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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 78 Fine-tuning Logical Drives You can fine-tune a new or existing logical drive to meet your needs by adjusting the Advanced settings described in this section. (Not all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels.) Note: The default settings in Adaptec Storage Manager are optimal for most users and storage spaces. Only advanced users should change the settings described in this section. To fine-tune a logical drive: 1 Open the list of Advanced settings. If you are creating a new logical drive, follow the instructions in Step 6 on page 53. If you are modifying an existing logical drive: a In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the logical drive. b In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive. c In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Expand or change logical device. d Click Next, then click Advanced settings. Modify the available settings as required for your logical drive (not all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels): ● Logical drive size (see page 75) ● Write cache (see page 79) ● Stripe size (see page 79) ● Read cache (see page 80) ● Initialize method (see page 80) ● Initialize priority (see page 81) 2 Click Next. 3 To apply the changes immediately, click Apply. To schedule the changes for later, click Schedule, then set the date and time. (For more information, see page 124.)

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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
●
78
Fine-tuning Logical Drives
You can fine-tune a new or existing logical drive to meet your needs by
adjusting the Advanced settings described in this section. (Not all
options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels.)
Note:
The default settings in Adaptec Storage Manager are optimal for
most users and storage spaces. Only advanced users should change the
settings described in this section.
To fine-tune a logical drive:
1
Open the list of Advanced settings.
If you are creating a
new
logical drive, follow the instructions in
Step 6 on page 53
.
If you are modifying an
existing
logical drive:
a
In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
logical drive.
b
In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
c
In the menu bar, select
Actions
, then click
Expand or change
logical device
.
d
Click
Next
, then click
Advanced settings
.
Modify the available settings as required for your logical drive (not
all options are available for all controllers or all RAID levels):
●
Logical drive size (see
page 75
)
●
Write cache (see
page 79
)
●
Stripe size (see
page 79
)
●
Read cache (see
page 80
)
●
Initialize method (see
page 80
)
●
Initialize priority (see
page 81
)
2
Click
Next
.
3
To apply the changes immediately, click
Apply
.
To schedule the changes for later, click
Schedule
, then set the date
and time. (For more information, see
page 124
.)