Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User Manual page 16

9 Select a disk drive to use as a dedicated spare and press Enter.
Only available disk drives (those that are not members of an
array and are not assigned as dedicated or pool spares) display.
You can delete a dedicated spare from the array at any time. For
more information, see
If the array you are creating is a RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or
RAID 50, the Chunk Size menu appears. If you are creating a
different type of array, skip to Step 11.
10 Select the chunk size and press Enter.
Chunk size is the amount of contiguous data that is written to an
array member. To determine the appropriate chunk size, refer to
your OS documentation. For example, the default chunk size for
Windows NT
the array for a database with very small records, you may want
to use a smaller chunk size.
The system confirms that you want to create the array.
11 Select Yes and press Enter.
A message notifies you that the array is being created and shows
the progress of the initialization process. The array initialization
process takes from several minutes to more than an hour
depending on the array type (volume, RAID 0, and RAID 1 are
the fastest), array size, disk drive speed, and other processes
running on the controller.
Press Esc to return to the System Menu and perform other
functions while the initialization continues.
Checking the Progress of Array Initialization
You can check the progress of array initialization at any time.
1 From the System Menu, select Array Menu.
The status of the initialization appears in the list of arrays.
If you need to change the disk drives or some other array
configuration, you can stop the array initialization process. See
Stopping the Array Initialization Process on page
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
Deleting a Dedicated Spare on page
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