Adaptec 2130SLP User Guide - Page 10

Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares, Protecting Your Data - raid 1

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Contents ● 10 9 Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares Understanding Logical Drives 74 Creating Logical Drives 75 Setting the Size of a Logical Drive 75 Including Different-sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive..... 76 Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space 77 Fine-tuning Logical Drives 78 Changing the Write Cache Setting 79 Changing the Stripe Size 79 Changing the Read Cache Setting 80 Changing the Initialize Method 80 Changing the Initialize Priority 81 Verifying Logical Drives 81 Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive 82 Verifying a Logical Drive (Without Fix 83 Enabling/Disabling Background Consistency Check 84 Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive 84 Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive 87 Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive 87 Deleting a Logical Drive 89 Working with Hot Spares 90 Hot Spare Limitations 90 Dedicated Spare or Global Spare 90 Designating a Global Hot Spare 91 Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare 92 What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean 93 Removing a Hot Spare 93 10 Protecting Your Data Creating a Snapshot 96 Snapshot Limitations 96 Creating a Snapshot with Backup 97 Creating a Snapshot Without Backup 97 Deleting a Snapshot 97 Enabling Copyback 98

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Contents
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Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
Understanding Logical Drives
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74
Creating Logical Drives
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75
Setting the Size of a Logical Drive
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75
Including Different-sized Disk Drives in a Logical Drive
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76
Creating a Logical Drive Using Available Space
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77
Fine-tuning Logical Drives
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78
Changing the Write Cache Setting
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79
Changing the Stripe Size
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79
Changing the Read Cache Setting
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80
Changing the Initialize Method
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80
Changing the Initialize Priority
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81
Verifying Logical Drives
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81
Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive
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82
Verifying a Logical Drive (Without Fix)
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83
Enabling/Disabling Background Consistency Check
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84
Increasing the Capacity of a Logical Drive
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84
Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive
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87
Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive
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87
Deleting a Logical Drive
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89
Working with Hot Spares
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90
Hot Spare Limitations
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90
Dedicated Spare or Global Spare?
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90
Designating a Global Hot Spare
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91
Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare
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92
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?
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93
Removing a Hot Spare
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93
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Protecting Your Data
Creating a Snapshot
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96
Snapshot Limitations
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96
Creating a Snapshot with Backup
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97
Creating a Snapshot Without Backup
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97
Deleting a Snapshot
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97
Enabling Copyback
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98