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LaCie Two Big eSATA & USB User Manual

Summary of Two Big eSATA & USB

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page table of contents table of contents health and safety precautions 4 general use precautions 4 1. Introduction 6 2. Your lacie two big esata & usb 7 2.1. Minimum system requirements 7 2.2. Package content 8 2.3. Views of the drive 9 2.3.1. Front view 9 2.3.2...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 7.2. Safe (raid 1) 33 7.3. Big (concatenation) 34 7.4. Jbod 34 8. Troubleshooting 35 8.1. Leds and fan 35 8.2. Lacie two big esata & usb host connection 36 9. Contacting customer support 37 9.1. Lacie technical support 38 10. Warranty 39 table of contents.

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page copyrights copyright © 2006 lacie. All rights reserved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the pr...

  • Page 4: General Use Precautions

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page this symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct 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 collec- tion point...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page important info: any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a lacie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will lacie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your...

  • Page 6: 1. Introduction

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page congratulations on the purchase of your new lacie two big esata & usb. This high-performance, ex- tremely flexible raid (redundant array of indepen- dent/inexpensive disks) subsystem is ideally suited for integration with databases, imaging systems and e-ma...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 2. Your lacie two big esata & usb 2.1. Minimum system requirements important info: the lacie two big esata & usb is compatible with the intel core processors. Your lacie two big technical note: to achieve usb 2.0 speeds, your drive must be connected to a us...

  • Page 8: 2.2. Package Content

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 2.2. Package content important info: please save your pack- aging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. Lacie two big esata & usb raid system tower with two trayless, hot-swappabl...

  • Page 9: 2.3. Views of The Drive

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 2.3. Views of the drive drive leds – indicate drive status system led – indicates system on/off status panel removal tab plastic stands with rubber feet removable front panel 2.3.1. Front view ■ 1 5 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 handles to remove the drives drive s...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 0 1 2.3.3. Rear view ■ casing fan mode change rotary switch hi-speed usb port power switch mode change confirmation button external sata ii 3gb/s port power supply connector plastic stands with rubber feet lock hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 caution: to...

  • Page 11: 2.4. Cables and Connectors

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 2.4. Cables and connectors 2.4.1. Serial ata ii and esata ■ your lacie two big esata & usb uses the latest in sata technology, featuring transfer rates of up to 3gb/s. The two big comes equipped with an esata port and an external sata cable. Sata technology...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 2.4.2. Hi-speed usb ■ usb is a serial input/output technology for connect- ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-speed usb 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3. Setting up your lacie two big esata & usb this chapter covers the installation and configura- tion of your lacie two big esata & usb. A relatively easy process, you will be guided through the four follow- ing steps: step 1 3.1. Set up the lacie two big e...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3.1. Set up the lacie two big make sure you have a compatible sata ii pci-x or pci-e card installed on your computer. Most computers do not ship with sata ports, so a pci card must be installed. Plug the ac power adapter into the proper ac out- let, connect...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page plug the ac power adapter into the proper ac out- let, connect the power cable to the power jack on the back of the drive (fig. 3.1.2.A-1) and then turn on the two big using the switch on the back (fig. 3.2.1.A-2). Connect the hi-speed usb 2.0 cable into th...

  • Page 16: 3.2. Storage Policies

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3.2. Storage policies before you configure the lacie two big esata & usb, take a minute to study the following terms. The terms represent the lacie two big esata & usb configuration options or storage policies for map- ping the physical to the virtual drive...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3.3. Changing the storage policy configuration 1. Turn off the lacie two big esata & usb. 2. Insert a small, flat-blade screwdriver into the groove on the rotary switch and turn the screwdriver handle to the left or right to select a different mode (fig. 3....

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3.4. Partitioning the lacie two big esata & usb you must partition the drives after changing the two big configuration mode (safe, fast, etc). Dur- ing this process, you will format the drives. For more information about file system formats, see chapter 6.2...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 3. Right click the configured disk’s unallocated space and select new partition . If the new partition op- tion is not available, select the disk and initialize it first (fig. 3.4.1.C.). Fig. 3.4.1.C. 4. Click next to start the partition wizard (fig. 3.4.1....

