Windows NT®4.0 Installationwww.3ware.com 75b Choose Administrative Tools from the Programs menu.c Choose Disk Administrator from the Administrative Toolsmenu.RAID array initializationRAID 0 arrays do not need to be initialized and are immediatelyavailable for use with full performance when created.RAID 1 and 10 arrays are not initialized when created and areimmediately available for use with full performance when created.The first time the array is verified (via the BIOS or 3ware 3DM),the array is initialized. Initialization results in data from one disk(the disk on the lower channel number) being copied to the otherdrive. In RAID 10 arrays, data from one half of the array is copiedto the other half. After the initial verification, subsequent verifies toa RAID 1 or 10 array result in the data from one drive (or set ofdrives) being compared to the other drive (or set of drives).RAID 5 arrays are immediately initialized after being created in theBIOS by writing zeroes to all array members. The user can rebootthe system before this is complete in order to use the RAID 5 arrayimmediately. Once booted to the operating system, the RAID 5array goes into initialization mode after a delay of up to ten min-utes. The advantage of this procedure is that the RAID 5 array canbe used immediately, but it will not be fault tolerant until the initial-ization is complete. The disadvantage of this is that it takes longerfor the array to become fully redundant, because it takes longer toinitialize an array than it does to write zeroes to the array.Install the 3DM disk management utilityRefer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.
