Create Hot Spare; Delete Hot Spare - Areca ARC-1880 Series User Manual

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION

6.5.6 Create Hot Spare

When you choose the "Create Hot Spare" option in the "Raid Set
Function", all unused physical devices connected to the current
controller appear. Select the target disk by clicking on the ap-
propriate check box. Click the "Confirm The Operation" check
box and click the "Submit" button in the screen to create the hot
spares. The "Create Hot Spare" gives you the ability to define a
global or dedicated hot spare. Unlike "Global Hot Spare" which
can be used with any RAID sets, "Dedicated Hot Spare" can only
be used with a specific RAID set or Enclosure. When a disk drive
fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated Hot Spare is
pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the
dedicated hot spare disk.

6.5.7 Delete Hot Spare

Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the ap-
propriate check box. Click the "Confirm The Operation" check
box and click the "Submit" button on the screen to delete the hot
spares.
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