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attached in Auto Setup mode.
Security (RAID 1 Mirroring, or RAID 0+1 Striping/Mirroring)
Creates a mirrored (or fault tolerant) array for data security.
NOTE:
Under the Security setting, FastTrak100 permits two drives to
be used for a single Mirrored array or four drives to be used for a
Mirrored/Striped array in Auto Setup.
Capacity (Spanning)
Achieves the maximum amount of capacity by adding the
sum of all attached drives. The Stripe Block option does not
apply.
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Defining Typical Application Usage
Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in
order to optimize how FastTrak100 handles data blocks to enhance
performance. Your choice will determine the block size used. You may
choose from: A/V Editing (for audio/video applications, or any similar
application that requires large file transfers), Server (for numerous small
file transfers), or Desktop (a combination of large and small file sizes).
Using a “Hot” Spare Drive
If a third drive is attached as a “Slave” and is not assigned to a mirrored
two-drive disk array (one optimized for “Security”), it will be recognized
as a Spare Drive. Such a drive is immediately used as a “standby”
replacement. It is automatically added to an array once a disk member
of the array has been detected as “failed.” To restore fault tolerance as
quickly as possible, FastTrak100 begins to perform an automatic data
rebuild on the “spare” drive in the background without the need to restart
the system. At a later time, the failed drive can be physically removed
from the FastTrak100 card and an extra drive added in its place to
function as the “spare” drive.
Creating Multiple Disk Arrays
1. If you plan to create multiple arrays, attach only the drives
necessary to create the first disk array and complete the <1> Auto
Setup.
2. Install the additional drives needed for the second array and again
use the <1> Auto Setup.
NOTE
: If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays
(such as block size), you must manually create disk arrays with the
Define Array <3> option from the Main Menu.
