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4 Technical Information
Using the ArrayConfig Program
Using Express Setup
To create an array using Express Setup, you will need to do the
following:
1 Select the ArrayConfig menu option by pressing the hot key
— the
letter that appears in a different color.
(The hot key letters are
underlined in the following instructions). You can also press the
↑
and
↓
keys until the option is highlighted and then press
.
2 Insert the ArrayConfig utility disk in drive A and reboot your
computer. The ArrayConfig utility will start automatically.
3 Read the text that appears on the initial ArrayConfig screens. Press
any key to view the next screen, or press
to return to the
previous screen.
4 When you see the Setup Type Selection Menu, select
Express Setup
.
5 When the next screen appears, select the type of array you want to
create:
•
Select
Optimized for Performance
if you want the fastest possible data
input and output from the new array. This type of array does not
have special data protection features, however.
•
Select
Optimized for Data Protection
if your main concern is to protect
the files on the array from disk failure. This type of array
safeguards files in the array even if one of the array disks fails. To
use this option, two disk drives are required.
6 At the prompt, enter the number of drives to use in the array. You
can create either a one- or two-drive array with the Express Setup.
NOTE
When you select a single hard drive for RAID 0, the drive will be striped
and optimized using the ARO-1130’s cache memory, but no actual array
will be created. A single drive optimized in this way, although
significantly faster, will not provide the same level of performance as a
two-drive RAID 0 array.
7 When the next menu appears, select the type of application that you
will run on your computer. (Select
Other Applications
if you are not sure
what type of application you will use.) ArrayConfig will use your
answer to create the best array configuration for your applications.
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