Task 3: Choosing The Physical Drives - Promise Technology SUPERTRAK EX8760T Guia De Inicio Rapido

Figure 4. LED pins on the SuperTrak card
For more information, see the user manual for your PC or enclosure.

Task 3: Choosing the Physical Drives

The SuperTrak EX Controller card supports 3.0-Gb/s or 6.0-Gb/s SAS and 1.5-
Gb/s or 3.0-Gb/s SATA physical drives. For optimal performance, install physical
drives of the same model and capacity.
Level
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 1E
RAID 5
* Requires SAS expansion
** Requires an even number of drives
The table above shows the number of drives required for each RAID level.
Global LEDs
+
G R
– – +
+
Aggregate LEDs
Number of Drives
1 or more
2 only
3 or more
3 to 32*
Task 3: Choosing the Physical Drives
LED Pins
+
Controller card
Level
RAID 6
RAID 10
RAID 50
RAID 60
7
Number of Drives
4 to 32*
4 or more**
6 or more
8 or more