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Create Global Hot Spare, To set a smaller logical drive size, Advanced Settings, Size GB

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Getting Started Step 4: Building Your Storage Space ● 51 This figure illustrates disk drives installed in two enclosures. Number of disk drives required Create Global Hot Spare button 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 Step 9.) 7 (Optional) Create a global hot spare by control-clicking on an available disk drive; alternatively, click the Create Global Hot Spare button (shown in the figures on page 50), then click on an available disk drive. 8 A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare, as shown below. To remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive, control-click it again. See Working with Hot Spares on page 81 for more information. 9 (Optional) Adjust the Advanced Settings: ● 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 Understanding Logical Drives on page 67 for more information. ● To modify other settings-Click Advanced Settings and customize the settings as required. See Fine-tuning Logical Drives on page 71 for more information.

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Getting Started Step 4: Building Your Storage Space
●
51
This figure illustrates disk drives installed in two enclosures.
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
Step 9
.)
7
(Optional)
Create a global hot spare by control-clicking on an available disk drive;
alternatively, click the
Create Global Hot Spare
button (shown in the figures on
page 50
),
then click on an available disk drive.
8
A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare,
as shown below. To remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive, control-click it
again.
See
Working with Hot Spares
on page 81
for more information.
9
(Optional)
Adjust the Advanced Settings:
●
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
Understanding Logical Drives
on page 67
for more information.
●
To modify other settings
—Click
Advanced Settings
and customize the settings as
required. See
Fine-tuning Logical Drives
on page 71
for more information.
Number of disk drives required
Create Global Hot
Spare button