Promise Technology 150TX2 Creating Arrays Automatically

Chapter 2: Getting Started

Notes

After you install the FastTrak S150 TX2plus card and

configure an array using FastBuild, use FDISK to format the

arrayed drive(s) if you are using new, blank drives

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, press Ctrl-Y to Save the selections. FastBuild will

automatically build the array.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance

[ Auto Setup Configuration ]

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

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

Drives used in Array ............................................. 2

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB) ................ 160048

[ Keys Available ]

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

Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), Security (RAID 1 or RAID 0+1)

under the Optimize Array for setting.

Performance

RAID 0 (Striping) supports the high performance. The storage capacity equals

the number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array.