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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION ........................4 COPYRIGHT................................4 NOTICES CLASSIFICATIONS .........................4 CONTACT US................................4 INTRODUCTION............................6 ..................................6 EATURES ............................7 YSTEM EQUIREMENT PC ....................................7 MAC....................................7 ............................7 PTIONAL CCESSORIES ...............................7 ACKAGE ONTENTS SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS ..........................8 ................................8 RONT ................................8 EAR & ) ...........................9 OP ... - Page 3 MAC.....................................32 Disk Volume Over 2TB............................32 ESATA PCI EXPRESS CARD INSTALLATION.................. 33 ............................33 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS ..........................33 ARDWARE NSTALLATION ............................34 RIVER NSTALLATION ..........................34 ERIFY RIVER NSTALLATION Mac OS:..................................34 Windows OS: ................................34 Windows 2003 and XP: ............................35 Windows 2000:..............................35 Q&AS ................................. 36 .................................36 ENERAL ..............................36 APACITY & ................37 ISCREPANCY IN EPORTED CTUAL IZE APACITY ..............................37 ...
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Page 4: General Information
GENERAL INFORMATION COPYRIGHT Copyright @ 2009 ONNTO Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of ONNTO Corporation. -
Page 5: Precautions For The Raid System
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM ♦ Any loss, corruption, or destruction of data is the sole responsibility of the user of the RAID Unit. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be held liable for the recovery or restoration of any data. -
Page 6: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the DataTale 3.5” SATA HDD 4-bay RAID System. The DataTale 3.5” SATA HDD 4-bay RAID System provides massive storage capacity and advanced RAID configuration options in a desktop storage device. The RAID Mode Switch allows easy configuration of RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID 5+HotSpare, and RAID 0+1 RAID modes. -
Page 7: System Requirement
System Requirement To use the 4-Bay RAID System, the minimum system configuration in the host computer require the following: 266MHz or faster CPU (Windows Vista requires a minimum 800MHz CPU) 64MB of RAM (Windows Vista requires 512MB of RAM) Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003, or Vista One available eSATA port, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394a, or IEEE 1394b port (Depends on model) Macintosh PowerPC or Intel Core Duo processor... -
Page 8: System Unit Views
SYSTEM UNIT VIEWS LED Indicators Front View The status indication of each LED indicator is listed under the LED INDICATORS section. Rear View FireWire 800 RAID Mode Switch (2 ports) FireWire 400 HD Switch Power Switch USB 2.0 Type B DC IN eSATA Port... -
Page 9: Top & Cover View (Exposed)
Top & Cover View (Exposed) HDD Slots FRONT Indicator (indicate HDD 1 through HDD 4) 4 Spare HDD Screws Handles ... -
Page 10: Inserting/Replacing The Hard Drives In The Raid System
INSERTING/REPLACING THE HARD DRIVES IN THE RAID SYSTEM 1. Place the RAID System with its front view facing you. Position one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid. Simultaneously, push the lid in the direction away from you, front to back, using your thumbs. A “click”... - Page 11 (Fasten the Handles onto the HDDs) 3. Place the HDD with the metal cover side facing up and ensure that the interface connectors are oriented toward your left side. Connectors 4. Position the handle to the HDD end, which is facing away from the interface connectors, and align it with the screw hole openings.
- Page 12 5. Fasten the handle onto the HDD by inserting and tightening the screws, the left one first, then the right one. Right Left 6. Now, flip the HDD so it is facing you with the PCBA (Printed Circuit Board) on top and the unfasten handle side facing you.
- Page 13 7. Insert and fasten the screws, the left one first, then the right one. Right Left 8. Finally, test sliding the handle to make sure that the holes glide smoothly on the screw guides. Repeat the same procedures for the rest of HDDs. The auto-limiting segmented screws are designed to prevent the HDDs or/and the handles from damages due to over-tightening.
- Page 14 9. Hold the HDD with the metal cover side facing you and the handle attached on the upward position. When inserting the HDD on its reverse side, the SmartGuider System won’t be able to align and the HDD cannot be inserted. 10.
