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EXTERNAL RAID STORAGE OF HDDS INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
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CAUTION The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN COVER.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This device is a high performance stand-alone SATA RAID hard disk storage system. SATA RAID hard disk storage system's RAID controller has RAID-0 and RAID-0+1 and NRAID modes which can provide up to 2TB hard disk space at RAID-0 and 1TB hard disk space at RAID-0+1. SATA RAID hard disk storage system is very easy-to-use without complicate system setting.
REAR VIEW 1. SATA cable: Connect to a DVR or a PC. 2. Cooling fans 3. AC90~260V power input 4. Power switch MAJOR COMPONENTS 1. Cooling Fans 5. HDD X0 2. Switching Power 6. HDD Y0 3. SATA connector To DVR or PC 7.
INSTALLATION To install HDDs, follow the following instructions: 1. Power off SATA RAID hard disk storage system. 2. Remove the top cover. 3. Fix the HDDs on the designate area with supplied screws. 4. Connect SATA cables from SATA RAID Controller to the HDDs accordingly. 5.
RAID MODE JUMPER SETTINGS Switch: SW6/SW7 SATA RAID hard disk storage system can be installed for four HDDs at various RAID modes. Please set the switch at the following table: SATA Port RAID Mode X0/X1/Y0/Y1 RAID-0 (Stripping) X0/X1/Y0/Y1 RAID-0+1 X0/X1/Y0/Y1 NRAID Based on different applications, the following RAID mode is highly recommended: 1.
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DATA ACCESS and DATA RECOVERY 1. NRAID data access: NRAID mode accesses HDDs in X0, X1, Y0 and Y1 sequence order. If one of the HDD is failed, please replace the HDD. The data on rest of the HDDs can still be retrieved. 2.
Q1: Can I install different brands of HDDs or HDD sizes in SATA RAID hard disk storage system? A1: It is highly recommended to use same brand and same size of HDDs in SATA RAID hard disk storage system. Q2: What will happen if I install different size of HDDs in SATA RAID hard disk storage system? A2: Only the smallest HDD size gets used for SATA RAID hard disk storage system for RAID-0 and RAID-0+1.