User manual

Fast Trak TX2200 / TX4200 User Manual

Performance Tips

Here are some tips that may optimize performance in a RAID 0 striped logical

disk. If you are using an audio/video-editing card, we also recommend reviewing

your card's documentation for additional information.

Use FastTrak TX2200 or TX4200 as D: or other non-bootable drive in a

striped logical disk

For Audio/Video editing, keep the original system boot drive on the standard

IDE controller as C: drive. Partitioning software will see the logical disk as

one physical drive, D: or later. This will prevent file fragmentation and

provide better accessibility to the logical disk.

Optimize logical disk for “performance”

The Promise FastBuild BIOS Utility Auto Setup Menu allows optimizing the

logical disk for Performance applications such as A/V Editing. The default

Performance setting (Stripe) selects a Stripe Block size of 64. This larger

block size is recommended for the data streaming requirements of A/V

editing. You may select an even larger block size in manual mode (see

page 25).

[ Auto Setup Options Menu ]

Optimize Array for:

[ Array Setup Configuration ]

[ Keys Available ]

[ , ,Space] Change Option [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

Performance

Mode ............................................. Stripe

Spare Drive ...................................... 0

Drive(s) Used in Array ........................... 2

Array Disk Capacity (size in MB) ................. 32083