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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide Determining your configuration Hint: The capacity of each drive is limited to the capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The total array capacity is defined as follows: RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive) RAID 1: the capacity of the smallest drive RAID 5: (the number of drives - 1) X (capacity of the smallest drive) RAID10: (the number of drives / 2) X (capacity of smallest drive) Navigate to the Create Array button after selecting all the drives for the array. Hit Enter to bring up the Create Disk Array display (see Figure 12 and Figure 13 for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed. Create Disk Array Note: Creating an array will overwrite existing data on its drives. Create a disk array from these drives: Port 0 Port 1 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 - QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30 30.0GB 30.0GB Select RAID Configuration: Array's Write Cache State: Stripe (RAID 0) enable Stripe Size: 64 KB 128KB 256KB 512KB 1mb Cancel OK Alt-F1 Help Previous/Next Enter Change Value Esc Cancel Figure 12. Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example 50 www.3ware.com

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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller
User Guide
50
www.3ware.com
Determining your configuration
Hint:
The capacity of each drive is limited to the
capacity of the smallest drive in the array. The total
array capacity is defined as follows:
RAID 0: (the number of drives) X (the capacity of the smallest drive)
RAID 1:
the capacity of the smallest drive
RAID 5: (the number of drives - 1) X (capacity of the smallest drive)
RAID10: (the number of drives / 2) X (capacity of smallest drive)
Navigate to the
Create Array
button after selecting all the drives
for the array. Hit
Enter
to bring up the
Create Disk Array
display
(see Figure 12 and Figure 13 for examples). Check that the proper
drives are listed.
Figure 12.
Create Disk Array Display, RAID 0 Example
Create Disk Array
Help
Alt-F1
Change Value
Enter
Previous/Next
Note: Creating an array will overwrite existing data on its drives.
Create a disk array from these drives:
Port 0
- QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
Port 1
- QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM30
30.0GB
Select RAID Configuration:
Array's Write Cache State:
Stripe (RAID 0)
enable
Cancel
OK
Cancel
Esc
Stripe Size:
64 KB
128KB
256KB
512KB
1mb