Adaptec 2005S User Guide - Page 54

To create a hot spare, To set a smaller logical drive size, Advanced Settings, Size GB

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Step 4: Building Your Storage Space ● 53 6 In the Physical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use in the logical drive. Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives, as shown below. By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the logical drive and maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select. (To set a custom size for the logical drive, see the second bullet below). Number of disk drives required ● To create a hot spare-Control-click on an available disk drive. A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare. (See page 90 for more information.) ● To set a smaller logical drive size-Click Advanced Settings, then enter a size for the logical drive in the Size GB box. Available space will remain on the selected disk drives. (See page 74 for more information.) ● To modify other settings-Click Advanced Settings and customize the settings as required. (See Fine-tuning Logical Drives on page 78 for more information.)

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Step 4: Building Your Storage Space
●
53
6
In the Physical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use
in the logical drive.
Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number
of disk drives, as shown below. By default, Adaptec Storage Manager
automatically sets the size of the logical drive and maximizes the
capacity of the disk drives you select. (To set a custom size for the
logical drive, see the second bullet below).
●
To create a hot spare
—Control-click on an available disk drive. A
plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be
designated as a hot spare. (See
page 90
for more information.)
●
To set a smaller logical drive size
—Click
Advanced Settings
,
then enter a size for the logical drive in the
Size GB
box. Available
space will remain on the selected disk drives. (See
page 74
for
more information.)
●
To modify other settings
—Click
Advanced Settings
and
customize the settings as required. (See
Fine-tuning Logical
Drives
on page 78
for more information.)
Number of disk drives required