Adaptec 5325302053 User Guide - Page 45

5 Select the disk drives you want to use in the pool. (Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of disk drives.) Note Adaptec recommends that you not combine SAS and SATA disk drives within the same pool. Adaptec Storage Manager generates a warning if you try to create a pool using a combination of SAS and SATA disk drives. Hot Spare Button By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the pool and maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select. 6 (Optional) Create a global hot spare by control-clicking on an available disk drive; alternatively, click the Create Global Hot Spare button, then select an available disk drive. A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected drive will be designated as a hot spare, as shown in the previous figure. To remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive, control-click it again. 7 (Optional) Click Advanced Settings and customize the settings as required. 8 If you have no other available disk drives, skip to Step 10. If you have available disk drives and want to create additional pools, click Add pool to open a new tab in the wizard. 9 Repeat Steps 2 to 8 for each pool that you want to create. 10 Click Next, review the pool settings, click Apply, then click Yes to create the pools. Adaptec Storage Manager creates the pool(s). You can use the pool immediately to provision storage, without waiting for the build/verify process to complete. For more information about pools, see "Creating and Modifying Pools" on page 94. Caution Don't remove and reinsert any drive included in the pool while the pool is building. The wizard continues to the Provision Storage step.