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 0 6. Specify the partition size. By default, the partition oc- cupies the entire volume. Click next (fig. 3.4.1.F.). Fig. 3.4.1.F. 7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click next (fig. 3.4.1.G.). Fig. 3.4.1.G. Fig. 3.4.1.H. 8. Name and format the part...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page fig. 3.4.1.I. 9. Review the settings and click finish to create the logical partition (fig. 3.4.1.I.). 3.4.2. Mac users ■ this example illustrates the fast storage policy, which optimizes the lacie two big esata & usb for performance. Launch disk utility fr...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page fig. 3.4.2.C. 8. Click partition to acknowledge the warning (fig. 3.4.2.C). Disk utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop. The icon is labeled with the partition name. Setting up your lacie two big.

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 4. Maintaining your lacie two big 4.1. Removing/replacing a drive in the event that an individual hard disk fails in the lacie two big esata & usb, please contact your lacie reseller or lacie customer support . Please replace a defective hard drive only by ...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 5. Lacie two big esata & usb front panel both disk drives and the system-to-host connections have leds that reflect the drive and system states (fig. 5.A.). The following table shows the different led states and their indications. Table a: led display light...

  • Page 25: 6. Tech Tips

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 6. Tech tips 6.1. Available storage capacity a gigabyte (gb) means 1,000,000,000 bytes. In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it has to be formatted first. Formatting a disk consists of the following: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping info...

  • Page 26: 6.2. File System Formats

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 6.2. File system formats 6.2.1. Mac users ■ the lacie two big esata & usb comes prefor- matted in hfs+ (mac os extended). This section will help you decide if you need to reformat your two big. Mac os 10.X users: you may customize the drive by reformatting ...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 6.2.1. Windows users ■ since the lacie two big esata & usb comes preformatted in hfs+, the mac operating system, you will need to reformat your drive in fat 32 or ntfs. The following information will hopefully make choos- ing one or the other a little easie...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 6.3. Serial ata ii questions and answers what is serial ata ii? The serial advanced technology attachment (ata) ii marks the latest rung on the evolutionary ladder of sata technology. Sata ii can deliver data at 300mb/s, twice as fast as its sata predecesso...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page ber of fault possibilities decreases. Seamless integration: serial ata maintains register and software compatibility with parallel ata, and should be transparent to both the bios and oper- ating system. Simply add more serial ata links to increase the numbe...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 0 usb is a serial input/output technology for connect- ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-speed usb 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and data transfer rates to support high spe...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page what are the ideal applications for hi-speed usb 2.0? Digital cameras, cd/dvd drives, hard drives and scanners will all benefit from the added bandwidth and performance gains of the new implementation of the usb standard. Hi-speed usb 2.0 provides the neces...

  • Page 32: 7.1. Fast (Raid 0)

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 7. Understanding raid and storage policies 7.1. Fast (raid 0) striped disk array without fault tolerance also called striping, this level offers high transfer rates and is ideal for large blocks of data where speed is of the utmost importance. Raid 0 implem...

  • Page 33: 7.2. Safe (Raid 1)

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 7.2. Safe (raid 1) mirroring and duplexing also called mirroring, this level makes a duplicate write on a second or “mirror” disk every time data is written to a primary disk. If one disk crashes, there is an ideal backup (fig. 7.2.A.). Using two controller...

  • Page 34: 7.3. Big (Concatenation)

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 7.3. Big (concatenation) maximum capacity solution a concatenated volume, or concatenation, is a volume whose data is organized serially and adjacently across components, forming one logical storage unit. If you have 3 6gb disks in a concatenation, you’ll h...

  • Page 35: 8. Troubleshooting

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 8. Troubleshooting in the event that your lacie two big esata & usb is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your drive is...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 8.2. Lacie two big esata & usb host connection problem ■ solution ■ the lacie two big esata & usb is not recognized by esata hba bios. Verify the system led status to confirm power. Verify hba bios recognizes empty two big esata & usb. Turn off pci bus powe...

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    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 9. Contacting customer support before you contact technical support ■ read the manuals and review section 8. Troubleshooting . Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the cpu, and make sure that all of the cables ...

  • Page 38: 9.1. Lacie Technical Support

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 9.1. Lacie technical support lacie asia, singapore, and hong kong contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgium contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ (français) laci...

  • Page 39: 10. Warranty

    Lacie two big esata & usb user manual page 10. Warranty lacie warrants your lacie two big esata & usb against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty perio...