inXtron Hydra eSATA, User Manual

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 PC Requirements ...................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Mac Requirements .................................................................................................... 1
1.1.3 Supported Hard Drives .............................................................................................. 1
1.2 Package Contents ............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 About this Manual.............................................................................................................. 1
1.4 Trademarks ....................................................................................................................... 1
1.5 Detailed View .................................................................................................................... 2
1.5.1 Alarm ......................................................................................................................... 2
1.5.2 Smart Fan.................................................................................................................. 2
1.5.3 Changing the RAID Mode ......................................................................................... 3
1.6 RAID Modes ...................................................................................................................... 3
1.6.1 Non-RAID (PM) ......................................................................................................... 3
1.6.2 JBOD - Disk Spanning (BIG) ..................................................................................... 3
1.6.3 RAID 0 - Disk Striping (FAST) ................................................................................... 4
1.6.4 RAID 1 - Disk Mirroring (SAFE)................................................................................. 4
1.6.5 RAID 10 - Disk Mirroring with Striping (SAFE) .......................................................... 4
1.6.6 RAID 5 - Disk Striping with parity (BIG + SAFE) ....................................................... 4
1.7 About Data Backup ........................................................................................................... 4
2 System Setup .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Hard Drive Assembly......................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Replacing Hard Drives ...................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Connection to Computer ................................................................................................... 6
3 Appendix.................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1 Precautions ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.1 Power on/off precautions........................................................................................... 7
3.1.2 Location and placing precautions .............................................................................. 7
3.1.3 Electricity and power plug ......................................................................................... 7
3.1.4 Cables ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 FAQ ................................................................................................................................... 7