Instruction manual

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Select an application
When you select an application, the FastStream
SC 5300 finds all available drives and creates the
appropriate setup using those drives. The most
flexible choice is to use Custom Setup , but you
must understand your needs and your system well
to use this option.
Refer to Designing RAID groups on page iii of
the Appendix for more information about RAID.
Choose one of the following setups
• Quick Digital Video: provides parity RAID
protection (DVRAID) and optimized
performance for digital video (sequential
access) configurations using 6, 12 or 24 drives.
This set up does not allow you to use any
number but 6, 12 or 24 drives. DVRAID provides
11 streams of SD video, dual streams of HD
video of HD video with an Alpha channel title.
Note
DVRAID is only available using the Quick
Digital Video setup wizard.
• General Digital Video: provides parity RAID
protection for digital applications for
configurations using three or more drives.
• Audio: ATS™ (Audio Track Streaming)
technology provides parity RAID protection
while managing latency to allow high-speed
availability to support up to 192 tracks of 16-bit
audio or 96 tracks of 24-bit audio in a single
editing session using three or more drives.
• General IT: provides parity RAID protection
optimized for random access applications using
three or more drives.
• Database: provides parity RAID protection for
database applications (small transfer, random
access) for configurations using more than three
drives.
General Digital Video, General IT or
Database
1 If you have chosen General Digital Video,
General IT or Database, the Setup Wizard
page appears.
If all your drives do not appear in the Find
Drives box, click on System Scan.
2 Click on Commit.
3 A warning box appears.
If you want to continue click Yes. The
configuration completes and the Health and
Status Monitor page appears.
If you wish to start over, click No.The Setup
Wizard page appears.
Quick Digital Video
1 If you have chosen Quick Digital Video, the
Setup Wizard page appears.
Select your operating system.
2 Click on Next.
Note
Depending on your choice and your current
system, the appliance may need to restart.
3 If all your drives do not appear in the Find
Drives box, click on System Scan.
4 Click Next.
5 Click either Standard Fault Tolerance (no Hot
Spare drives) or Maximum Fault Tolerance
(which would add Hot Spares to the system).
Refer to Use Hot Spares
on page 13 for details.
6 Click Commit.
7 A warning box appears.
If you want to continue click Yes. The
configuration completes and the Health and
Status Monitor page appears.
If you wish to start over, click No.The Setup
Wizard page appears.
Audio
1 If you have chosen Audio, the Audio Setup
Wizard page appears.
Choose to use the same or a different node
name for each Fibre Channel port.
• If you are sure you want or do not want all
drives to be available to all Fibre Channel
ports, select Yes or No. If you do not know,
select Not Sure.
• If you select Not Sure, several more
questions are presented. Answers to these
questions may produce more questions; if
you change an answer, different questions
may be asked. Make your choices based on
your needs and system.
• Several definitions are listed in a grey box at
the bottom of the Audio Setup Wizard
screen which may help you determine
answers to the setup questions.