Managing The Spare Pool; Adding A Spare To The Spare Pool; Deleting A Spare From The Spare Pool - Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User Manual

Managing the Spare Pool

Disk drives in the spare pool are available for the reconstruction of
redundant arrays. Once you assign a disk drive to the spare pool, it
is not available for use as an array member or as a dedicated spare.
In active-active mode, pool spares are available to both controllers.
If a disk drive in an array on either controller fails, the controller
can use a pool spare to reconstruct the array.
If a pool spare is too small (smaller than an individual member in
an array), the controller cannot use it to reconstruct the array.

Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool

You can add up to eight disk drives to the spare pool to reconstruct
any critical array on the controller. After an array has started using
a pool spare, other critical arrays are prevented from using it.
To add a pool spare:
1
From the System Menu, select Pool Spare Menu and press
Enter.
The Pool Spare menu appears.
2
Select Add Pool Spare and press Enter.
The Add Pool Spare menu appears.
3
Select each spare disk drive you want to add and press Enter.

Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool

You can delete a spare from the spare pool at any time.
To delete a spare from the spare pool:
1
From the System Menu, select Pool Spare Menu and press
Enter.
The Pool Spare menu appears.
2
Select Delete Pool Spare and press Enter.
The Delete Pool Spare menu appears.
3
Select the pool spare you want to delete and press Enter.
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