Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM user manual Optimize Array For, Auto Setup Options Menu

FastTrak100 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.

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[Auto Setup Options Menu]
Optimize Array for:	Performance
Typical Application usage:	A/V Editing
[ Auto Setup Configuration ]
Mode	Stripe
Spare Drive Count	1
Drives used in Array	2
Array Disk Capacity	16126
	[ Keys Available ]
[−] Up [↓] Down [←, →, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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: FastTrak100 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, FastTrak100 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.

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