Promise Technology 150TX2 user manual Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives

Caution

With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the operating system to freeze.

Do NOT create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array with two Parallel ATA hard drives using the Master/Slave arrangement on Channel 3 (the Parallel ATA port).

You can create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array by combining hard drives on:

•Channels 1 and 2 (Serial ATA only)

•Channels 1 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel)

•Channels 2 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel)

As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above, if you selected a mirroring array and wish to use two new assigned drives, follow the directions here.

1.Assign new drives to a Mirroring array

2.Save the information by pressing Ctrl-Y, the window below will appear.

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do quick initialize or create only?

Y - Create and Duplicate N - Create Only

I - Create and Quick Initialize

3.Press N for the Create Only option. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security array has been created.

Array has been created. <Press Any Key to Reboot>

4.Press any key to reboot the system.

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