ASUS A88XM-A User Guide

 

53987  Rev. 3.01  June 2016 

 

 

1.  In the Array View section, select the array from which to remove a dedicated spare. 
2.  At the 

Disk menu, select Spare/Identify.  

3.  Select Remove as Dedicated Spare, then click 

Confirm. 

For additional information see Section 3.10, Sparing Options: Disks and Arrays, on page 31. 

If a global spare is being added, make sure there is adequate space on the global spare.  

1.  In the Disk List section, select the disk chosen as the global spare. 
2.  At the 

Disk menu, select Spare/Identify.  

3.  Select Assign as Global Spare, then click 

Confirm. 

1.  In the Disk List section, select the disk to be removed as the global spare.  
2.  At the 

Disk menu, select Spare/Identify.  

3.  Select Remove as Global Spare, then click 

Confirm. 

Hide allows the user to hide the array from the operating system. 

1.  In the Array View section, select the array to hide. 
2.  At the 

Array menu, select Hide. The array will disappear from the Array View. 

Secure Erase is used for erasing all data on an array and ensuring that it will be unrecoverable, 

even with advanced data recovery techniques. 

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Hiding the array from the OS 

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Writing over each region of the disk with 3 patterns (0xAA, 0x55, and random) 

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Using a 4 pass with all zeros to ensure that a RAID1, or RAID5 will be consistent