Creating A Spare Drive Manually - G-Technology G SPEED STUDIO XL Product Manual

G SPEED
STUDIO
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Spare Drive information will display, including:
• Spare Drive ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.
• Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this spare
• Location – Enclosure number and slot number
• Model Number – Make and model of the physical drive
• Operational Status – OK, Rebuilding, Failed or Missing
• Spare Type – Global or Dedicated *
• Physical Capacity – Total data capacity of the spare drive
• Revertible – Yes or No*
• Configurable Capacity – Usable capacity of the spare drive
• Spare Check Status – Not Checked or Healthy
• Media Patrol – Enabled or Not Enabled*
• Dedicated to Array – ID number of the disk array to which the spare is dedicated*
*Adjustable under Making Spare Drive Settings. For Spare Check, see Running Spare Check.
3. Click the X icon to close the information panel.

Creating a Spare Drive Manually

This feature creates a spare drive only. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical
drives and spare drives concurrently. See Spare Drives for more information.
To create a spare drive:
1. Perform the following action:
• From the Dashboard window, click the Spare Drive link.
2. Click the Create Spare Drive button.
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