Allocate Chambers And Drives - Spectra TFinity User Manual

Chapter 6 — Configuring and Managing Partitions
2. Select one or more of the available drives to be designated as spares.

Allocate Chambers and Drives

Use the following steps to allocate chambers and drives for the partition.
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Drives that cannot be used as spares are grayed out.
Figure 121 Select the drives you want to use as Global Spares.
In a library with multiple partitions, optimize performance by
Note:
assigning drives to the partition using the following best
practices:
 Assign drives physically located in the same vertical column
to one partition; when possible, do not use drives from one
vertical column in different partitions.
 If the number of drives needed in the partition is greater than
the number of drives in a single column, use drives in
adjacent columns.
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