Summary of Contents for Galaxy 4500MGB Quad Bay
- Page 1 4500MGB Quad Bay User Manual 4-Bay Storage Enclosure for 3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drives...
- Page 3 4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 3 - SYSTEM SET UP ONNECTION TO YOUR OMPUTER 4500MGB Q RAID S THER VAILABLE NTERFACES RROR ETUP BIG (JBOD OOKMARK NOT DEFINED SPANNING FAST (RAID 0...
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Page 5: Chapter 1 - Introduction
General notes and tips. Important information. The 4500MGB Quad Bay Maximise your storage capacity with four 3.5” SATA hard drives with the 4500MGB Quad Bay 4-Bay SATA Enclosure. An ultra Features mentioned durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation, in this manual may... -
Page 6: Front View
User Guide Detailed View Front View LED indication and buttons as seen beneath the front panel of To enter the RAID the 4500MGB Quad Bay. setup menu, press and hold the CONFIRM button for 3 seconds until the three RAID mode LEDs blink two times. -
Page 7: Rear View
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Rear View 1. Smart fan 6. FireWire 800 ports 2. Security lock slot 7. USB 2.0 port 3. 2TB volume switches 8. Power receptacle (100-240V) If your Operating 4. 2TB volume indication 9. Power supply ON/OFF switch System does not 5. -
Page 8: S Ystem R Equirements
To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data, we strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data, one copy on your 4500MGB Quad Bay and a second copy either on your internal drive or another storage media such as CD, DVD, Tape or an additional external drive. -
Page 9: Chapter 2 - Hard Drive Assembly
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Chapter 2 - Hard Drive Assembly 1. Unlock the switch at the bottom of the case and push the inner chassis from the back until the front panel is out of the Your unit may come housing. - Page 10 4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide 4. Remove the screws that are holding the plastic bracket in place. Be careful not to damage any components, and make sure the hard drive is installed correctly. 5. Install the hard drive as illustrated below with the SATA connector facing away from the front.
- Page 11 4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide 8. Slide the hard drive cassettes back into the HDD rack and fasten the screws by turning them clockwise. Be careful not to damage any components, and do not force the drives into place. If they don’t slide in...
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Page 12: Adding More Hard Drive
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Adding more Hard Drives For the BIG and SAFE mode, it is possible to start with less than 4 drives and installs more at a later point. When adding more 1. Remove the front panel and install the additional drive(s). -
Page 13: Chapter 3 - System Set Up
Always connect the Hard Disk Mode power adapter to your device before When using your 4500MGB Quad Bay and more than one you plug it into the interface cable is connected, the USB connection has the wall socket. priority. To use a different interface, make sure to disconnect any of the other cables first, before connecting the new one. -
Page 14: Big (Jbod Spanning )
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide BIG (JBOD spanning) The drives show up as one large single volume. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially across the drives. If the total capacity By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy exceeds 2TB and benefits. -
Page 15: Safe (Raid 1 Mirroring )
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide SAFE (RAID 1 mirroring) The drives show up as two volumes, each representing one set. This mode requires 1 or 2 sets of 2 identical drives to For the SAFE mode, implement. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of hard drives of data on the second drive. -
Page 16: I Nstallation On A Pc
• Turn on your Computer and start Windows. the interface cable • Connect the 4500MGB Quad Bay and turn it on. or connect the • Let Windows search and install the driver automatically. device before • Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive. -
Page 17: I Nstallation On A M Acintosh
• Turn on your computer and start Mac OS. the interface cable • Connect the 4500MGB Quad Bay and turn it on. or connect the • No driver installation required. device before • The external drive will mount and show up on your desktop. -
Page 18: P Artitioning & F Ormatting
4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the drive, so make sure you have a backup! This step is usually only If the drive does not required the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you appear, make sure change the RAID mode or want to erase all data on your drive. - Page 19 4500MGB Quad Bay User Guide Mac OS For Mac OS X, use the disk utility to format and create partitions on your external disk. If the drive does not • Select “Disk Utility” in the utilities folder appear on the •...
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Page 20: Chapter 4 - Appendix
© Copyright 2008 by Galaxy Metal Gear Inc. all Rights Reserved The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. Galaxy Metal Gear Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors contained in this manual. Galaxy Metal Gear Inc. reserves the right to make changes in the specifications and/or design of this product without prior notice. - Page 22 BARCODE...
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