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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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Creating a Disk Array – Express
To create a disk array using the Express feature:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Create New Array and press Enter.
3. Highlight Configuration Method and press the spacebar to toggle to
Express.
4. Highlight the following options and press to spacebar to choose Yes or No:
• Redundancy
•Capacity
•Performance
• Spare Drive
• Mixing SATA/SAS Drive
If you choose No, and you have both SATA and SAS drives, a separate
array is created for each type of drive.
5. Highlight Number of Logical Drives and press the backspace key to erase
the current value, then enter the number of logical drives you want.
6. Highlight Application Type and press the spacebar to toggle though the
applications and choose the best one for your disk array.
• File Server
• Video Stream
• Transaction Data
• Transaction Log
•Other
7. Press Ctrl-A to save your settings and move to the next screen.
8. Review the proposed configuration of disk array and logical drives.
To accept the proposed configuration and create the disk array and logical
drives, highlight Save Configuration and press Enter.
To reject the proposed configuration, highlight Cancel Array Configuration
and press Enter. You return to the Disk Arrays Summary screen.
To create a disk array with different characteristics, highlight Create New
Array and press Enter. Repeat the steps above specifying different
parameters. Or choose the Advanced option.