Chaparral G5312, User Manual

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Creating and Managing Arrays
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Stopping the Verification
You can stop the verification process. Normally, you want to let the verification
finish, though stopping it does
not cause any damage to your data. You may want to
stop the verification if you want improve performance of the controller for another
application.
To stop the verification process:
1
From the System Menu, select Array Menu and press Enter .
The Select Array screen displays with a list of existing arrays.
2
Select the array you want and press Enter .
The Array Menu screen displays.
3
Select Verify Function and press Enter .
The verify menu displays.
4
Select Abort Verify and press Enter .
The system confirms that you want to stop the verification process.
5
Select Yes and press Enter .
Reconstructing an Array
The controller automatically reconstructs redundant arrays (RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID
5, RAID 50, and mirrored) if an array becomes critical and a properly sized spare
drive is available. An array becomes critical when one or more member drives fails.
If a reconstruct does not start automatically, it means that no valid spares are
available. To start a reconstruct, replace the failed drive, and then add it as a spare
(see
Adding a Dedicated Spare on page 6-2, and Enabling Dynamic Spares on
page 6-3) or as a pool spare (see Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool on page 6-5).
Remember that any pool spares added might be used by any critical array, not
necessarily the array you want.