- Page 15 11. Place RAID System with its front view facing you and the top lid on. Position one hand on the front edge and one on the back edge of the top lid. Simultaneously, push the lid firmly downward and toward you, back to front. A “click”...
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Page 16: Connecting The Raid System To Acomputer
CONNECTING THE RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER Complete the following steps to connect the RAID System to a host computer. The RAID System should only be connected to a host computer via one interface. Connection of the system to a computer via two or more interfaces simultaneously is not recommended. - Page 17 3. Turn the power switch to the “on” position. 4. When connected, the Power LED light will become steadily green, and the HDD LED lights will become white and blink about 15 seconds. If the HDDs are inside the RAID System, the HDD LED lights will remain steadily white.
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Page 18: Connecting Multiple Devices
5. You are now ready to begin using your RAID System! Ready to go! Due to compatibility issues, if you use the eSATA interface to do the data transfer, the Silicon Image eSATA host controller is highly recommended. Connecting Multiple Devices Using FireWire 400 or 800, you can connect other computer hardware or digital devices to your RAID System. -
Page 19: Raid Modes
RAID MODES A Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks (RAID) is a system that utilizes multiple hard drives to share or replicate data among the disks. The benefit, depending on the selected RAID Mode (combinations of disks), is one or more of increased data integrity, fault-tolerance, throughput or capacity when compared to single drives. -
Page 20: (Striping )
RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 0 (Striping) is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. It combines multiple hard drives into a single logical unit. Instead of seeing several different hard drives, the operating system sees only one large drive. Striping splits data evenly across two or more disks simultaneously, dramatically increasing performance. -
Page 21: Raid 1 (Mirroring)
RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 1 (Mirroring) consists of at least two drives storing duplicate copies of the same data. In this mode, the data is simultaneously written to two disks. Thus, the storage capacity of a two-disk array is combined into a single disk and the capacity is limited to the size of the smallest disk. -
Page 22: Raid 5
RAID 5 RAID 5 uses block-level striping with parity data distributed across all member disks. It is also called Parity RAID. Every time a block is written to a disk in a RAID 5 disk array, a parity block is generated within the same stripe. A block is composed of many consecutive sectors on a disk. -
Page 23: Raid 5+Hotspare
RAID 5 + HotSpare In the RAID 5 + HotSpare mode, also called HotStand, the last disk in the system is left empty as backup. When any of the disks in the system fails, the back up disk will automatically be rebuilt to replace the failure disk. RAID 5+HotSpare mode provides more than decent data protection and fault tolerance. -
Page 24: Raid 0+1
RAID 0+1 In the RAID 0+1 mode, data is organized as stripes across multiple disks. And then, the striped disk sets are mirrored. It is usually called “a mirror of stripes”. RAID 0+1 mode provides excellent data protection and fault tolerance. The speed of operation is fast in comparison to other RAID modes (except in RAID 0). -
Page 25: Setting/Changing The Raid Mode & Number Of Hdds (Manually)
SETTING/CHANGING THE RAID MODE & NUMBER OF HDDS (MANUALLY) Changing the RAID Mode deletes all data stored on the device. If you have saved data in the drives, backup all data before changing the RAID Mode. 1. Power “off” the RAID System. 2. - Page 26 3. Next, use the same small, flat-blade screwdriver to select the number of HDDs (HD Switch). 4. After setting the new RAID mode and the number of HDDs, power the RAID System “on”. It is highly recommended to always power off the RAID System before setting or changing the RAID Mode Switch and the HD Switch to ensure the new changes are accepted by the System.
