Chapter 3: Building Your Storage Space
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By default, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically sets the size of the logical drive and
maximizes the capacity of the disk drives you select. (To set a custom size for the logical
drive, see
Step 9
.)
8
(Optional)
Create a global hot spare by clicking the
Create Global Hot Spare
button, then
clicking on an available disk drive. (Alternatively,
Ctrl+click
an available disk drive.)
Available disk drives are represented by light blue icons.
A plus sign (+) appears to indicate that the selected disk drive will be a hot spare. (To
remove a hot-spare designation from a disk drive,
Ctrl+click
it.)
See
Creating and Managing Hot Spares
on page 55
for more information.
9
(Optional)
To set a smaller logical drive size or modify other settings for this logical drive
click
Advanced Settings
, then customize the settings as required. See
Fine-tuning Logical
Drives
on page 64
for more information.
Create Global Hot Spare button
A global hot spare has a plus
sign beside it
Available disk drives are light-blue
