ioSafe Duo, User Manual

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ioSafe Duo User Manual
• Avoid placing the drive carrier close to magnetic devices or high voltage devices.
• Before starting any type of hardware installation, please ensure that all power
switches have been turned off and all power cords have been disconnected to pre-
vent personal injury and damage to the hardware.
• To avoid overheating, the ioSafe Duo should be operated in a well-ventilated area.
RAID
• Use only drives that are in perfect condition. Avoid using drives that have ever devel-
oped bad sectors during previous use. This could lead to possible device failure or
loss of data.
• The ioSafe Duo supports SATA drives of various specifications and different capaci-
ties. However, we recommend using drives of the same brand and type for optimal
performance that have been qualified by ioSafe. To view a list of qualified drives,
please visit
iosafe.com .
• If drives of different capacities are used in a RAID 1, the capacity of the smallest drive
will determine how much of each drive is used. The additional capacity on the larger
drive will not be used by the RAID.
• Always back up data before switching RAID types. Switching RAID types will destroy
current data. You must reformat your drives afterwards.
About USB
• Actual connection performance depends on many factors including: CPU, file system
overhead, number of attached devices and more. Given these and other factors, in
day-to-day use you can expect maximum, sustained transfer rates to be less than
the theoretical rates maximum rates possible with the connection.
• USB 3.2 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and USB 3.1 host computers.
• The cables supplied with your system have been optimized for performance. Longer
cables or third-party cables may not work or only work intermittently.
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