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UltraTrak SX4000, SX8000 & RM8000 User Manual
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Hot Spare Drive(s)
A good precaution to protecting your array integrity in the event of drive failure is
maintaining a hot spare drive. A hot spare is a drive that is connected to the array
system, but is not assigned as a member of the array. In the event of the failure
of a drive within a functioning fault tolerant array, the hot spare is activated as a
member of the array. The spare drive effectively takes the place of the failed
drive and the RAID system immediately begins to rebuild data on the drive. When
the rebuild is complete, the array is returned to fault tolerant status. Once the
failed drive is replaced, the new drive is automatically recognized as a hot spare
in the event of a subsequent drive fault.
Partition and Format the Array
Like any other type of fixed disk media in your system, a RAID array must also be
partitioned and formatted before use. Use the same method of partitioning and
formatting on an array as you would any other fixed disk drive.
Depending on the operating system you use, there may or may not be various
capacity limitations applicable for the different types of partitions.