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  Minimum Apple G4 processor, 128MB RAM 

  eSATA equipped Mac with port multiplier; OS 10.4 or above 

  USB 2.0 (USB 1.1) equipped Mac; Mac OS 10.2 or above 

upported Hard Drives 

  Up to four 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II hard drives (1.5Gb/s)  

  20GB - 1TB per HDD 

  For the FAST and SAFE mode, hard drives of identical 

pacities are recommended 

ackage Contents 

  Hydra S2 (no HDD included) 

 Power cord 

 Interface cables 

 Manual 

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PC Requirements 

  Minimum Intel Pen

III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM 

  eSATA equipped PC with port multiplier; Windows XP/Vis

  USB 2.0 (USB 1.1) equipped PC; Windows 2000/XP/Vista 

 

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About Data Backup 

To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data, we 

strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data, 

copy on your Hydra and a second copy either on your internal 

drive or another storage media such as CD, DVD, Tape or an 

additional external drive.  

 

Any loss or corruption of data while using the Hydra is the sole 

responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will the 

manufacturer be held liable for compensation or the recovery o

this data. 

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Страница 1: ...Hydra S2 4 Bay Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives User Manual v1 0 August 12 2008 EN...

Страница 2: ...PTER 2 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5 ADDING MORE HARD DRIVES 8 REPLACING A FAULTY HARD DRIVE 8 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 9 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 9 CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX 16 HARD DISK MODE 9 RAID SETUP 9 BIG J...

Страница 3: ...rks of Microsoft Important information The Hydra S2 Maximise your storag with the Hydra 4 Bay SATA Enclosure An ultra durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation plus extra large powe...

Страница 4: ...he blinking LEDs for C D can be ig ailed View Det LED or Status or Function Button POWER OFF Power off Blue Power on BIG Yellow BIG mode active JBOD spanning FAST Amber FAST mode active RAID 0 stripin...

Страница 5: ...led drives exceeds 2TB the B LED will light up When the 2TB switch is set to B tomatically be split into two B C D If your Operating System larger than 2TB e g 64bit OS setting the large volume instea...

Страница 6: ...tem R PC Requirements Minimum Intel Pen III CPU 500MHz 128MB RAM eSATA equipped PC with port multiplier Windows XP Vis USB 2 0 USB 1 1 equipped PC Windows 2000 XP Vista M S ca P may vary depending on...

Страница 7: ...e device does not he rive Assembly h at the bottom of the case and push the f the have to be turned off during t replacement Chapter 2 Hard D 1 Unlock the switc inner chassis from the back until the f...

Страница 8: ...the screws that are holding the plastic bracket in place 5 Install the hard drive as illustrated below with the SATA connector facing away from the front 6 Mount the drive with the six screws from the...

Страница 9: ...then C so one hard drive should be installed at position A two drives at A B and three drives at A B C If drives are installed in a different position it will be detected as error he screws by turnin...

Страница 10: ...Replacing a faulty Hard Drive When using the SAFE or SAFE II mode a faulty hard drive can easily be replaced and the data restored automatically 1 When one of the drives is defective the ERROR LED wi...

Страница 11: ...mid conditions Do not cover the enclosure s ventilation holes Hard Disk Mode When using your Hydra and more than one interface cable is connected the eSATA connection has the priority To use USB inste...

Страница 12: ...RAID that is written sequentially a By itself it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits Use this if you have installed 1 4 hard drives with different capacities FAST RAID 0 striping s...

Страница 13: ...es A B C D SAFE RAID 1 mirrorin The drives show up as two volumes each representing one set This mode requires 1 or 2 sets of 2 identical drives to implement RAID 1 creates an exact copy or mirror of...

Страница 14: ...ble or connect the device before booting your Operating System Installation on a PC Before connecting the device install the hard drives and set your preferred RAID mode If the drives have been pre in...

Страница 15: ...red RAID mode If the drives have been pre installed and setup already you do not need to change anything unless you prefer a different setup Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Hydra an...

Страница 16: ...sk management program Manage rmat and right click on it for Follow the Partition Wizard to setup the drive Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the dr so make sure you have a ba r...

Страница 17: ...em does not support single volumes over 2TB set the 2 y nd TB switch position B and it ill automatically split the volumes A B C D Choose your external drive and format it according to your to w requi...

Страница 18: ...formation contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable Macpower Tytech Technology assumes no responsibility for any errors contained in this manual Macpower Tytech Technology reser...

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