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Usage with Macintosh computers
Mounting and Ejecting Volumes
When you connect the unit to the Mac for the first time and turn on the power,
you’ll probably see a message saying that the disk is unreadable. This is
because you must format the volume before using it. The easiest way to do
this is to use Mac OS X’s Disk Utility. If you plan to use the unit on both Macs
and PCs, select “MS DOS File System” as the format type. If you only plan to
use the unit on Macs, then select “Mac OS Extended”. After the volume is
formatted, an icon representing the drive volume will appear (“mount”) on the
desktop. You can now use the volume just like an internal hard drive.
Eject the volume before powering down the unit by dragging the volume’s icon to the trash bin, or by
selecting the volume then pressing Command-E. Shutting down the unit without first ejecting the volume
can result in data loss.
Booting to the RTX400-SV
Your ability to boot to the RTX400-SV depends upon whether or not the eSATA host to which it is
connected supports this feature. Many eSATA hosts do not support booting
Usage with Windows computers
Formatting Volumes
Before you can use your RTX400-SV, you must first format the drives into a volume. Use Disk
Management, which you can find by right-clicking on My Computer then selecting Manage. Select NTFS
for the format type. If you wish to format FAT-32 for cross-platform compatibility, you will need to use a
third-party utility to do so. Windows XP will not create FAT-32 volumes larger than 32GB.
After the volume is formatted, an icon representing the drive volume will appear in My Computer. You
can now use the volume just like an internal hard drive.
Ejecting Volumes
Unlike external storage devices that connect via FireWire or USB, eSATA devices cannot usually be
ejected. It is possible to disable the device using Device Manager. Whether or not you choose to disable
the device in this way, always make sure the drives are not being accessed before shutting off
theRTX400-SV. If the unit is turned off in the middle of a data input/output process, data loss may result.
Warnings and Notices
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The RTX400-SV supports drives of various specifications and different capacities. However, we
recommend using drives of the same brand and type for optimal performance. If drives of different
capacities are used, the unit will consider both drives to have the same capacity as the smaller
drive.
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Use only hard drives that are in perfect condition. Avoid using drives that have ever developed
bad sectors during previous usage. This could lead to possible device failure or loss of data.
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If you create a software RAID 0, do not attempt to hot swap trays. Drives must be kept together in
a RAID 0, or data loss will result.
