Promise Technology FastTrak SX Series Version 4.4 - Manual (Page 65)

Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring and Maintenance
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Arrays
Create an Array
1. In Tree View, click the + to the left of the Controller icon to see the
Channels. Click the + to the left of each Channel icon to see the
unassigned disk drives. Unassigned drives have this icon.
The available RAID selection depends on the number of disk drives
available. The table below lists the Levels and drives required.
See the Appendix A for a more detailed description.
RAID Level Name
Minimum
drives
Maximum
drives
0 Striping 2 4
1 Mirroring 2 2
0+1 Striping + Mirroring 4 4
5 Distributed Parity 3 4
JBOD Single Drive 1 4
Table 3. RAID Levels available with FastTrak SX4000 series and S150 SX4.
2. Right-click on the Controller icon and
select New Array from the popup menu
(right). A Create Array icon appears.