Changing Array Settings Or Properties - Adaptec DuraStor 7220SS User Manual

Adaptec Storage Manager Pro for DuraStor User's Guide
3 Select the disk drives you want to add:
– To add disk drives, select one or more in the Available Drives
list and click Add Drive. The disk drives you selected move
to the Selected Drives list and display a yellow asterisk
showing that they are new disk drives for this array. See
Understanding the Selected Disk Drive Icons on page 2-9.
– To add all available disk drives, click Add All Drives.
– To select more than one disk drive, hold the Ctrl key and click
each drive.
– See the Array Information section of the dialog box for disk
drive status.
4 Click Reconfigure.
Storage Manager Pro reconfigures the array using your selected
disk drives. You can continue using the array while Storage
Manager Pro reconfigures it even though the reconfiguration
may take several hours to complete, depending on the array
type, size of the array, and the I/O load. See Viewing Task
Progress on page 6-4.
After you expand the size of an array, you must also use Windows
NT Disk Administrator or Windows 2000 Disk Manager to make
the additional space available to users.
Note: If you are adding disk drives to a RAID 5 set, your
data will not be redundant until the reconfiguration
process is completed.

Changing Array Settings or Properties

Note: As a precaution, you should back up array data
before making changes to the array.
You can change the following array settings or properties:
Array Size. See Expanding Array Capacity on page 3-3.
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Array Name. See Changing the Array Name on page 3-5.
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