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Summary of Contents for XtendLan XL-RAID-SATA2-USB
- Page 1 XL-RAID-SATA2-USB User Manual v.1.2 (January, 2010)
- Page 2 For any updated information related to product specifications, please inquire our website www.XtendLan.com directly, our company will give no further notification. Should you have any doubts regarding Xtendlan Technology’s product, or should you need to know the latest product information, application manual or firmware, please contact us at sales@Xtendlan.com, we would reply you as soon as possible.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
......... 5 Product appearance and accessories guide........5 Product detailed specifications............8 Precautions before application............9 ……......9 Chapter 3 Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB Installation of hard disk..............9 Product connection and booting............. 10 Hard disk formatting and disk drive establishing......10 3.3.1 Windows operating system.............. -
Page 4: Chapter 1 An Introduction To Raid
Chapter 1 An introduction to RAID 1.1 What is RAID? The idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) was first proposed by David A. Patterson, Garth Gibson and Randy H. Katz at University of California, Berkeley in 1988. The purpose of RAID is to store the same data in multiple hard disks at different places, and to improve the performance of storage system. -
Page 5: Chapter 2 Characteristics And Specifications
The following is a comparison of two RAID levels: Minimum Basic operation Disk applicable Data transmit RAID Level Data reliability hard disk principle space rate requirement Total hard disk Partition storage Fast capacity Minimum hard Mirroring High Slow disk capacity Chapter 2 Characteristics and specifications 2.1 Product appearance and accessories guide Front view... - Page 6 The operation key for removing the hard disk tray 9. Hard disk reading/writing light (blue) Display different product messages including RAID mode, fan speed, product interior temperature, and hard disk status. Rear view (XL-RAID-SATA2-USB) Mute e-SATA Please ensure each plug is properly co nnected before turing on power.
- Page 7 Rear view (XL-RAID-SATA2-USB-2S-WBS2) Mute USB2.0 e-SATA 1394B P lease ensure each plug is properly connected before turin g on power. 1. AC power socket 2. Power switch 3. Warning sound effect switch (Mute) The product is built in with a buzzer. Whenever there is an error during the application process, apart from lighting up the warning light at the front, the product will also emit a warning sound.
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Page 8: Product Detailed Specifications
Parts list Item XL-RAID-SATA2-USB XL-RAID-SATA2-USB main unit AC power cord USB 2.0 connecting cable eSATA connecting cable 1394b connecting cable Quick installation guide CD (user guide) Screw pack ※ After opening the package of this product, please ensure that the related accessories of the model you purchased are complete with nothing missing, and the appearance and functions are all intact. -
Page 9: Precautions Before Application
2.3 Precautions before application 1. Although XL-RAID-SATA2-USB allows users to use hard disks of different capacities, but if you want to get best application performance and best product compatibility, we suggest you to use brand new hard disks of same specifications, model number and brand. -
Page 10: Product Connection And Booting
※ Choose only one type of interface to hook up with your computer. 3. Switch on the power of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB, when the LCD displays Pri HDD: OK and Sec HDD: OK after about 20~30 seconds, it indicates that XL-RAID-SATA2-USB has been booted. -
Page 11: Windows Operating System
3.3.1 Windows operating system 1. Enter into device manager of your computer. ※ Use the mouse to click on My Computer and then click the right mouse button to select Management option. ※ Click on Disk Management Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB... - Page 12 2. Add in XL-RAID-SATA2-USB hard disk and format it. ※ During the setting process, we suggest you to choose NTFS format. ※ Move the mouse to the upper region of Non-configured area and click the right button; it will display the list of New Disk Partition ※...
- Page 13 ※ After finish setting and formatting the hard disk, it will display a disk drive code (I:) as shown in the diagram. ※ After finish setting, your computer will display a disk code (I:) to note that you can now use XL-RAID-SATA2-USB normally. Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB...
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Page 14: Mac Operating System
3.3.2 MAC operating system 1. Enter into Disk Utility of your computer. ※ Click on this hard disk device Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB... - Page 15 2. Add in XL-RAID-SATA2-USB hard disk name and do formatting operation. ※ Choose hard disk formatting and disk drive name setting (can be set as XL-RAID-SATA2-USB) ※ Click on Erase key and start formatting the hard disk. ※ After finish setting the disk drive, click Erase key and start formatting the hard disk.
- Page 16 3. Setting is finished, you can start using this product. ※ After finish formatting the hard disk, it will display the disk drive name XL-RAID-SATA2-USB. ※ The desktop will automatically create a disk drive name XL-RAID-SATA2-USB, you can start using this product.
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Page 17: An Introduction To Other Functions
7. The factory default setting of RAID level is RAID-1, therefore, upon entering, you will be asked whether or not to change RAID-0. A change of RAID level would cause the original hard disk data to get lost, please pay special attention to it. Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB... -
Page 18: Lcd Monitor Message Guide
HDD : OK Sec HDD : FAILED HDD : OK Sec HDD : OK HDD : OK Sec HDD : OK Common messages 1. OK: hard disk status is normal. 2. Missing: You have not installed hard disk Installation of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB... -
Page 19: Gui Software
Should you discover any problem while using the product, you may seek solutions to the problem through the customer service staff sales@XtendLan.com. The customer service staff will provide you with a new firmware and this software to allow you to update the firmware through this software. There is no need for you to install this software, its main functions are simple hardware monitoring and firmware updating, and it currently only supports Windows version of operating system. -
Page 20: Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions
A: If you are using RAID 0 mode, please ensure which hard disk has caused the error and switch off the power of XL-RAID-SATA2-USB, remove the damaged hard disk and replace it with a new one. After rebooting, the system will rebuild RAID 0 system, but the original data would all be lost. - Page 21 4. After about 5 seconds, the system will ask you whether or not to rebuild? If you do, please click on ENTER key; if not, please click on ESC key. 5. After confirming to rebuild data, XL-RAID-SATA2-USB will start to copy hard disk data and display the working progress.
- Page 22 5. After confirming to rebuild data, XL-RAID-SATA2-USB will start to copy hard disk data and display the working progress. 6. After finish copying the data, it will return to standby screen. 7. If you choose to abandon data rebuilding, the screen will return to a screen that reminds user that Pri HDD has been destroyed (same as screen 1).
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