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- Page 1 8-BAY RAID STATION Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
11.4 R30 mode 11.5 R50 mode Dear customer! Congratulations for purchasing one premium quality SHARKOON product. For a long life time and to take full advantage of this product we recommend that you read this manual completely. Have a good time with our product! SHARKOON Technologies ... -
Page 3: Features
1. Features 1.1 Overview • External RAID case with eight mounting bays for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDDs • Supported modes: Clean/Single, Large and RAID 00/30/50 • Easy RAID mode configuration • Automatic rebuild function in RAID 30/50 modes • Internal interfaces: SATA I and II (compatible with SATA III) •... -
Page 4: Specifications
2. Specifications • Eight mounting bays for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA HDDs • Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic front panel (ABS) • Dimensions: 340 x 150 x 340 mm (L x W x H) • Weight: 6.5 kg • 300 W full range power supply 3. -
Page 5: The Led Indications
4.2 The LED indications 1. POWER LED DESCRIPTION ORANGE LED Power On Power Off 2. SYS LEDs DESCRIPTION GREEN LED SYS1 or SYS2 not ready / No Power SYS1 or SYS2 ready (Idle) SYS1 or SYS2 ready (Active) 3. HDD LEDs DESCRIPTION GREEN LED RED LED... -
Page 6: Package Contents
5. Package contents • 8-BAY RAID STATION • 8x HDD mounting bays • 1x USB3.0 cable • 1x eSATA cable • 1x power cord • 32x mounting screws for 2.5" HDDs/SSDs • 32x mounting screws for 3.5" HDDs • 1x SATA to eSATA cable with bracket 6. - Page 7 3. Use the mounting screws to securely attach the HDD to the mounting frame (fig. 3). Fig. 3 4. Slide the HDD mounting frame back into the 8-BAY RAID STATION (fig. 4). Fig. 4 5. Close the front door to complete the HDD installation (fig. 5). Fig.
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Page 8: Power On/Off
6.2 Power on/off Press the power button to switch on the device. Press again to power it off. 6.3 eSATA slot bracket installation 1. Remove the anchor screw of the slot bezel and take it from the rear side of your PC case (fig. -
Page 9: Configuration
2. Insert the included eSATA bracket into the slot bracket and attach it to the case using the anchor screw (fig. 7). Fig. 7 3. Connect the SATA cable of the eSATA bracket to a free SATA port of your PC mainboard. -
Page 10: Disconnecting An Usb Device
7.3 Disconnecting an USB device USB3.0 external devices provide support for Plug&Play connection, so that your USB storage device can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running. To prevent data loss or other failures, we recommend the following procedure when disconnecting your USB3.0 storage device from your host computer system: Before you shut down your PC remove the 8-BAY RAID STATION from your system’s hardware configuration by double-clicking the... -
Page 11: Clean Mode
8.1 CLEAN mode 1. Switch off the device (fig. 8). Fig. 8 2. Toggle the RAID mode switch to the Clean mode according to the following chart (fig. 9): Fig. 9 8-bay raid station... - Page 12 3. Remove the left side panel from the case by loosening the thumb screws on the rear side (fig. 10a and b). Fig. 10a Fig. 10b 4. Toggle the Clean mode jumper inside the device to the “On” position (fig. 11). Fig.
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Page 13: Other Raid Modes
5. Switch on the device to complete the RAID mode setting (fig. 12). Fig. 12 8.2 Other RAID modes 1. Switch off the device (fig. 13). Fig. 13 8-bay raid station... - Page 14 2. Toggle the RAID mode switches to the desired RAID mode according to the following chart (fig. 14): Fig. 14 3. Press and hold the setup button (fig. 15). Fig. 15 8-bay raid station...
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Page 15: Rebuilding A Redundant Drive
5. Switch on the device and then release the setup button to complete the RAID mode configuration (fig. 16). Fig. 16 9. Rebuilding a redundant drive The 8-BAY RAID STATION duplicates all data to separate drives in order to protect against data loss due to drive failure in R30 and R50 mode. - Page 16 2. Switch off the device (fig. 18). Fig. 18 3. Replace the defective HDD with a hard disk drive of the same capacity or bigger (fig. 19). Fig. 19 8-bay raid station...
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Page 17: Troubleshooting
4. Switch on the device (fig. 20). Fig. 20 5. The 8-BAY RAID STATION will start rebuilding the virtual volume automatically (rebuild speed: approximately 200 GB/hour). 10. Troubleshooting 1. Device is not recognized Make sure all cables have been properly connected. For the USB3.0 controller the latest drivers and the newest firmware must be installed. -
Page 18: Appendix
5. When the system is damaged in LARGE mode, is it still possible to read the data? No. The system is different from a RAID; the entire disk cannot be read. 11. Appendix 11.1. CLEAN mode Function: In CLEAN mode each hard drive is displayed separately as one drive. Notes: When using a SATA host controller, CLEAN mode should only be used if the SATA host controller provides Port Multiplier (PM) support. -
Page 19: Large Mode
11.2 LARGE mode Function: The LARGE mode concatenates a series of physical hard drives into a single large volume, creating a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected hard drives. Notes: The hard drives 1 to 8 are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure above with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives 1 to 8. -
Page 20: R00 Mode
11.3 R00 mode Function: In R00 mode the data is spread across all hard disks. Example 1 Advantage/disadvantage: R00 mode represents the best data speed but no data redundancy. R00 mode accelerates hard disk drive operating speed by using many disks simultaneously. To implement the R00 mode, the 8-BAY RAID STATION Storage creates two single virtual volumes (SYS1 and SYS2) that are striped across all hard drives of SYS1 and SYS2, with a storage capacity that is four times of the smallest drive. - Page 21 The R00 mode can also be implemented using a single disk: Example 2 8-bay raid station...
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Page 22: R30 Mode
11.4 R30 mode Function: The R30 mode adds fault tolerance to drive striping by adding parity information to the data. R30 mode dedicates the equivalent of two drives (SYS1 and SYS2) for storing parity information and to stripe these again. The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array so that parity is written to two drives. - Page 23 Advantage/disadvantage: The R30 mode uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations. In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, the R30 mode degrades performance for all write operations. The parity calculations for R30 mode may result in write performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance to a single drive.
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Page 24: R50 Mode
The R30 mode can also be implemented using a single disk: 11.5 R50 mode Function: The R50 mode adds fault tolerance to drive striping by including parity information with the data. R50 mode dedicates the equivalent of one drive for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array so that parity is written to all drives (SYS1 and 2). - Page 25 Advantage/disadvantage: The R50 mode uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations. In exchange for low overhead necessary to implement protection, the R50 mode degrades performance for all write operations. The parity calculations for R50 mode may result in write performance that is somewhat slower.
- Page 26 The R50 mode can also be implemented using a single disk: 8-bay raid station...
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Page 27: Legal Disclaimer
All named products and descriptions are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective manufacturers and are accepted as protected. As a continuing policy of product improvement at SHARKOON, the design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. National product specifications may vary.
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