Creating An Array - Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User Manual

Creating an Array

In This Chapter
Creating an Array Using the Wizard
Creating a Custom Array
Viewing and Setting the Default Array Creation Properties
An array is one or more physical disk drives that appear as a single
device (logical drive) to the user. You create arrays from one or
more physical disk drives.
You can create an array on any disk drive on your local system that
is connected to a controller managed by Storage Manager Pro. You
can also create arrays remotely on systems that you can access
using your network. Storage Manager Pro must be installed and
running on the remote system. See Chapter 4, Managing Controllers
on Remote Systems.
You can create an array two different ways depending on whether
you want to customize the array creation settings:
Using the wizard—The Create Array Wizard guides you
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through determining the best array configuration for your
needs. See Creating an Array Using the Wizard on page 2-2.
Using the Create Array dialog box—You can customize the
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array creation settings including the array size and selected disk
drives. You can also select spares if your controller supports
dedicated spares, and change the default array creation
properties. See Creating a Custom Array on page 2-5.
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