Use the option to consolidate all on a selected . Using this option lets you create additional from the maximum amount of free capacity. A fragmented array can result from logical drive deletion or from not using all
of the available free capacity in a during logical drive creation.
Keep these guidelines in mind when you defragment an array:
Use this option only under the guidance of a representative.
You cannot cancel the operation after it begins.
Your data remains accessible during the defragment operation.
To use this option, all of the logical drives in the array must be online and in , and no logical drive modification operations, such as changing the segment size of a logical drive, can be in progress.
In the Logical pane, select an array, and select Advanced >> Recovery >> Defragment Array.
Click Yes.
All of the free data blocks on the Free Capacity nodes are consolidated into one Free Capacity node that contains a larger set of contiguous data blocks. The Logical pane is updated to show the larger,
single Free Capacity node. You can select this Free Capacity node for logical drive creation.