Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM - Manual (Page 82)

FastTrak100 User Manual
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Performance Tips
Here are some tips that may optimize performance in a RAID 0 striped array. If you
are using an audio/video editing card, we also recommend to review your card’s
documentation for additional information.
Use FastTrak100 as D: or other non-bootable drive in a Striped Array
For A/V editing, keep the original system boot drive on the standard IDE controller
as C: drive. Partitioning software such as FDISK will see the array as one physical
drive, D: drive (or later). This will prevent file fragmentation and provide better
accessibility to the array.
Re-Configure PCI Latency Setting
The PCI Latency setting appears in some Mainboard BIOS. The setting governs
how much time is allocated to service each PCI slot. Promise recommends a
valueof 64. An optimal value is neither too high nor too low and will vary from
system to system.
Optimize Array for “Performance”
The Promise FastBuild BIOS Utility auto setup menu allows optimizing the array
for A/V Editing . The default Performance setting (Striping) selects a Stripe Block
size of 64. This larger block size is recommended for the data streaming
requirements of A/V editing. You may select an even larger block size in manual
mode (see page 22).
FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.
[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]
Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: A/V Editing
[ Auto Setup Configuration ]
Mode..................................................Stripe
Stripe Block Size....................................64
Drive used in Array ..................................2
Array Disk Capacity .........................13044
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