Reconstructing An Array - Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User Manual

5 Press Esc to return to the Verify Function menu.
Stopping the Verification
You can stop the verification process. Normally, you should let the
verification finish, although stopping it does not cause any damage
to your data. You may wish to stop the verification if you want to
improve performance of the controller for another application.
To stop the verification process:
1 From the System Menu, select Array Menu and press Enter.
The Select Array menu appears.
2 Select the array you want and press Enter.
That array's Array menu appears.
3 Select Verify Function and press Enter.
That array's Verify menu appears.
4 Select Abort Verify and press Enter.
The system confirms that you want to stop the verification
process.
5 Select Yes and press Enter.

Reconstructing an Array

The controller automatically reconstructs redundant arrays (RAID
3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 50, and mirrored) if an array becomes
critical and a proper-size spare disk drive is available. An array
becomes critical when one or more member disk drives fail.
If a reconstruct does not start automatically, it means that no valid
spares are available. To start a reconstruct, replace the failed disk
drive, and add it as a spare (see
page 4-2 and Enabling Dynamic Spares on page
spare (see Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool on page
that added pool spares might be used by any critical array, not
necessarily the array you want.
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
Adding a Dedicated Spare on
4-3) or as a pool
4-5). Remember
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