Creating Arrays Automatically - Promise Technology FastTrak TX2000 User Manual

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 will automatically build the array.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2001 Promise Technology, Inc.
Optimize Array for:
Typical Application usage:
Mode ................................................ Stripe
Spare Drive Count....................................1
Drives used in Array .................................2
Array Disk Capacity (size in MB) ......16126
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Optimize Array For
Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), Security (RAID 1 or RAID 0+1), or Capacity
(Spanning) 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: FastTrak TX2000 permits striped arrays using 1, 2, 3, or 4 drives attached in Auto
Setup mode.
Security (RAID 1 Mirroring, or RAID 0+1 Striping/Mirroring)
Creates a mirrored (or fault tolerant) array for data security.
NOTE: Under the Security setting, FastTrak TX2000 permits two drives to be used for a
single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup.
Capacity (Spanning)
Achieves the maximum amount of capacity by adding the sum of all attached drives. The
Stripe Block option does not apply.
FastTrak TX2000™ Series User Manual
[Auto Setup Options Menu]
Performance
A/V Editing
[ Auto Setup Configuration ]
[ Keys Available ]
, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
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