HighPoint RocketRAID 2782 - Manual (Page 40)

HighPoint RAID Management Utilities (HRM)
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5 - Web GUI - Configuring Spare Disks
The term “Spare Disk” refers to a hard disk, or dedicated disk space, that is
used to rebuild a RAID array in the case of hard disk failure. If free
ports/channels are available, spare disks are ideal for minimizing g downtime
– the administrator does not have to work directly with the storage devices,
nor install or remove any additional hardware in order to rebuild parity.
Spare disks can be created from available hard disks (disks that have been
initialized) or free disk space (unallocated space on a set of RAID disks –
leftover space not assigned to an active array).
To configure Spare Disks, select Manage – Spare from the utility tool bar:
To assign a Spare disk:
1) Click on the box displayed before the target disk entry, under the
Available Disks section, and click the “Add Spare” button: