Fantom Drives Greendrive At A Glance - Fantom Drives G-Force Megadisk Quick Start Installation Manual

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Q: Can I leave my G-Force Megadisk Black on all the time, or
should I turn it off when not in use?
A: The G-Force Megadisk Black is meant to be left on, but does not
add any limitations on being turned off. Drive reliability is affected
by repeated power cycles, and the G-Force Megadisk Black
cannot alleviate this. In addition, Micronet recommends that
the drive's power supply is connected through a UPS or surge
protector; In the case of a power surge, or brown/black out, the
hard drive's sensitive electrical components will not be damaged.
Q: Is my drive compatible with my DVR?
A: All MicroNet / Fantom Drives products are compatible with
DVRs capable of addressing external disks over their respective
interface. For example, our G-Force eSATA+USB external disks
are compatible with DVRs capable of addressing eSATA or USB
external disks. That said, our products are explicitly supported
for use with Windows PCs and Apple Macintosh computers.
We can provide support for use under those platforms- we do
not have the equipment, training, or authorization from other
equipment vendors such as DVRs to support their platforms.
While many DVRs have the ports, the individual provider firmware
may or may not allow access to an external device; if you received
your DVR from your cable or satellite vendor, consult with their
customer support about whether the USB/eSATA ports are
active, or if there is a firmware update required. Alternatively,
consult the manufacturer of the DVR regarding this feature.
Q: How can I test my disk to make sure it is not defective?
A: Modern disks drives have a diagnostic on board processor
that monitors the disk during operation and records various
diagnostic values including any detected failures. This diagostic
method, S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting
Technology) is a monitoring system for computer hard disk
drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in
the hope of anticipating failures. SMART data can be accessed
and used for active testing using a SMART diagnostic program.
There are numerous SMART monitoring tools available- we
recommend the following:
Smartmontools- http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
HDDScan (Windows) http://hddscan.com/
SMARTreporter (Mac)* http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter
For more information about SMART and its values, please see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
Fantom Drives G-Force3
Hard Disk at a Glance
Disk Activity/Power
Indicator Light
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Power Switch
eSATA port
Security Lock Slot
USB 3.0 port
AC Adapter Port