Dell Compellent Series 40 - Manual (Page 127)

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Adding Disks to a Storage Center System
• Rebalance Now restripes data on to all available disks within a disk folder. Rebalancing
runs in the background with low priority. Depending on your system, rebalancing can
take as long as several days. However, to fully use all available space, disks must be
rebalanced. For more information, refer to
Rebalancing RAID on page 122 . You can
schedule Rebalancing for off-hours. Refer to Scheduling RAID Rebalancing on
page 124
Adding Unassigned Disks to a Folder
1 In the system tree, select a disk folder.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Add Unassigned Disks to Folder. The system displays
a list of unassigned disks.
3 Select disks to be added.
4 Click Continue. The system displays the disks you selected.
5 If applicable, select one or more disks to be designated as hot spares.
6 Click Continue. The system asks you to confirm.
7 Click Modify Now. The disks are added.