TerraMaster D2 Thunderbolt3 User Manual

Direct attached storage

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Data Storage Master
User Manual
D2 Thunderbolt3
Copyright © 2019 TerraMaster All Rights Reserved.

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Summary of Contents for TerraMaster D2 Thunderbolt3

  • Page 1 Data Storage Master User Manual D2 Thunderbolt3 Copyright © 2019 TerraMaster All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    User Manual Contents 1. OVERVIEW 2. PACKING CONTENTS 3. APPEARANCE 4. HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5. CONNECTION 6. RAID 7. DATA RECOVERY Model:D2 Thunderbolt 3...
  • Page 3: Packing Contents

    1. Overview TDAS is the collective name of the TerraMaster Direct Attached Storage. This device belongs to the TerraMaster TDAS device series. Please read the instructions carefully before use. If you have any questions, please visit the “Support” section on TerraMaster’s official website or contact TerraMaster’s technical support team.
  • Page 4: Appearance

    3. Appearance Illustration of panel: Illustration of rear cover: ④ ① ⑤ ② ⑥ ③ ⑦ ⑧ Indicator Description 1. Green on: The hard drive works fine. 2. A flashing green light indicates the hard drive is being read. 3. A flashing red light indicates failure of the hard drive or RAID. HDD Indicator ①...
  • Page 5 4. Hard drive Installation Prior to use, hard drives must be installed properly into the device. Therefore, if you have no hard drives for your device, please purchase a compatible one and oversee its installation. To install a hard drive, please complete the following instructions: 1.Pull the handle out of the hard drive tray, Grasp it and draw the hard drive tray from the device.
  • Page 6: Connection

    For Mac users, disk array initialisation and formatting can be completed as below: A. Go to GO > Application Tool > Disk Utility > External; b. Locate an uninitialized external disk in the menu (this will be the TerraMaster array); Model:D2 Thunderbolt 3...
  • Page 7 C. Choose external disk, then click “Erase”. Now, fill in the settings in the “Erase” menu, and click “Erase”. Once the erase process is finished, disk array initialisation is complete; For Windows users, disk array initialisation and formatting can be completed as below: (i) Move your cursor to “My Computer”, then right-click;...
  • Page 8: Raid

    Warning! Creating or changing RAID may lead to formatting of hard drives, and consequently all the data on the hard drives will be deleted. Please back up the data in the hard drives beforehand. 7. Data Recovery If one of the hard drives becomes faulty while the device is in RAID 1, you can replace the faulty hard drive, and data will be automatically recovered.

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