Reserving Spare Drives - D-Link DSN-500 Software User's Manual

5.2.3 Reserving Spare Drives

A spare is a drive that is present in the system but normally unused until another active
drive fails. At that time, the volumes from the failed drive are automatically rebuilt using
the spare drive.
To reserve spare drives:
1. In the Physical Storage View, select a drive in the Main Display.
2. Perform one of the following steps:
On the Physical Storage menu, click Reserve Drive as Spare.
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Click Reserve Drive as Spare in the Physical Storage Actions panel.
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Press the right mouse button and click Reserve Drive as Spare on the shortcut
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menu.
A check mark appears next to Reserve Drive as Spare on the Storage menu, in the
Drive Actions panel, and on the shortcut menu to show that the selected drive is
designated as a spare.
3. To remove the selected drive as a spare, perform any of the steps in step 2 to remove
the check mark.
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If you down a drive, you can use the Schedule tab in the System
Administration View to view or suspend this action (see section 6.2.4). A
down drive operation cannot be cancelled or deleted. To view the progress
of the down drive operation, refer to the Schedule tab in the System
Administration View.
Prior to initially using your system, you should reserve one ore more spare
drives. After a drive has been allocated to a volume, it can no longer be
reserved as spare.
A drive can be reserved as a spare so long as no volumes have been created
on the drive. If you select a drive that has volumes, the Reserve Drive as
Spare option in step 2 will not be available.
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