Promise Technology 1000f series Product Manual page 323

10. Press the
The display shows the default read policy.
The choices are ReadCache, ReadAhead and None.
11. Press the
12. Press the
The display shows the default write policy.
The choices are WriteBack and WriteThru (write though).
13. Press the
14. Press the
15. Press the
The display shows the logical drive creation process. When the creation is
finished, the LCD returns to Logical Disk Create.
Creating a Spare Drive
This function creates a non-revertible, global spare drive. If you want a revertible
or a dedicated spare drive, see "Creating a Spare Drive" on page 176 or
page 241.
To create a spare drive for your new disk array:
1. Press the
2. Press the
number.
3. Press the
choose a physical drive for your spare drive.
Note that your spare drive must be the same type of drive, HDD or SSD, as
the drives in your disk array.
4. Press the
The display shows the spare drive creation process. When the creation is
finished, the LCD returns to Spare Drive Create.
or button until the display shows the sector size you want.
or button until the display shows the read policy you want.
button to choose the read policy shown on the screen.
or button until the display shows the write policy you want.
button to choose the write policy shown on the screen.
button again to confirm.
button and the display says Spare Drive Create.
button again to display the available physical drives by
button to move through the list. Press the
button again to confirm.
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button to