Step One: Determine Your Configuration - US Robotics USR8700 User Manual

considerations, see
2. Set up your storage system.
This involves installing the hard disks, attaching any optional USB devices, attaching the storage sys-
tem to your network, and powering up the system.
For information about this step, see
3. Install the Storage System Console.
You will need the Storage System Console to initialize your hard disks in step 4.
For information about this step, see
4. Initialize the Hard Disks.
This step loads firmware from the storage unit's memory to each disk.
Disks" on page 17.
5. Configure your storage system.
Before you can use your storage system, you must perform some initial configuration tasks, like setting
the date and time, and specifying how much space to use for file sharing and how much to use for
backups. The System Setup wizard guides you through this process.
For information about this step, see
If you bought your Serial ATA 4-Drive NAS with the disks already installed and configured, and you do not
want to change your disk configuration, skip step one and proceed with
two on page 15.

Step One: Determine Your Configuration

Before you start the physical installation of your storage system, decide which configuration is best suited
to your needs. The configuration that you choose may affect the order in which you load the disks into your
storage system, and you will need to specify your configuration choice when you reach
Configure your Storage System".
Each supported configuration has a different balance of desirable characteristics, as shown in the table
below. The configurations available to you depend on the number of disks installed in your storage system.
Use this table to select your configuration based on the number of disks you intend to use and the
characteristics that are of the highest priority to you.
Number
of Disks Configuration Methods Used
1 Linear
"Step One: Determine Your Configuration"
"Step Two: Set up Your storage system"
"Step Three: Install the Storage System Console"
"Step Five: Configure your Storage System"
Independent disks
Serial ATA 4-Drive NAS
on page 12.
on page 13.
"Step Four: Initialize the Hard
on page 20.
"Attaching USB Devices"
"Step Five:
Configuration Characteristics
Available Data
Capacity* Redundancy Performance
500 GB No
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User Guide
on page 16
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