Adaptec DuraStor 6200SR User Manual page 17

7 Choose the RAID level, then press Enter. (You can choose from
RAID 0, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 50, VOLUME, or
MIRRORED.
Note: A RAID 10 array is automatically created when there
are more than two disk drives in a mirrored array.
If you selected RAID 50 as the array type, the Pick RAID 50
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Array Size screen appears.
Choose the configuration you want, press Enter, then skip to
Step 10.
If you selected any array type other than RAID 50, the
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Number of Drives screen appears.
8 Enter the number of disk drives in the array, excluding spares,
then press Enter.
The Select Drives screen is displayed. See
more details.
9 Choose a disk drive to use in the array, then press Enter. Repeat
until all the disk drives you want are selected.
If the array is mirrored, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 50
and you have one or more disk drives left, the Number of Spares
screen appears.
If you are creating another type of array, skip to
10 Choose the number of spares you want to add, then press Enter.
This creates dedicated spares that can only be used by this array.
A dedicated spare disk drive is not available for any other use.
For more information, see
If you do not want a spare, enter 0.
Creating and Managing Arrays and Partitions
Chapter 4, Managing
Step 9 on page 2-4
Step 13.
Spares.
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