User Manual

Chapter 5: RAID Monitoring and Maintenance
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Hot Spare Drive
Using a Hot Spare Drive is an option for RAID 1 (Mirroring) arrays.
In order to function, a Hot Spare Drive has two requirements:
• Attach a third disk drive to the FastTrak Controller card without assigning it
to an array
• Do not Disable Hot Spare/Auto Rebuild in the Controller Options
Install a Third Drive
If necessary, see the FastTrak TX Series User Manual for instructions how to
install disk drives with FastTrak.
Controller Settings
1. Click on the Controller icon in Tree View to see the Rebuild Setting in
Information View.
2. Be sure the checkbox is NOT checked:
Disable Hot Spare/Auto Rebuild – Disables automatic an automatic
rebuild using a spare drive not assigned to the array.
The Rebuild/Sync Rate is irrelevant to the Hot Spare Drive feature.
3. Click Submit.