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Page 27: Raid Switch
RAID Switch RAID Mode Switch RAID 0 (Striping) RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 5 RAID 5+HotSpare RAID 0+1 HD Switch Disk Number Setting HD Switch 4 (HotSpare) If the HD Switch setting is not supported by the RAID mode desired, or the number of disk inserted is not the same as recommended, the RAID System cannot be created successfully and the RAID Alert LED will be on. -
Page 28: Number Of Disks Supporting Each Raid Mode
NUMBER OF DISKS SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE RAID Modes Number of Disk in RAID RAID 0 2 or 4 (Striping) RAID 1 (Mirroring) RAID 5 3 or 4 RAID 5 + HotSpare RAID 0+1 HDD SLOT NUMBER It is highly recommended to place the HDDs into the RAID System in order, from 1 through 4, consistently starting with slot "1"... -
Page 29: Hdd Allocation
HDD ALLOCATION It is highly recommended to use the numbering stickers provided in the package to help identify the HDD allocation. Although the HDD slots can help with organization, when the hard disks are pull out without remembering their arrangement order, the data may be lost if the HDD allocation is not the same as the one originally set in the RAID System. -
Page 30: Led Indicators
LED INDICATORS Power LED x 1 Indicators Color Power on Green Power off None RAID Alert LED x 1 Indicators Color Healthy None Danger Blink Red Error Danger: The RAID LED will blink if RAID status is in danger. For example, RAID 5 needs to have a minimum of 3 disks. -
Page 31: Safe Removal Of The Raid System
The Connection LED is only one-color (white). When the HDD is connected, the white LED will be on. The Connection LED also indicates HDD power status and disk rebuild status. When the target HDD is being rebuilt, the white LED will blink. The Health/Access LED is dual-color (red/blue). -
Page 32: External Bootup
EXTERNAL BOOTUP External Bootup may be required if the user has two different operating systems set up in both the host computer and the RAID System. The External Bootup with different interface: OS \ Interfaces USB 2.0 FireWire eSATA Windows Linux The External Bootup varies with different platform and interfaces: eSATA... -
Page 33: Esata Pci Express Card Installation
eSATA PCI EXPRESS CARD INSTALLATION Complete the steps provided in this section to install the eSATA PCI Express Card to use with the RAID System. The eSATA PCI Express Card provides a host computer with two Windows and Mac compatible eSATA ports. System Requirements Windows 2000 or later 32-bit/64-bit OS Mac OS 10.4.x or later... -
Page 34: Driver Installation
Driver Installation Follow the provided prompts to complete the driver installation. For the Windows system, the “Add New Hardware Wizard” will open automatically. Insert the installation CD included in the package, navigate to and open the installation file. For Mac OS, insert the installation CD and locate the Mac driver installation file. Follow the provided instructions to complete the driver installation. -
Page 35: Windows 2003 And Xp
Windows 2003 and XP: Windows 2000: ... -
Page 36: Q&As
How do I choose the proper RAID mode for my RAID System based on the tasks I need to perform? Since the RS-M4QO System is a “Mass Storage” device, which means its size capacity is sufficient for data management, the different RAID mode settings can help you administer the enormous data storage from the HDDs combination. -
Page 37: Discrepancy In Reported & Actual Size Capacity
File System NTFS FAT32 FAT (Format by FAT16 Win2000 / WinXP) Capacity Vista: Windows: 32GB Limitation 16384TB Mac: 2TB XP: 2TB Discrepancy in Reported & Actual Size Capacity If I have a 750GB HDD, why does the RAID System only recognized the HDD available space as to be less than 750GB? ... -
Page 38: Raid 0
Q: If I have 4 HDDs, can I create two sets of storage units by using RAID 0 mode? The RS-M4QO is designed to support 4 HDDs, but it cannot create or support two sets of storage units under the RAID 0 mode. ... -
Page 39: Raid 0+1
Normally when operating under the RAID 0+1 mode, two HDDs are allowed to fail without losing the data. Is there any special restrictions or limitations for the RS-M4QO? As long as the two failed disks are not in the special combination of HDD slots nos. -
Page 40: Appendix: Specifications
APPENDIX: SPECIFICATIONS Model Name RS-M4QO Connector eSATA x 1, USB 2.0 x 1, 1394a x 1, 1394b x 2 3.5” SATA HDD* HDD Support *Identical HDD recommended – same manufacturer, capacity and RPM RAID 0 (Striping), RAID 1 (Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID...