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LaCie 2big Quadra 

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Design by neiL PouLton

 

Foreword

user Manual 

page 2

Copyrights

Copyright © 2008 LaCie. All rights re-
served. No part of this publication may 
be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-
tem, or transmitted in any form or by any 
means,  electronic,  mechanical,  photo-
copying, recording or otherwise, without 
the prior written consent of LaCie.

Trademarks

Apple,  Mac,  and  Macintosh  are  reg-
istered  trademarks  of  Apple  Inc.  Mi-
crosoft,  Windows  98,  Windows  98  SE, 
Windows  2000,  Windows  Millennium 
Edition, Windows XP and Windows Vista 
are  registered  trademarks  of  Microsoft 
Corporation.  Other  trademarks  men-
tioned in this manual are the property of 
their respective owners.

Changes

The material in this document is for in-
formation  only  and  subject  to  change 
without notice. While reasonable efforts 
have  been  made  in  the  preparation  of 
this  document  to  assure  its  accuracy, 
LaCie assumes no liability resulting from 
errors  or  omissions  in  this  document, 
or from the use of the information con-
tained herein. LaCie reserves the right to 
make changes or revisions in the prod-
uct design or the product manual with-
out reservation and without obligation to 
notify any person of such revisions and 
changes.

Canada Compliance Statement

This Class B digital apparatus meets all 
requirements  of  the  Canadian  Interfer-
ence-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Japan Compliance Statement

This is a Class B product based on the 
standard of the Voluntary Control Coun-
cil  for  Interference  from  Information 
Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is 
used near a radio or television receiver 
in a domestic environment, it may cause 
radio  interference.  Install  and  use  the 
equipment  according  to  the  instruction 
manual.

FCC Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the 
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the 
following conditions: 

The devices may not cause harmful 

1. 

interference

The devices must accept any inter-

2. 

ference  received,  including  inter-
ference  that  may  cause  undesired 
operation.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested 
and found to comply with the limits for a 
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 
15  of  the  FCC  Rules.  These  limits  are 
designed to provide reasonable protec-
tion  against  harmful  interference  in  a 
residential  installation.  This  equipment 
generates,  uses  and  can  radiate  radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and 
used in accordance with the instructions, 
may cause harmful interference to radio 
communications.  However,  there  is  no 
guarantee that interference will not occur 
in a particular installation. If this equip-
ment does cause harmful interference to 
radio or television reception, which can 
be determined by turning the equipment 
off and on, the user is encouraged to try 
and  correct  the  interference  by  one  or 
more of the following measures:

Reorient  or  relocate  the  receiving 

 

antenna.
Increase  the  separation  between 

 

the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an out-

 

let on a circuit different from that to 
which the receiver is connected.
Consult  the  dealer  or  an  experi-

 

enced radio/TV technician for help.

Manufacturer’s Declara-
tion for CE Certification

We,  LaCie,  solemnly  declare  that  this 
product  conforms  to  the  following  Eu-
ropean  standards:  Class  B  EN60950, 
EN55022,  EN55024,  EN61000-3-2: 
2000, EN61000-3-3: 2001 

With  reference  to  the  following  condi-
tions:  73/23/EEC  Low  Voltage  Direc-
tive; 89/336/EEC EMC Directive

This symbol on the product 
or  on  its  packaging  indi-
cates that this product must 
not  be  disposed  of  with 
your  other  household 

waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to 
dispose  of  your  waste  equipment  by 
handing it over to a designed collection 
point for the recycling of waste electrical 
and electronic equipment. The separate 
collection  and  recycling  of  your  waste 
equipment  at  the  time  of  disposal  will 
help to conserve natural resources and 
ensure that it is recycled in a manner that 
protects human health and the environ-
ment. For more information about where 
you can drop off your waste equipment 
for  recycling,  please  contact  your  local 
city office, your household waste dispos-
al  service,  or  the  shop  where  you  pur-
chased the product.

CAUTION:

  Modifications  not  autho-

rized by the manufacturer may void the 
user’s authority to operate this device.

CAUTION:

  A  shielded-type  power 

cord is required in order to meet FCC 
emission limits and also to prevent in-
terference to the nearby radio and tele-
vision reception. It is essential that only 
the supplied power cord be used.

Tested to comply with FCC 

standards for home or office 

use

LaCie 2big Quadra

Summary of Contents for 301352U

Page 1: ...3 1 1 Fast RAID 0 15 3 1 2 Big Concatenation 16 3 1 3 Safe RAID 1 17 3 1 4 Mixed RAID 1 and RAID 0 17 3 2 Changing the RAID Mode 18 3 3 Removing and Installing Drives 19 3 4 Formatting 20 3 4 1 File S...

Page 2: ...ble protec tion against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the ins...

Page 3: ...even through a window Inversely placing your LaCie 2big in an environment that is too cold may damage the unit Rated cooling for altitudes up to 2000 meters Always unplug the LaCie 2big from the elect...

Page 4: ...highly recommends that you keep TWO copies of your data one copy on your external hard disk for instance and a second copy either on your internal hard disk another external hard disk or some other fo...

Page 5: ...tection and redundant information to recover the original if a disk fails a RAID system is an ideal means to safe guard valu able data while also stream lining performance The LaCie 2big is the ultima...

Page 6: ...Intel Core 2 Duo 512MB RAM or greater Available USB 2 0 FireWire 400 FireWire 800 or eSATA interface port Windows 2000 and Windows XP will not recognize logical vol umes with capacity greater than 2T...

