User manual

Promise Array Manager
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3. Type an Array name, RAID level and Block Size. The default Block size
is 64KB. Do NOT click the Commit button yet.
A new array icon
appears in the Tree View.
Note
The available RAID selection depends on which Promise
product you have and the number of disk drives available.
The table below lists the options. See the Appendix for a
more detailed description.
RAID
Level
Name
Minimum
drives
Promise Product
0 Striping 2
1 Mirroring 2
0+1 Striping + Mirroring 4
JBOD Single Disk 1
FastTrak
SuperTrak
UltraTrak
3 Separate Parity 3
5 Distributed Parity 3
30
Dedicated Parity
Stripe Set
6
50
Distributed Parity
Stripe Set
6
SuperTrak
UltraTrak
Table 3-1. RAID Levels for Promise Products.
4. Expand the Channels to find the unassigned drives. Unassigned drives
display this icon
. You cannot add assigned drives to a new array.