https://community.hpe.com/t5/servers-general/how-long-does-smart-storage-administrator-take-to-do-an-array/m-p/7063358#M11090 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>Could you help me with a little doubt?</P><P>I have an HPE Proliant DL360 G10 and I was configuring an Array (Raid 5) through HPE Smart Storage Administrator with 5 Drives (5 x 2TB)</P><P>My array controller is HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR. My question is:</P><P><STRONG>How long does Smart Storage Administrator take to do this array?</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>Is it normal for it to take so long?</STRONG></P><P>At this moment, we´ve been 4 hours.</P><P>Thanks for your advice,</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:16:35 GMT Oscar_Cristobal 2019-09-17T21:16:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/servers-general/how-long-does-smart-storage-administrator-take-to-do-an-array/m-p/7063358#M11090 <P>Hi guys,</P><P>Could you help me with a little doubt?</P><P>I have an HPE Proliant DL360 G10 and I was configuring an Array (Raid 5) through HPE Smart Storage Administrator with 5 Drives (5 x 2TB)</P><P>My array controller is HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR. My question is:</P><P><STRONG>How long does Smart Storage Administrator take to do this array?</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>Is it normal for it to take so long?</STRONG></P><P>At this moment, we´ve been 4 hours.</P><P>Thanks for your advice,</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:16:35 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/servers-general/how-long-does-smart-storage-administrator-take-to-do-an-array/m-p/7063358#M11090 Oscar_Cristobal 2019-09-17T21:16:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/servers-general/how-long-does-smart-storage-administrator-take-to-do-an-array/m-p/7063362#M11091 <P>Normally it is pretty much instant.&nbsp; What did you select for Parity Initialization Method?&nbsp; If you selected Rapid, this takes some time, pretty sure a warning message pops up stating this.&nbsp; Leave it set to defualt and you can use the drive array immediately</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:05:46 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/servers-general/how-long-does-smart-storage-administrator-take-to-do-an-array/m-p/7063362#M11091 Jimmy Vance 2019-09-17T23:05:46Z