Setting Up The Drive; Choosing An Orientation (Vertical Or Horizontal) - Acomdata E5 External Hard Drives User Manual

FireWire 800 ...................................................................................800
Data buffer (MB) .............................2 (@< 250 GB), 8 (@≥ 250 GB)
Rotational speed (rpm) ................................................................ 7200
Latency (average ms) ......................................................................4.17
Seek time (read typical, ms) ........................................................... 8.5
Error rate (nonrecoverable) ............................................. 1 in 10E13
Start/Stops (at 40º C) .......................................................................40K
Power
Requirement ...........................+5VDC (+/- 5%) +12VDC (+/- 5%)
Startup current (max A) ........................................................2.0 (12V)
Idle (W) ................................................................................................... 4.9
Efficiency (W/MB). ......................................................................... 0.114
External Power Supply ...................... 40W switching UL/CSA/CE
AC Input .................................................... 100-240V~, 50/60Hz 1.2A
DC output .......................................................... 12V@1.2A ; 5V@2.0A
Environmental characteristics (operating)
Ambient temperature ........................................................ 5ºC – 55ºC
Relative humidity (non-condensing) ............................ 8% – 90%
Maximum wet bulb (non-condensing) ............................... 29.4ºC
Shock (half sine wave) .........................................................55 G/2ms
Vibration (random [RMS]) ....... 0.67 (horizontal), 0.56 (vertical)
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Setting up the Drive

This section contains detailed instructions for:
• Setting up your Drive for vertical/horizontal placement;
• Connecting the Drive to your computer and mounting it to
your operating system;
• Re-formatting the Drive for optimum performance;
• Performing basic tasks;
• Stacking Drives.
If you have a PushButton Drive, follow all of the instructions
in this section before setting up your Drive for PushButton
Backup.
Choosing an Orientation
(Vertical or Horizontal)
Your AcomData E5 Drive can
be placed on your desktop in
either the vertical or horizontal
position. If you do not plan to
stack on additional AcomData
E5 Drives, we recommend the
vertical position, as this ori-
entation takes up the minimum amount of desktop space.
Also, the Power-Data Light or PushButton will be higher up,
so there is less chance it will get obstructed by other items
on your desk.
Do not place the Drive on your desk in any way other than
what is described in this guide or the Drive may get dam-
aged.
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