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Overview
Drive Installation
Open the front panel by pressing the
front panel button on the left side
toward the right. Swing the door open
all the way, then insert drives SATA
connector first, label side up as
shown, until they stop. Drives should
slide into the enclosure easily, do not
force them. Snap the cover closed
over the drives.
Hot Swapping
The cabinet itself may be disconnected from its SATA host, or both drives
may be ejected from the unit without shutting down the operating system.
However, the SATA controller connected to the unit must support the Hot
Swapping feature to avoid malfunction of the controller or operating system,
and any safe removal steps needed must be taken to avoid loss of data.
Port Multiplier Compatibility
When configured as a set of individual drives, the Snap-In 25 RAID will only
work with a Port Multiplier aware host. Identify your host controller and check
with its hardware manufacturer if you are unsure. Addonics offers several Port
Multiplier aware host adapters. If the SATA host adapter is not port multiplier
aware, only the top drive may appear, or none at all.
Using identical drives for RAID 0 or RAID 1 is strongly recommended. Creat-
ing a RAID 0 or 1 using drives that are not all the same size will result in all
members using only as much space as the smallest member. Creating a
RAID using drives that have different performance will degrade the overall
performance of the array.