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<h2>compaction</h2>

<p>The process by which a RAID level-5EE logical device utilizes the distributed
  spare drive in the event of a physical drive failure. After the data is reconstructed,
  the original pool undergoes compaction and the distributed spare drive becomes
  part of the new pool.</p>

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