Promise Technology 150TX2 - Manual (Page 20)

FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual
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Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization
Caution
With some models of hard drives, if the Master hard drive fails, it
may cause the Slave hard drive to be unrecognized by the
computer's operating system. Where a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array
exists on the Master/Slave pair, this condition may cause the
operating system to freeze.
Do NOT create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array with two Parallel ATA
hard drives using the Master/Slave arrangement on Channel 3
(the Parallel ATA port).
You can create a RAID 1 (Mirroring) array by combining hard
drives on:
•
Channels 1 and 2 (Serial ATA only)
• Channels 1 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel)
• Channels 2 and 3 (one Serial, one Parallel)
Use this setting to create a Mirrored (RAID 1) array with one or two existing hard
drives containing data that you do not want to keep. This method creates a
mirrored array and erases the first data block from your existing drives.
Warning
Using the Quick Initialization option on existing drives will result
in the loss of all data on those drives.
Note
When creating a Security array with new drives, a feature called
Gigabyte Boundary will automatically be set to ON. For a
description of this feature, see page 23.
Follow these steps:
1. Press the Spacebar to choose Security under the Optimize Array for
section.
2. Press Ctrl-Y to Save your selection.