Gemini 4:4:4 User Manual
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Transferring Data / Updating a Gemini 4:4:4
Once Connected to a GoFlex adaptor plug in the CD Universal Transfer Station to AC power. For all
the Steps below you can leave the CD Universal Transfer Station Plugged into AC power as well as
Leave it plugged into you corresponding GoFlex Adapter.
1.
Insert a SSD into the CD Transfer Station
2.
Connect the Thunderbolt cable, from your Mac to the Goflex Adaptor (Connect the USB 3.0 or
Firewire Cable to your Machine).
3.
The SSD will mount within 10-20 Seconds (You will see this mount on the desktop or within
finder, or on Windows 7 within My Computer).
4.
All Clips or Takes are located within the “Clips” directory, navigate to this and copy all of your
files to a Local or External Raid, For Playback or Editing (Updating a Gemini 4:4:4 -Copy the
update “upd” folder onto the SSD at the main directory level, so that it is next to the “clips”
directory).
5.
Once you are done Copying Files off, Eject or Safely Remove the SSD.
6.
You will see the GoFlex Adaptor flash several times, then become solid, once it has done this,
you are safe to remove thunderbolt cable, or the USB / Firewire cable from the GoFlex adaptor
7.
Remove the SSD from the CD Transfer Station
8.
Insert your Second SSD, and repeat Steps 2 through 7
NOTE: ALWAYS use the Eject Command (Mac >Finder) and ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ (PC)
before pulling SSD’s from transfer station.
Additional Notes
If you encounter an issue when the SSD Is not being detected please remove the cables from the
Go Flex adapter, then try reconnecting. If this does not work, reboot the machine and try again.
If a SSD will not mount on a Mac or PC with the instructions provided above, insert the SSD into the
Gemini to see if it is being detected. You may need to wait 5-10 Minutes for the SSD to be
Reinitialized.
If you encounter any issues following the instructions above, please contact support.
NOTE: Hot swap is not supported with GoFlex Adapter setup, Thus you mush physically unplug and
replug the cable or use disk utility and close mount.
Performance
The Gemini 4:4:4 SSD's support read rates of 500 Mbytes/sec. Keep in mind you will be limited by
the slowest median in the transfer process. For example: eSATA 3Gbps cards have a max
performance of ~270MBps, and eSATA 1.5Gbps have a max performance of ~130MBps.
Typical Hard Drives (Non-RAID) generally perform anywhere in the range of 80-130MBps. For
maximum performance, make sure you are using eSATA 6 Gbps, USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt to a Raid
configuration.
