Managing Spare Drives; Viewing A List Of Spare Drives; Viewing Spare Drive Information - G-Technology G SPEED STUDIO XL Product Manual

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Managing Spare Drives

Spare drive management includes:

• Viewing a List of Spare Drives (see below)

• "Creating a Spare Drive Manually"

• "Making Spare Drive Settings"

• "Running Spare Check"

• "Deleting a Spare Drive"

• "Running a Transition"

To view a list of spare drives, perform the following action:

• From the Dashboard window, click Spare Drive.

Spare Drive information will display, including:

• ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.

• Status - Normal, Rebuilding, or Failed/Missing icon

• Configurable Capacity – Usable capacity of the spare drive

• Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this spare

• Revertible – Yes or No

• Spare Type – Global or Dedicated

• Dedicated to Array – ID number of the disk array to which the spare is dedicated

To view spare drive information:

1. Perform the following action:

• From the Dashboard window, click Spare Drive.

2. Mouse-over the spare drive you want, then click the View button.

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