Promise Technology 66 Pro User Manual
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SuperTrak66™ User's Manual
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Viewing IOPx Object icons ________________________________________83
IOPx Information View ____________________________________________84
5.9 Channel (chx) Functions _______________________________86
Viewing Channel Object icons _____________________________________86
5.10 Hard Drive Functions _________________________________87
Hard Drive Information View________________________________________87
5.11 Enclosure Functions__________________________________88
Enabling Rebuild/Synchronization Beeper ____________________________88
Viewing Enclosure Object icons ____________________________________88
Enclosure Information View ________________________________________89
5.12 Array Functions ______________________________________90
Deleting an Existing Array_________________________________________90
Rebuilding An Array______________________________________________91
Using Rebuild Wizard ____________________________________________92
To Stop Rebuild _________________________________________________94
Array Synchronization ____________________________________________94
Halting Synchronization___________________________________________95
Turning On Read Cache __________________________________________96
Turning Off Caching ______________________________________________96
Turning On/Off Write Back Cache___________________________________96
Viewing Cache Memory Statistics __________________________________97
Information View_________________________________________________98
RAID Setup________________________________________ 102
6.1 Application Scenarios _________________________________103
High Performance Desktop PCs Working With Large Files _____________103
Corporate Desktop PC Requiring Data Protection_____________________103
Windows NT File Server _________________________________________103
Mid-Sized Windows NT Application Server __________________________104
Largest Storage Capacity Required ________________________________105
6.2 RAID Implementation__________________________________105
Striping (RAID 0) _______________________________________________105
Mirroring (RAID 1) ______________________________________________106
Striping/Mirroring (RAID 0+1) _____________________________________106
Data striping with dedicated parity drive (RAID 3) _____________________106
Block and parity striping (RAID 5)__________________________________107
Spanning _____________________________________________________107
6.3 RAID Management & Operation ________________________108
Critical & Offline Arrays__________________________________________108
Rebuilding/Synchronizing Fault Tolerant Arrays ______________________108
Partitioning & Formatting Arrays___________________________________108
6.4 Configuration Ideas___________________________________109