Chapter 5 Precaution before Application
1. RAIDON strongly suggest to use 4 the same of brand new SATA hard drives for the optimal system
performance.
2. Using used hard drive may cause the system fail to initialize properly. Please use low level format
tools or file editors to clear existing data on the hard drives before installing them into GR5630.
3. Please DO NOT connect USB and eSATA cables at the time. To interchange connection between
USB and eSATA, please switch off the power of GR5630 before changing the cables.
4. The GUI software from the CD can only be used under Windows system therefore desired
RAID level must be configured before connecting GR5630 to Mac/Linux system, otherwise,
only the default JBOD function will be available to these two operating systems.
5. While hot swapping any one of hard drive under JBOD function with USB connection, operating
systems will automatically perform drive redetection, therefore, please ensure all of data accessing
are not in progress before swapping hard drives, or, it may result in data damage from disconnection
during operating system redetection.
Chapter 6 GUI(Windows Only)
GUI Software “RAIDGuid” can be installed through the CD from the package for device status
monitoring.
There will be two options as “Basic Mode” and “Advanced Mode” available after GUI software being
initiated.
1. Basic Mode
1) RAID and Disk Information
Indicates the number of HDD installed including details and RAID information.
Precaution before Application / GUI(Windows Only)
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