User manual

Chapter 3: FastBuild Configuration Utility

13. Press Esc twice to exit FastBuild and continue booting your computer.

Hot Spare Drive

This arrangement applies to the FastTrak TX4200. For automatic rebuilds of a

Mirrored (RAID 1) logical disk, attach a spare drive to the TX4200 card. FastTrak

will use the unassigned drive as a hot spare, providing it:

• Is not assigned to a logical disk

• Is designated Spare (not JBOD)

• Is the same size or larger than the drives in the logical disk

If the logical disk suffers a disk drive failure, it goes Critical. FastTrak will replace

the failed drive with the hot spare rebuild the logical disk automatically. This

action is performed in the background under all supported operating systems. At

a later time, you can power down the system and replace failed drive. If the new

drive meets the requirements, it then becomes the hot spare.

FastTrak TX2200 does not support a hot spare drive because has only two

channels. TX4200 supports a hot spare drive only with a Mirrored (RAID 1)

logical disk. It cannot support a hot spare if you have a Mirror/Stripe (RAID 10)

logical disk.

For more information on rebuilding logical disks, see Rebuild a Mirrored Logical

Disk on page 36.

Note

Before you can use your new logical disk, you must partition and

format the logical disk using your PC’s operating system.