Page 7: ...SATA 3Gbits cable 5 Power supply kit 6 LaCie Utilities CD ROM 7 Quick Install Guide 8 2 in 1 RAID mode change and drive removal tool 9 Important Info Please save your packaging In the event that the d...

Page 8: ...3 Front View The blue button A on the front of the LaCie 2big serves as an LED drive status indicator and the LaCie Shortcut Button See the LaCie Shortcut Button User Manual on the Shortcut But ton C...

Page 9: ...LED 10 RAID mode LEDs 11 CAUTION To avoid overheating the LaCie 2big should be installed in a well ventilated area and in such a way as to main tain sufficient airflow across the controller chips Also...

Page 10: ...gh speed serial input output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other and FireWire 800 is the implementa tion of the new IEEE 1394b standard FireWire 800 offers incr...

Page 11: ...tors do not have the L shaped design of other SATA connectors In addition the guide features are vertically offset and reduced in size to prevent the use of unshielded inter nal cables in external app...

Page 12: ...your LaCie 2big Follow the steps below to power on and configure your 2big Setting Up Your LaCie 2big 2 Step 1 2 1 Connect the Interface Cable Step 2 2 2 Turn the Drive On Step 3 3 4 Formatting Forma...

Page 13: ...sponding port on your host computer Connect the other end of the cable to the matching port 2 on the 2big Technical note If two interfaces are connected at the same time the first one connected remain...

Page 14: ...e device Do not use a power supply from another LaCie device or another manufacturer Using any other power cable or power supply may cause damage to the device and void your warranty Always remove the...

Page 15: ...al disk in the array fails the data of all disks be comes inaccessible because parts of the data have been written to all disks Applications RAID 0 is ideal for users who need maximum speed and capaci...

Page 16: ...il is it full and then to successive disks Concatenation provides no perfor mance advantage or added measure of data safety It is simply a method of combining more than one physical disk into one volu...

Page 17: ...F2 A1 B1 C1 A1 B1 C1 Volume 1 RAID 1 Volume 2 RAID 0 Mixed RAID 1 and RAID 0 3 1 4 In Mixed mode the two physical disks are combined so that two logical volumes mount simultaneously on the desktop One...

Page 18: ...ng the front button for 2 seconds Use the 2 in 1 tool to push the RAID selection button until 3 the light arrives in front the desired RAID mode The LED of the selected mode will blink until you valid...

Page 19: ...mode 1 turn it off and unplug it If the 2big is in Safe or Mixed mode you can leave it turned on and continue to step 2 Carefully insert the drive tray into an empty drive bay When 2 the drive tray is...

Page 20: ...ws XP and Windows Vista though volume size is limited to 32GB by the Windows partition utility i e Disk Manager and the individual file size is limited to 4GB NTFS This acronym stands for New Technolo...

Page 21: ...or optimal perfor mance in Mac OS environments format and partition the drive as one large Mac OS Extended volume Mac OS Extended HFS Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS X HFS rep...

Page 22: ...er than 2TB in size but the disks must be converted to the GPT file system before partitions greater than 2TB can be created Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port 1 Right click 2 My...

Page 23: ...tition the 15 disk according to your settings Fig 3 4 2 D and your drive will appear in My Computer ready to use Important Info Please refer to section 3 4 1 File System Formats for a more detailed co...

Page 24: ...e Scheme area In the 7 Volume Information section enter a name for each volume partition choose the volume format Once you have finalized the volume options click 8 Parti tion Click Partition again wh...

Page 25: ...rm use between Mac and PC the drives must be reformatted For more information see section 3 4 1 File System Formats CAUTION If the 2big is in Mixed mode the disk is already partitioned LaCie recommend...

Page 26: ...allocated space and se 3 lect New Partition If the New Partition option is not avail able select the disk and initialize it first Fig 3 5 1 C Click 4 Next to start the Partition Wizard Fig 3 5 1 D Sel...

Page 27: ...Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies 6 the entire volume Click Next Fig 3 5 1 F Assign a drive letter or mount path and click 7 Next Fig 3 5 1 G Name and format the partition...

Page 28: ...LaCie 2big Quadra Design by Neil Poulton RAID User Manual page 28 Fig 3 5 1 I Review the settings and click 9 Finish to create the logical partition Fig 3 5 1 I...

Page 29: ...for the controller ex 1 8 TB LaCie in Fig 3 5 2 A Select the 4 Partition tab From the 5 Volume Scheme menu choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into 16 maximum You can adjust...

Page 30: ...question You can also visit the drivers pages where the most recent software updates will be available If you need further assistance please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see...

Page 31: ...and short red One disk is blink ing blue while the other disk is blink ing 3 blue 1 red Safe RAID is rebuilding Mixed Solid red failed disks and solid blue functional disks Safe One drive has failed...

Page 32: ...cal LaCie recommends that following this event you leave the 2big in standby for at least an hour before restart ing to prevent damage to the disks Off Off All The 2big is either turned off or has bee...

Page 33: ...ure your computer meets the minimum system requirements for compatibility with the 2big Quadra See section 1 1 Minimum System Requirements for more informa tion Make sure the power supply is properly...

Page 34: ...that you have the following information on hand Information Where to Find Information 1 LaCie hard drive serial number Located on a sticker at the back of drive or on the original packaging 3 Macintos...

Page 35: ...http www lacie com fr contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Japan Contact us at http www lacie com jp contact...

Page 36: ...ks have been removed and re placed by any hard disk other than a drive provided by LaCie For drive removal replacement process see section 3 3 Removing and Installing Drives LaCie and its suppliers ac...

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