Promise Technology S150 Creating a Striped Array, Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives

FastTrak S150 TX4 User Manual

Creating a Striped Array

As described in the Drive Assignments Option section above, if you selected a performance array, follow the directions here.

1.Set the Stripe Block size. 64 KB is the default.

2.Assign new drives to the Performance array.

You may assign from one to four drives. If you assign only one drive, there will be no performance benefit

3.Save the information by pressing Ctrl-Y. You will return to the Define Array Menu.

Your system will reboot when you exit the FastBuild Utility.

Creating a Mirrored Array Using New Drives

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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