Promise Technology FASTTRAK SX4300 - Manual (Page 23)

Chapter 3: FastBuild™ Utility
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See “Choosing a RAID Level” on page 42 for more information.
4. Press the arrow keys to move to the next option. Option choices depend on
the RAID Level you selected.
• Initialize logical drive, zero the disk drives. RAID 1, 5, 10 or 50 only.
• Stripe Block Size, the default 64KB is best for most applications.
• Gigabyte Boundary, allows use of slightly smaller replacement drives.
• Cache Mode, WriteThru or WriteBack.
See “Other Logical Drive Features” on page 44 for more information.
5. Press the arrow keys to move to Disk Assignments. Press the spacebar to
toggle between N and Y for each available drive. Y means this disk drive will
be assigned to the logical drive.
Assign the appropriate number of disk drives to your logical drive.
A disk drive that is not assigned to a logical drive will automatically function
as a Hot Spare Drive.
6. Press Ctrl-Y to save your logical drive configuration.
You have the option of using all of the disk drive capacity for one logical drive
or allocating a portion to a second logical drive.
7. Choose one of the following:
• Use the full capacity of the disk drives for a single logical drive. Go to
“One Logical Drive” below.
• Split the disk drives among two logical drives. This option does not apply
to JBOD. Go to “Two Logical Drives” on page 18.
One Logical Drive
Continued from Create Logical Drive step 7, above.
1. Press any key (except for Ctrl-Y) to use the full portion of the logical drive for
one logical drive.
2. Press Esc to exit to the Main Menu. Press Esc again to exit the Utility.
3. Press Y to restart the computer.
You have successfully created a new RAID logical drive.
You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you can use it.
Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a logical drive as you would
any other fixed disk added to your computer system.