User manual

Chapter 5: Monitor and Manage
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Split a Physical Drive
The action of splitting a physical drive effectively divides a single physical drive
into two drives. Each of the two portions can be used by separate logical drives.
You can split a physical drive only once.
To split a physical drive:
1. Click on the Physical Drive View icon in Tree View.
2. Click on the Split tab in Management View.
3. Enter a portion size in the Split Size field.
You can enter a value from 1 GB up to the capacity of the physical drive. The
value you enter will be the size of the first portion. The remaining drive
capacity will be the size of the second portion.
This value will apply to all physical drives you select for the split operation.
4. Check the box(es) to the left of the physical drive(s) you want to split.
5. Click the Submit button.
Click on the Physical Drive icon to see the results of your split operation.
Notes
• You can split a physical drive only once.
• The physical drive must be Free. You cannot split a physical
drive assigned to a Logical Drive, JBOD or Spare.
• You cannot assign a split drive as a Spare drive.