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Fantec QB-X8US3R Manual

8-bay raid enclosure for 3.5" sata i/ii hard drive
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8-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE
CONTENTS
Model: QB-X8US3R
English
RAID mode setup / LED display status
Macintosh O.S. 10.5
Trouble shooting
Please visit our website for more information:
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For questions or needs regarding this device,
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http://www.fantec-forum.com/
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 19 - 20 Macintosh O.S. 10.5 REFERENCES 21 - 24 Trouble shooting Please visit our website for more information: http://www.fantec.de For questions or needs regarding this device, please visit our Fantec Support Forum: http://www.fantec-forum.com/...

  • Page 2: Overview

    OVERVIEW Descriptions DIAGRAM of QB-X8US3R LED INDICATION FRONT PANEL 1. Power button It needs to be pressed and held for 3 seconds to power off. This design prevents accidental power off. 2. eSATA in use / access 3. Rebuild 4. Blue...
  • Page 3 REAR INSIDE Descriptions Descriptions 1. Fan 1. HDD1 error 5. HDD5 error 2. RAID Mode confirmation button 2. HDD2 error 6. HDD6 error 3. eSATA port 3. HDD3 error 7. HDD7 error 4. USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 port 4. HDD4 error 8.

  • Page 4: Setup

    Spanning concatenates multiple hard drives SETUP as a single large volume; resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond RAID mode setup the physical limitations of separately connected hard drives. The data are written from HDD1 to HDD8. RAID mode setup, users need to press and HOLD the "RAID"...
  • Page 5 Distributed parity requires all drives but one to be present to operate; Striping is a method of concatenating multiple hard drives drive failure requires replacement, but the array is not destroyed into one logical storage unit. by a single drive failure. It is the automated process of writing data across Upon drive failure, any subsequent reads can be calculated multiple drives simultaneously.
  • Page 6 2x RAID 10 is mirrored (RAID 1) set in a striped (RAID 0) set. RAID 50 combines multiple RAID 5 arrays with RAID 0 Striping Note: The computer will detect 2 drives. RAID 50 offers highest level of redundancy and performance RAID 50 can sustain one to four drive failures while maintaining data integrity if each failed disk is in a different RAID 5 array.

  • Page 7: Led Display Status

    LED Display Status LED Display Status MODE LED Display MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, RAID 0 RAID 0 HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on. HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on.
  • Page 8 LED Display Status LED Display Status MODE LED Display MODE LED Display When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, RAID 5 RAID 50 HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on. HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on.

  • Page 9: Initialization

    LED Display Status INITIALIZATION MODE LED Display Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, If the HDD is uninitialized, you may have to initialize RAID 10 it by doing steps as followed: HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on.

  • Page 10: Windows Vista (32 / 64 Bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 Bit)

    Under Windows Vista (32/64-bit), if the total capacity is more than 16TB, it's strongly recommend to choose “Allocation unit size” at 8192 Activate GPT if total volume is more than 2TB when formatting the HDD. Users could find more information about cluster allocation at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302873 Cluster size Maximum NTFS Volume size (bytes RAW)

  • Page 11: Macintosh O.s. 10.5

    Macintosh O.S. 10.5 1. Click Disk Utility icon. 3. Click Erase 4. Format completed 2. Click Erase Remake:Number of the HDD icon varies depending on different RAID mode. Macintosh O.S. 10.5 Macintosh O.S. 10.5...

  • Page 12: References

    13. If there is noise with the fan, power off the device, unscrew the fan, take out the cover , REFERENCES clean the fan and assemble it back. 14. If the noise is still present, you can change the fan with another identical fan 1.
  • Page 13 Please visit our website for more information: 23. Support USB transfer speeds of Low speed (1.5Mbps), Full speed (12Mbps), http://www.fantec.de High Speed (480Mbps), Super Speed (5Gbps), eSATA transfer speed (1.5~3.0Gbps) For questions or needs regarding this device, please visit our Fantec Support Forum: http://www.fantec-forum.com/...