5-2.7 Adding Fault Tolerance To An Existing Drive - SOLTEK SL-85DRV User Manual

5-2.7 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive

FastTrak100-Lite will create a mirroring array using an existing system drive
with data. You must assign the existing drive and another drive of same or
larger capacity to the Mirroring array. The BIOS will send the existing data
to the new blank drive.
WARNING :
WARNING :
• Backup any necessary data before proceeding. Failure to follow this
practice will result in data loss.
• If you wish to include your current bootable drive using Windows NT
4.x or Window 2000 operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored
(RAID 1) array on your FastTrak100-Lite, do NOT connect the hard
drive to the FastTrak100-Lite Controller yet. You MUST install the
drive of Fast Trak100-Lite Controller first (see Section 5-3) to this
drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller. For
all other Operating System proceed like here.
1. After assigning the drives to a Mirroring array, press <Ctrl-Y> key to
save your selection. The window below will appear.
Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther? (Yes/No)
Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only
2. Press "Y" for the Create and Duplicate option. The window below will
appear asking you to select the Source drive to use. FastBuild will copy
all data from the Source drive to the Target drive.
Channel: ID
Channel: ID
Channel: ID
1: Master
2: Master
Source Disk
Drive Model
Target Disk
Drive Model
[Please Select A Source Disk]
Drive Model
QUANTUMCR8.4A
QUANTUMCR8.4A
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Capacity (MB)
Capacity (MB)
Capacity (MB)
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