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Hot Spare Drive(s)
A hot spare is a disk drive that is connected to the disk array system but is not
assigned as a member of the disk array. In the event of the failure of a drive
within a functioning fault tolerant disk array, the hot spare is activated as a
member of the disk array to replace a drive that has failed.
VTrak will replace a failing disk drive in a disk array with an unassigned drive, if
one is available. The unassigned drive is not part of any disk array. Such a drive
is called a
hot spare
drive. There are two types:
•
Global
– An unassigned disk drive available to any disk array on the VTrak.
•
Dedicated
– An unassigned disk drive that can only be used by a specified
disk array.
The hot spare policy function lets you select whether a disk array will access any
unassigned disk drive or a designated drive in the event of disk drive failure. See
“Managing Spare Drives” on page 111 (WebPAM PROe) or page 154 (CLU) for
information on how to make this setting.
The spare drive effectively takes the place of the failed drive and the RAID
system immediately begins to rebuild data onto the drive. When the rebuild is
complete, the disk array is returned to fault tolerant status.
VTrak includes a function that enables you to return a hot spare drive from a disk
array back to spare status. When you create the hot spare drive, check the
Revertible box to enable this feature. See “Transition” on page 210.
See also “Critical & Offline Disk Arrays” on page 239.
Partition and Format the Logical Drive
Like any other type of fixed disk media in your system, a RAID logical drive must
also be partitioned and formatted before use. Use the same method of
partitioning and formatting on an logical drive as you would any other fixed disk.
Depending on the operating system you use, there may or may not be various
capacity limitations applicable for the different types of partitions.
RAID Level Migration
To
migrate
a disk array is to do one or both:
•
Change its RAID level
•
Increase the number of disk drives (sometimes called Expansion)
Migration takes place on an existing Functional disk array without disturbing the
existing data. While the disk array is migrating, you can access the data as
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