Promise Technology M500f, M500i, M300p, M500p, M300i, M300f, M200i, M200p, M200f manual Setup

Chapter 3: Setup

Follow these steps to create a new disk array.

1.Check the boxes to select any one or a combination of:

•Redundancy – The array will remain available if a physical drive fails

•Capacity – The greatest possible amount of data capacity

•Performance – The highest possible read/write speed

•Spare Drive – A hot spare drive

2.In the Number of Logical Drives field, enter the number of logical drives you want to make from this disk array.

The maximum possible number of logical drives appears to the right of this field.

3.From the Application Type menu, select an application that best describes your intended use for this disk array:

•File Server

•Video Stream

•Transaction Data

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