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Promise Technology Pegasus3 Series
Choosing Express Configuration
To use the Express Configuration Wizard:
1. From the Storage menu choose Wizard .
2. Click the Express button.
The Express configuration menu appears.
3. Check the boxes to choose any one or a combination of:
• Redundancy
– The array remains available if a physical drive fails
• Capacity – The greatest possible amount of data capacity
• Performance
– The highest possible read/write speed
• Spare Drive – Check box to create a hot spare drive (R6 and R8 only)
• Number of Logical Drives
– Enter a number of logical drives to create
• Application Type - Choose how the storage is used
4. In the Number of Logical Drives field, type the number of logical drives you want to make from
this disk array. Pegasus supports 1 to 32 logical drives.
From the Application Type dropdown menu, choose an application that best describes your
intended use for the logical drives.
• File Server (default)
• Video Stream
• Transaction Data
• Transaction Log
• Other
Express Configuration menu