Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton table of contents user manual page 1 table of contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.1. Minimum system requirements ...................
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton foreword user manual page 2 copyrights copyright © 2009 lacie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans- mitted in any form or by any means, elec- tronic, mechanical, ph...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton foreword user manual page 3 health and safety precautions ✦ only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this de- vice. ✦ read this user manual carefully and follow the correct procedure when set- ting up the device....
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 4 1. Introduction the lacie 2big quadra enterprise class is a highly flexible two-disk raid subsystem ideally suited for integration with databases, imag- ing systems and e-mail and web servers. Its convenie...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 5 1.1. Minimum system requirements operating system interface port disk space the latest versions of microsoft win- dows xp*, windows vista, or windows 7 esata**, firewire 400, firewire 800, and/or usb 2.0 m...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 7 fig. 01 1.3. Views of the drive front view the blue button on the front of the lacie 2big serves as a led drive status indicator and the lacie shortcut button. See the lacie desktop manager user manual on ...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 8 rear view 1. Raid selection switch 2. On/auto/off power switch 3. Esata 3gb/s port 4. Hi-speed usb 2.0 port 5. Firewire 800 ports 6. Firewire 400 port 7. Power input connection 8. Drive lock 9. Drive tray ...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 9 1.4. Hard drive heat management heat dissipation design the lacie 2big’s metal body is ideal for naturally dissipating inter- nal drive heat. Its unique design actually draws heat away from the internal dr...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 10 1.5. Cables and connectors 1.5.1. Usb 2.0 usb is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-speed usb 2.0 is the latest implementation of this st...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton introduction user manual page 11 1.5.3. Esata your lacie 2big quadra uses the latest in sata technology, allow- ing interface (or bus) transfer rates of up to 3 gb/s. Sata technol- ogy was originally developed to serve as an internal int...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton setup user manual page 12 this section covers the installation and configuration of your lacie 2big enterprise class. Follow the steps below to power on and con- figure your lacie 2big: technical note: the lacie 2big quadra enterprise cl...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton setup user manual page 13 2.1. Connect the interface cable 1. Plug one end of the interface cable (usb, firewire or esata) into the corresponding port on your host computer. 2. Connect the other end of the cable to the matching port on t...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton setup user manual page 14 2.2. Turn on the 2big the power supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable ( a ) con- nects to the lacie drive; and the other cable ( b ) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall outlet or a surge protect...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 15 3. Raid 3.1. About raid modes this section will help you decide which raid mode is right for your application. 3.1.1. Raid 0 the 2big quadra enterprise class is pre-configured in raid 0, the fastest raid mode. Re...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 16 3.1.2. Concatenation when disks are concatenated, their capacities are combined and data is written to the primary disk in the array until is it full, and then to successive disks ( fig. 08 ). Concatenation provi...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 17 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 ( fig. 10 ): ✦ one safe volume (raid 1) where data is automatica...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 18 3.2. Changing the raid mode before you change the raid mode of the lacie 2big, familiarize yourself with the 2big’s raid modes. See section 3.1. About raid modes . To change the raid mode: 1. Unmount or safely re...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 19 3.3. Removing and installing drives in the event that an individual hard disk fails in the lacie 2big en- terprise class, please contact your lacie reseller or lacie customer support. Please replace a defective h...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 20 3.4. Formatting and partitioning the 2big quadra comes pre-formatted in hfs+ (optimized for mac os x). Please read the following information on file system formats for windows and mac operating systems to determi...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 21 mac os x users technical note: the lacie 2big quadra comes preformatted in hfs+ for optimum performance with mac os x. You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file ...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 22 3.4.2. Windows users the process of formatting a drive on a computer running windows xp, windows vista, or windows 7 consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. T...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 23 9. Click next . 10. Click next . 11. Click next . 12. Click next . 13. On the format partition window, select quick format . Click next ( fig. 16 ). 14. Click finish to begin the formatting process. 15. Windows d...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton raid user manual page 24 3.4.3. Mac users caution: following these steps will erase everything from the 2big, including encrypted data. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before ...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 25 4. Troubleshooting in the event that your lacie 2big is not working correctly, please refer to the table on the following page to identify the status of your device. If you have gone through all of the...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 26 4.1. Led status indicators use the 2big’s front and rear leds and the chart below as a reference to determine the status of your 2big: if the front led is: and the rear led is: and the raid mode is: th...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton troubleshooting user manual page 27 4.2. Other troubleshooting topics problem solutions the 2big is not recognized by the computer. If there is no icon for the 2big on the desktop (mac users) or in my computer (windows users): ✦ check th...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton contacting customer support user manual page 28 before you contact technical support 1. Read the manuals and review section 4. Troubleshooting . 2. Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the c...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton contacting customer support user manual page 29 5.1. Lacie technical support contacts lacie asia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgium contact us a...
Lacie 2big quadra enterprise class • d esign by n eil p oulton warranty information user manual page 30 lacie warrants your lacie 2big enterprise class against any de- fect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this produc...