User manual

FastTrak TX2000™ Series User Manual

Defining Typical Application Usage

Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in order to optimize how

FastTrak TX2000 handles data blocks to enhance performance. Your choice will determine the

block size used. You may choose from: A/V Editing (for audio/video applications, or any similar

application that requires large file transfers), Server (for numerous small file transfers), or

Desktop (a combination of large and small file sizes).

Using a “Hot” Spare Drive

If a third drive is attached and is not assigned to a mirrored two-drive disk array (one optimized

for “Security”), it will be recognized as a Spare Drive. Such a drive is immediately used as a

“standby” replacement. It is automatically added to an array once a disk member of the array

has been detected as “failed.” To restore fault tolerance as quickly as possible, FastTrak

TX2000 begins to perform an automatic data rebuild on the “spare” drive in the background

without the need to restart the system. At a later time, the failed drive can be physically

removed from the FastTrak TX2000 card and an extra drive added in its place to function as the

“spare” drive.

NOTE: Due to IDE limitations when drives are in a Master/Slave configuration, if the drive that

fails is on the same channel as the “spare” drive, there is a possibility that the “spare” drive will

fail to be recognized by the system.

NOTE: The hot spare drive must have a capacity that is equal to or larger than the smallest

array member.

Creating Multiple Disk Arrays

1. If you plan to create multiple arrays, attach only the drives necessary to create the first

disk array and complete the <1> Auto Setup.

2. Install the additional drives needed for the second array and again use the <1> Auto

Setup.

NOTE: If you wish to customize the settings of individual disk arrays (such as block size), you

must manually create disk arrays with the Define Array <3> option from the Main Menu.