DataDirect Networks EF2800 FC RAID Storage System User Guide (V 1.0)
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Managing Spares
Using the Disk Array Administrator, you can manage spares.
EF2800 RAID controllers automatically reconstruct redundant (fault-
tolerant) 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.
You can set up two types of spare drives:
• Dedicated: Available drive that is assigned to a specific array (see
page 276
).
• Pool: Available drive that is assigned to the pool, which can provide
a spare for any failed drive in any redundant array. Pool spares are
available to both SMs. If a drive in an array on either SM fails, the
EF2800 Subsystem can use a pool spare to reconstruct the array (see
page 280
).
In addition, if you enable the Dynamic Spares option and a drive fails,
you can replace the drive and the SM will rescan the bus, find the new
disk drive, and automatically start reconstruction of the array (see
page 278
). The SM looks for a dedicated spare first. If it does not find a
properly sized dedicated spare, it looks for a pool spare.
If a reconstruct does not start automatically, it means that no valid
spares are available. To start a reconstruct, you must:
1.
Replace the failed drive, if no other drive is available.
2.
Add the new drive or another available drive as a dedicated spare
to the array or as a pool spare.
Remember that any pool spares added might be used by any
critical array, not necessarily the array you want.
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