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that the remaining capacity (unused space) can be used to configure additional
arrays, or set to act as a “spare” disk.
7. Once all of the RAID parameters have been specified click the “Create” button to
create the array. The utility will display a brief summary after successfully creating
the array:
4.9 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: