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LaCie 2big Quadra 

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DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON

 

Foreword

User Manual 

page 2

Copyrights

Copyright © 2011 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 as-
sumes no liability resulting from errors or 
omissions in this document, or from the 
use of the information contained herein. 
LaCie reserves the right to make changes 
or revisions in the product design or the 
product manual without 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 Council 
for Interference from Information Technol-
ogy Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near 
a radio or television receiver in a domestic 
environment, it may cause radio interfer-
ence. Install and use the equipment ac-
cording to the instruction manual.

FCC Statement

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

1.  The devices may not cause harmful 

interference

2.  The devices must accept any inter-

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 instruc-
tions, may cause harmful interference to 
radio communications. However, there 
is no guarantee that interference will not 
occur in a particular installation. If this 
equipment does cause harmful interfer-
ence to radio or television reception, 
which can be determined by turning the 
equipment off and on, the user is en-
couraged to try and correct the interfer-
ence 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: 2006/95/EC Low Voltage Direc-
tive; 2004/108/EC 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

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Страница 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...

Страница 2: ...c 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 instruc tion...

Страница 3: ...ven through a window Inversely placing your La Cie 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 7: ...A 3Gbits cable 6 Power supply kit 7 LaCie Utilities CD ROM 8 Quick Install Guide 9 2 in 1 RAID mode change and drive removal tool IMPORTANT INFO Please save your packaging In the event that the drive...

Страница 8: ...ve 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...

Страница 9: ...us LED 11 RAID mode LEDs 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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

Страница 19: ...on mode 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 2 Carefully insert the drive tray into an empty drive bay When the drive tray i...

Страница 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...

Страница 21: ...r 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 repr...

Страница 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 1 Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port 2 Right click My...

Страница 23: ...partition the 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...

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

Страница 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...

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

Страница 27: ...6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next Fig 3 5 1 F 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next Fig 3 5 1 G 8 Name and format the partitio...

Страница 28: ...LaCie 2big Quadra DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON RAID User Manual page 28 Fig 3 5 1 I 9 Review the settings and click Finish to create the logical partition Fig 3 5 1 I...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

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