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ForteRAID™ Manual

4-Drive RAID Array with FireWire 800 and 400,

 USB 2.0 and eSATA

610031-2.0 ForteRAID Manual.pdf

November 21, 2011

Summary of Contents for ForteRAID

Page 1: ...LYPH and if so such separate written agreement shall be controlling The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by GLYPH Although G...

Page 2: ...sturdy shipping container Please inspect the con tainer for evidence of shipping damage and mishandling If the container is damaged file a report with the carrier or dealer immediately Do not attempt...

Page 3: ...data mirroring each other If either of the drives should fail the other is there to seamlessly continue to provide operation RAID 3 striping with a dedicated parity drive offers speed and data redund...

Page 4: ...TB When the total capacity of the RAID is 2TB or higher you must format the array using GPT in Windows GPT format is only supported by Windows XP 64 bit Edition Windows 2003 Server Win dows Vista Wind...

Page 5: ...the ForteRAID It can be used for future functionality Setting up the ForteRAID NOTE It is advisable that the Glyph Manager software be installed prior to following the instructions below For informat...

Page 6: ...motherboards that include onboard eSATA The Glyph Manager screen display When installed in MAC OS X the left hand pane of the Glyph Manager screen displays general information regarding all Glyph enc...

Page 7: ...ating to excessive temperatures Temperature Individual drive temperatures are monitored as well as the temperature of the bridge the internal circuits Drive temperatures over 68 C is detrimental to co...

Page 8: ...in use in the array but that the data is being rebuilt Under normal operation this will not occur Occasionally after an improper shutdown for example if the unit was powered down while data was being...

Page 9: ...uire you to re format the ForteRAID and result in erasing all of the current data on the drive Make sure you backup all data before doing so To change the drive mode follow these steps 1 Install Glyph...

Page 10: ...ou to finalize the new configuration Click YES to accept the configuration change 3 Un mount the volume s associated with the unit you are configuring by dragging them to the trash in the Finder This...

Page 11: ...then selecting Show will invoke Glyph Manager to the screen NOTE With Vista Windows Defender will block the automatic launch of Glyph Manager Right click on the Windows Defender icon in the system tr...

Page 12: ...This setting only applies when us ing FireWire 800 The default Windows settings for FireWire connected drives can reduce your Glyph drive performance by as much as 90 This problem is easily corrected...

Page 13: ...d drive you must use a replacement drive with capacity equal to or higher than the existing drives in the array When building a new RAID array iden tical capacity drives are also recommended When usin...

Page 14: ...will be able to use the array during the rebuild process but performance will be degraded For RAID 0 and Spanning drive failure will result in the loss of the array You will need to create a new part...

Page 15: ...file called setup exe and then accept the End User Licensing Agreement Next accept or change the target install folder The installation will create a Start Menu folder by default Check the box marked...

Page 16: ...g Instructions 1 From your computer s task bar go to Start Programs MS DOS Prompt 2 At the prompt type fdisk and press Enter You ll see a long message about disk support 3 Enter Y type Y and press Ent...

Page 17: ...or the drive This name will identify the drive on the desktop 6 Click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Driver button if you would like your drive to be compatible with OS 9 7 Click the Erase button to erase...

Page 18: ...0 Hi speed rear port Bridging Chip Oxford 936 Maximum Transfer Rate eSATA 300MB sec 3Gb sec Sustained Transfer Rate eSATA 230MB sec Dimensions H 7 x W 5 3 x D 9 6 Configuration Desktop enclosure Weigh...

Page 19: ...at 400 speed maximum FireWire is forward compatible and back compatible but the bus always runs at the speed of the slowest link Beta cables are used to connect 800 devices to 800 devices Bi Lingual...

Page 20: ...un in the last drive mode that it was set to Q What are the differences between FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 Speed and Protocol FireWire 800 has a max transfer rate of 800 Mb sec about 100 MB sec pea...

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