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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 81
Changing the Initialize Priority
The Initialize Priority setting determines the priority for the
initialization of the logical drive. The default setting is High, which
means that the logical drive is initialized as quickly as possible.
Verifying Logical Drives
To ensure that there are no data problems on your logical drives, it is
important to verify them. When you verify a logical drive, Adaptec
Storage Manager checks it for inconsistent or bad data and then fixes any
problems. (You can also choose to verify a logical drive without fixing it.)
Logical drives with no redundancy (for instance, RAID 0 logical drives)
do not need to be verified.
In Adaptec Storage Manager, logical drive verification can occur in
different ways, depending on your controller:
●
Automatic verification
—If your controller supports build
initialization, Adaptec Storage Manager automatically verifies all new
redundant logical drives. No manual verification is required.
To see if your controller supports build initialization, right-click the
controller in the Enterprise View and click Properties.
● Manual verification—If your controller doesn’t support build
initialization, a Warning-level event notice appears in the Event
Viewer prompting you to verify a logical drive before you begin to
use it. To verify a logical drive manually, see Verifying Logical Drives
on page 81.
● Background verification—If your controller supports background
consistency check, Adaptec Storage Manager continually and
automatically checks your logical drives once they’re in use.
To see if your controller supports background consistency check,
right-click the controller in the Enterprise View and click
Properties
.
To enable or disable background consistency check, see page 84.
Note: If your controller doesn’t support background consistency
check, Adaptec highly recommends that you verify your logical
drives weekly, following the instructions in Ver ify ing Logical Dr ives
on page 81.