Drobo 8D User Guide 4
1.4.7 Enabling or Disabling Menu Bar ......................................................................... 85
1.5 Modifying Device Settings for Drobo 8D ................................................................. 86
1.5.1 Enabling or Disabling Dual Disk Redundancy ..................................................... 87
1.5.2 Enabling the Disk Drive Spin Down Time ........................................................... 89
1.5.3 Dimming the Lights on Drobo 8D ....................................................................... 90
1.6 Managing Capacity (Drive Space) ............................................................................ 91
1.6.1 Calculating Capacity to Use ................................................................................ 92
1.6.2 Adding Drives ..................................................................................................... 93
1.6.3 Removing Drives ................................................................................................ 95
1.6.4 Inserting a back slot SSD .................................................................................... 97
1.6.5 Removing a back slot SSD ................................................................................ 100
1.7 Checking Storage Usage and Device Status Information ....................................... 101
1.7.1 Checking Storage Usage ................................................................................... 102
1.7.1.1 Viewing Capacity Chart ............................................................................. 103
1.7.1.2 Viewing Storage Usage ............................................................................. 105
1.7.2 Checking the Status of Drobo 8D ..................................................................... 107
1.7.3 Checking the Drobo 8D's Serial Number ......................................................... 109
1.7.4 Checking the Drobo 8D's Firmware Version .................................................... 110
1.7.5 Checking the Current Version of Drobo Dashboard ........................................ 111
1.7.6 Checking System Information .......................................................................... 112
1.7.7 Checking Drive Information ............................................................................. 114
1.7.8 Checking Performance Information ................................................................. 116
1.7.9 Getting Diagnostics on Drobo 8D .................................................................... 117