Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring and Maintenance
Arrays
Create an Array
1.In Tree View, click the + to the left of the Controller 
icon to see the Channels. Click the + to the left of each Channel 
icon to see the unassigned disk drives. Unassigned drives have this 
icon.
The available RAID selection depends on the number of disk drives available. The table below lists the Levels and drives required.
See the Appendix A for a more detailed description.
RAID Level | Name | Minimum | Maximum | |
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0 | Striping | 2 | 4 | |
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1 | Mirroring | 2 | 2 | |
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0+1 | Striping + Mirroring | 4 | 4 | |
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5 | Distributed Parity | 3 | 4 | |
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JBOD | Single Drive | 1 | 4 | |
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Table 3. RAID Levels available with FastTrak SX4000 series and S150 SX4.
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icon and select New Array from the popup menu (right). A Create Array icon appears.
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