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3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility Figure 12. Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array 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. Press Enter to bring up the Create Disk Array display (see Figure 13 and Figure 14 for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed. 32 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide

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3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility
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3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Figure 12.
Selecting Drives for a Mirrored Array
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. Press
Enter
to bring up the
Create Disk Array
display (see Figure 13
and Figure 14 for examples). Check that the proper drives are listed.