Hot Spare Considerations — Block Size 4 KB Hard-Disk Drives
- You cannot assign Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives as Dedicated Hot Spare for virtual disks created with 512 B sector hard-disk drives and vice versa.
- You cannot assign Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives as Global Hot Spare, if the virtual disk created consists of 512 B sector hard-disk drives only and vice versa.
- You can assign Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives as Global Hot Spare, if there are Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives and 512 B sector hard-disk drives in the virtual disks created and vice versa.
NOTE: If you perform this action a warning message is displayed.
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