Fantec QB-X8US3R Manual

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Summary of QB-X8US3R

  • Page 1

    8-bay raid enclosure english contents raid mode setup / led display status setup initialization 16 - 20 overview led indication model: qb-x8us3r references 21 - 24 windows vista (32 / 64 bit) / windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) macintosh o.S. 10.5 trouble shooting 1 - 4 5 - 10 16 - 18 19 - 20 11 - 15 led disp...

  • Page 2: Overview

    Diagram of qb-x8us3r front panel led indication overview 1 2 3 2 5 6 7 4 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 1 11 12 13 1. Power button it needs to be pressed and held for 3 seconds to power off. This design prevents accidental power off. 2. Esata in use / access 3. Rebuild 4. Blue p...

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    Descriptions 1. Fan 2. Raid mode confirmation button 3. Esata port 4. Usb 3.0 / usb 2.0 port 5. Ac input port 6. Lock hdd handle 3 4 rear 1 1 2 3 4 keys 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 inside descriptions 1. Hdd1 error 2. Hdd2 error 3. Hdd3 error 4. Hdd4 error 5. Hdd5 error 6. Hdd6 error 7. Hdd7 error 8. Hdd8 err...

  • Page 4: Setup

    5 6 5 6 hdd 1 hdd 2 hdd 3 hdd 4 hdd 5 hdd 6 hdd 7 hdd 8 layer 1 layer 2 spanning concatenates multiple hard drives as a single large volume; resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of separately connected hard drives. The data are written from hdd1 to hdd...

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    7 8 hdd 1 hdd 2 hdd 3 hdd 4 hdd 5 hdd 6 hdd 7 hdd 8 layer 1 layer 2 hdd1 hdd2 hdd3 hdd4 hdd5 hdd6 hdd7 hdd8 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb layer 1 9tb layer 2 9tb distributed parity requires all drives but one to be present to operate; drive failure requires replacement, but the array is not destro...

  • Page 6

    2x raid 10 is mirrored (raid 1) set in a striped (raid 0) set. Note: the computer will detect 2 drives. 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 3tb 18tb hdd1 hdd2 hdd3 hdd4 hdd5 hdd6 hdd7 hdd8 layer 1 layer 2 9tb 9tb striping hdd 1 hdd 2 hdd 3 hdd 4 hdd 5 hdd 6 hdd 7 hdd 8 layer 1 layer 2 raid 50 combines multi...

  • Page 7

    Purple / transferring data purple / transferring data led display status when any of hdd1 ~ hdd8 is recognized by the pc, hdd1 ~ hdd8 blue / active is on. Blue / active mode led display spanning (big) raid 0 led display status blue / active mode led display when any of hdd1 ~ hdd8 is recognized by t...

  • Page 8

    Purple / transferring data red / rebuild when the data is being rebuilt, led of rebuild, hdd error and hdd (1-8, depends on which hdd is being rebuilt) error will be on. Raid 50 striped set with dedistributed parity led display status mode led display when any of hdd1 ~ hdd8 is recognized by the pc,...

  • Page 9: Initialization

    Purple / transferring data red / rebuild when the data is being rebuilt, led of rebuild, hdd error and hdd (1-8, depends on which hdd is being rebuilt) error will be on. Raid 10 mirroring + striping led display status mode led display when any of hdd1 ~ hdd8 is recognized by the pc, hdd1 ~ hdd8 blue...

  • Page 10

    Windows vista (32 / 64 bit) / windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 17 18 windows vista (32 / 64 bit) / windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) disk format completed. Under windows vista (32/64-bit), if the total capacity is more than 16tb, it's strongly recommend to choose “allocation unit size” at 8192 when formatting the hdd....

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    15 16 17 18 19 20 macintosh o.S. 10.5 macintosh o.S. 10.5 1. Click disk utility icon. 2. Click erase 4. Format completed 3. Click erase remake:number of the hdd icon varies depending on different raid mode. Macintosh o.S. 10.5.

  • Page 12: References

    21 22 1. Changing the raid mode will cause data lost. 2. Please refer to the instructions when switching the raid mode, otherwise the execution might fail. 3. Interface of usb / esata can not be used at the same time. 4. When using raid function, hdds with the same brand, model and capacity is stron...

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    23 24 reminders 20. Operation environment: temperature 0 ~ 50 °c humidity 90 % rh 21. Smart fan controlled by the built-in thermal sensor and it comes with 2 modes (auto / manual) and 3 levels of speed: level 1: higher than 55 °c 2,500rpm ~ 3,500rpm level 2: 45 °c ~ 54 °c 1,800rpm ~ 2,500rpm level 3...