB is
normally recommended for business applications and 64KB for server and Audio/
Video editing applications.
Capacity (Spanning)
Achieves the maximum amount of capacity by adding the sum of all the drives. The
Stripe Block option does not apply.
Mirr oring (Fault Tolerance)
Allows creation of fault tolerant arrays for data security. Also provides a feature to
add fault tolerance to one drive with existing data. The Stripe Block option does not
apply.
Typical Application usage
Allows the user to choose the type of software to optimized for speed enhance-
ment. The recommended stripe will then appear in the [ Auto Setup Configuration ].
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FastBuild Configuration Setup
[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]
[ Auto Setup Configuration ]
[ Keys Available ]
[ , , Space] Change Option
Performance
General
[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
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