Accusys ExaSAN B08S2-PS - Manual (Page 62)

4. How to Use
User Guide Page 4-11
2. Select the stripe size from the drop down menu. Available stripe sizes are: 8-256KB. The greater the
stripe size, the faster the I/O output for each drive. This speeds up disk access.
3. Select the sector size from the drop down menu. Available sector sizes are 512 bytes (default) and
4096 bytes. The sector size 4096 bytes is only supported by Windows 2000/XP, and over 2 Terabyte
function is used. For other OSes, please select 512 bytes (default).
Figure 47: GUI “Select sector size”
4. Click on the drives to be added to the array. You can also click on Select all spare drivers.
Note
Hot (Global) spare drive – When building an array, the hard drives which are
not defined will be used as spare drives for all arrays defined within the
controller. If a drive(s) in use fails, a spare drive(s) will replace the faulty drive
in the array and rebuild automatically. One of the advantages of adopting hot
spare drive is to reduce the downtime.