Creating Arrays Automatically; Optimize Array For - TYAN Tomcat i875P S5102 User Manual

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Tomcat i875P S5102

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.

Mode............................................................................... Stripe

Spare Drive.............................................................................1

Drive(s) used in Array .............................................................2

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB) ....................................16126

[↑] Up [↓] Down [←, →, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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: PDC20378 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, PDC20378 permits two drives to be used for a single

Mirrored array only.

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.

Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Performance

[Array Setup Options Menu]

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