Extending A Partition On A Logical Drive; Changing The Raid Level Of A Logical Drive - Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
To schedule the changes for later, click Schedule, set the date and
time, then click Apply. (For more information, see

Extending a Partition on a Logical Drive

(Windows 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only) If you have
expanded a logical drive, you can extend the partition on that logical
drive to use the newly added space. Refer to your operating system
instructions for more information.

Changing the RAID Level of a Logical Drive

As your requirements change, you can change the RAID level of your
logical devices to suit your needs.
You may want to do this to add redundancy to protect your data, or
improve data availability for speedier access to your data. See
Understanding RAID on page 163
Changing the RAID level normally requires one or more disk drives to
be added to or removed from the logical drive. Adaptec Storage
Manager won't allow you to continue unless you have the right number
of disk drives available.
To change the RAID level of a logical drive:
In the Enterprise View, click the controller associated with the
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logical drive.
In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
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In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Expand or change logical
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device (see page
A wizard opens to help you change the RAID level.
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