Promise Technology FastTrak S150 - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 2: Installation
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Installing the Hard Drives
Important
If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive
using the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
operating system as part of a bootable Mirrored (RAID 1) array
on your FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card, do NOT connect the
hard drive to the FastTrak yet.
You MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software
first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard
drive controller.
The FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card supports up to four Serial ATA hard drives.
For optimal performance, install four identical Serial ATA drives of the same
model and capacity. The drives’ matched performance allows the array to
function better as a single drive.
If you are striping (RAID 0) for performance, use up to four new drives. If
mirroring (RAID 1) for protection, you can use two new drives OR use an
existing drive and a new drive (the new drive must be the same size or larger
than the existing drive).
1. Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system, including the
power cables.
Caution
Use of removable hard drive enclosures other than Promise
Technology’s SuperSwap is not supported and may result in
performance loss or other undesired results.
2. Attach one Serial ATA data cable to each hard drive. Then attach the other
ends of the cables to the connectors on the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID card.