Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM User Manual

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FastTrak100 User Manual

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, use Ctrl-Y to Save selections. FastBuild will
automatically build the array.

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Auto Setup Options Menu

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Optimize Array for:

Performance

Typical Application usage:

A/V Editing

[ Auto Setup Configuration ]

Mode..................................................Stripe

Spare Drive Count ....................................1

Drives used in Array ................................2

Array Disk Capacity .........................16126

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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), or
Capacity (Spanning) under the “Optimize Array for” setting.

Performance (RAID 0 Striping)

Supports the maximum performance. The storage capacity equals the number
of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk array.

NOTE: FastTrak100 permits striped arrays using 1, 2, 3, or 4 drives 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.