Table of Contents
Advertisement
Gene
erally, single d
isks are design
Howe
ever, in some
e instances, di
spare
e. If the disks
in question a
time
of creation, t
hese disks ma
200G
GB hard disks,
but only 200
this e
example, 200G
GB of disk spa
be se
et as spares fo
or a separate r
5.7 S
Settings
To ac
ccess the Setti
ings menu, hig
Selec
ct Boot Device
e – select whic
the c
card to act as t
the boot devic
Stagg
gered Drive Sp
pinup – This o
powe
er up the hard
d disks, sequen
settin
ng – consult th
he disk docum
Warn
ning: Western
n Digital hard d
If ena
abled, these d
disks may not
nated to act a
s spares (disks
sks that are m
members of R
re part of a RA
AID array that
ay be used as s
spares. For exa
GB of space (
out of a grand
ace remains un
nallocated. Th
edundant arra
ay that falls int
ghlight the Set
ttings comma
ch disk or arra
ay will act as th
ce.
option is disab
bled by default
ntially (one dis
sk approximat
mentation for m
more informa
disks do not su
upport this set
be detected b
by non-RAID co
14
s that are not
configured int
RAID arrays m
may also be de
t did not utiliz
ze the full ava
ample: a RAID
D 0 array was c
d total of 400
GB), was assig
his unallocated
d space would
to the same c
apacity range
nd from the t
oolbar, and pr
he boot disk, i
if the motherb
t. Enabling th
is setting will
tely every 2 se
econds). Not a
tion.
tting. Enablin
ng this setting
ontroller.
to RAID arrays
s).
esignated to a
act as a
ilable capacity
y at the
created betwe
een two
gned to that a
array. In
d allow these
disks to
(200GB).
ress Enter.
board BIOS ins
structs
instruct the ca
ard to
all disk suppo
rt this
is not recomm
mended.
Advertisement
Table of Contents
