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8-BAY

 

RAID STATION

Manual

Summary of Contents for 8-BAY RA ID STATION

Page 1: ...8 BAY RAID STATION Manual...

Page 2: ...Changing the host connection 9 7 3 Disconnecting an USB device 10 7 4 HDD HotPlug 10 8 Setting the RAID mode 10 8 1 CLEAN mode 11 8 2 Other RAID modes 13 9 Rebuilding a redundant drive 15 10 Troubles...

Page 3: ...indications for power HDD activity and rebuild mode Pre installed fan 1 2 SATA features Port Multiplier Functionality Auto negotiation between SATA I 1 5 Gbps and SATA II 3 Gbps HotPlug support in CLE...

Page 4: ...tium III 500 MHz equivalent or faster Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 with the latest Service Packs 64 MB of RAM minimum Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors Mo...

Page 5: ...SYS2 not ready No Power Off SYS1 or SYS2 ready Idle On SYS1 or SYS2 ready Active On 3 HDD LEDs DESCRIPTION GREEN LED RED LED HDD Unplugged No Power Off Off HDD plugged Idle On Off HDD plugged Active...

Page 6: ...unting screws for 2 5 HDDs SSDs 32x mounting screws for 3 5 HDDs 1x SATA to eSATA cable with bracket 6 Getting started 6 1 HDD installation 1 Open the front door then unlock the HDD mounting frame loc...

Page 7: ...the mounting screws to securely attach the HDD to the mounting frame fig 3 Fig 3 4 Slide the HDD mounting frame back into the 8 BAY RAID STATION fig 4 Fig 4 5 Close the front door to complete the HDD...

Page 8: ...ower on off Press the power button to switch on the device Press again to power it off 6 3 eSATA slot bracket installation 1 Remove the anchor screw of the slot bezel and take it from the rear side of...

Page 9: ...ilable when configuring the 8 BAY RAID STATION Only one disk is available on the host computer 2 USB host connection If you are connecting your 8 BAY RAID STATION using an USB connection to your host...

Page 10: ...your PC 7 4 HDD HotPlug The hard disk drives should not be hot plugged but can be unplugged while the system is running However to avoid data corruption or loss make sure that the host system is not...

Page 11: ...8 bay raid station 11 8 1 CLEAN mode 1 Switch off the device fig 8 Fig 8 2 Toggle the RAID mode switch to the Clean mode according to the following chart fig 9 Fig 9...

Page 12: ...e case by loosening the thumb screws on the rear side fig 10a and b Fig 10a Fig 10b 4 Toggle the Clean mode jumper inside the device to the On position fig 11 Fig 11 Warning Except for the Clean mode...

Page 13: ...8 bay raid station 13 5 Switch on the device to complete the RAID mode setting fig 12 Fig 12 8 2 Other RAID modes 1 Switch off the device fig 13 Fig 13...

Page 14: ...8 bay raid station 14 2 Toggle the RAID mode switches to the desired RAID mode according to the following chart fig 14 Fig 14 3 Press and hold the setup button fig 15 Fig 15...

Page 15: ...Fig 16 9 Rebuilding a redundant drive The 8 BAY RAID STATION duplicates all data to separate drives in order to protect against data loss due to drive failure in R30 and R50 mode The following exampl...

Page 16: ...8 bay raid station 16 2 Switch off the device fig 18 Fig 18 3 Replace the defective HDD with a hard disk drive of the same capacity or bigger fig 19 Fig 19...

Page 17: ...USB3 0 controller the latest drivers and the newest firmware must be installed 2 Cannot operate in O S Make sure the device is supported by your operating system 3 Transfer speed is slow If the device...

Page 18: ...CLEAN mode Function In CLEAN mode each hard drive is displayed separately as one drive Notes When using a SATA host controller CLEAN mode should only be used if the SATA host controller provides Port...

Page 19: ...drives Notes The hard drives 1 to 8 are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure above with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives 1 to 8 It is...

Page 20: ...drive operating speed by using many disks simultaneously To implement the R00 mode the 8 BAY RAID STATION Storage creates two single virtual volumes SYS1 and SYS2 that are striped across all hard dri...

Page 21: ...8 bay raid station 21 The R00 mode can also be implemented using a single disk Example 2...

Page 22: ...ation to the data R30 mode dedicates the equivalent of two drives SYS1 and SYS2 for storing parity information and to stripe these again The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array...

Page 23: ...smallest drive If one drive fails the virtual R30 volume is still usable When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy During t...

Page 24: ...e to drive striping by including parity information with the data R50 mode dedicates the equivalent of one drive for storing parity stripes The data and parity information is arranged on the drive arr...

Page 25: ...s still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore da...

Page 26: ...8 bay raid station 26 The R50 mode can also be implemented using a single disk...

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