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Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares

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Select a new RAID level, then click Next. Only valid options are
offered.

In the example shown in this section, a RAID 1 logical device is
being changed to a RAID 5 logical device.

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In the Logical Devices panel, select the disk drives you want to use in
the modified logical drive.

Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number
of disk drives, as shown below.

If you want to remove a specific disk drive and replace it with
another one (for instance, replace a smaller disk drive with a larger
one), click on the disk drive you want to remove. An X indicates that
the selected disk drive will be removed from the logical drive.

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Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See

Fine-tuning Logical

Drives on page 78

.)

Number of disk drives required