Promise Technology 150TX2, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Getting Started
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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.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
[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 ]
[
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] Up [
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] Down [
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, Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
Optimize Array for
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.