User Manual

DS-7700NI-SP/9000/9600 Series HDVR/NVR User’s Manual
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15. After the virtual disk has been initialized, the status will change from Uninitialized to Normal.
16. Enter the Physical Disk interface to configure the hot spare disk if you have installed the fourth
disk.
Figure 131 Physical Disk Interface
17. Select the disk and click to enter the Set Hot Spare interface.
Figure 132 Set Hot Spare Interface
18. Set the Hot Spare Type of the selected HDD to Global Hot Spare or the specified hot spare for the
existing array.
12. Global Hot Spare: It can be used as the hot spare for any array created in the system.
13. Specified Hot Spare (e.g. test): It can be used as the hot spare for the specified array only.
19. Click OK to finish the settings.
Note:
When the auto-rebuild function is enabled, the hot spare disk will be automatically used for array
rebuilding if the virtual disk is in Degraded status.
Note:
At least 2 HDDs must be installed for RAID 0.
2 HDDs needs to be configured for RAID 1.
At least 3 HDDs must be installed for RAID 5.
4/6/8 HDDs need to be cofigured for RAID 10.
Note:
A physical disk count error attention box will pop-up, if the number of HDDs you select is not compatible
with the requirement of the RAID level.