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- Page 1 2BAY RAID SYSTEM USB 3.0 DESKTOP RAID Enclosure for Two 3.5” SATA Hard Drives USER MANUAL HXDAS35 www.hamletcom.com...
- Page 2 Hamlet at info@hamletcom.com. The information on the importer for your country can be found in the “About Us” section of the Hamlet website at www.hamletcom.com. Trademarks and changes All trademarks and company names mentioned in this manual are used for description purpose only and remain property of their respective owners.
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Page 3: Specifications
Introduction Features Supports JBOD, RAID0,RAID1,Normal mode • Enhanced data protection and high-performances storage • Support with USB3.0 high speed reach up to 5.0Gbps • Supports Plug-play and Hot-plug • Support mode select by RAID switch • Specifications Inner Interface: SATA •... -
Page 4: Package Contents
Package Contents Dual bay enclosure 3.5” • USB 3.0 cable • Power supply • Manual • Setting the RAID Mode RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a set of technology standards for teaming disk drives to improve fault tolerance and performance. The RAID mode should be set before installing the drives and then first formatting the drives. - Page 5 Install the hard drives and replace the front panel, then turn on the power. Format the drives. Note: Changing the RAID mode will require you to re-format the drivers. Make sure to backup all existing data first. Normal Mode (Non-Raid) Normal mode is the default setting of HDD enclosure and will not use any RAID mode.
- Page 6 BIG Mode (JBOD/Spanning) In JBOD mode two hard disk will simply be bound for one, the merger hard drive performance will be same as single hard disk. The total capacity of the portable hard disk equal to the sum of two hard drive capacity.
- Page 7 FAST Mode (RAID 0/Striping) FAST mode it's also our familiar RAID 0 mode. In RAID 0 state, data storage is divided into two parts, respectively in two hard disk storage, then the theory storage speed of hard disk is twice the one of single block hard disk.
- Page 8 SAFE Mode (RAID 1/Mirroring) Safe mode is also known as RAID 1. In this state two hard drives are closely mirrored. The actual capacity of portable hard drive equals to the smaller capacity one, storage speed is same.as a single block of hard disk. The advantage of RAID 1 lies that any piece of hard disk stored data losing, others can not lose, its weakness is the capacity loss of hard drive is bigger.
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Page 9: System Setup
System Setup Hard Drive Installation The drives can be installed at any position, there is no specific order required. Unlock the switch at the bottom of the case and lift the front panel upward and away from the housing to remove it. ... -
Page 10: Connect To Computer
Connect to computer Connect one end (type B) of the USB cable into the type B USB port of your HDD enclosure. Connect the other end of the USB cable (type A) into any active USB port of the computer. Connect Power supply to the enclosure and power up the enclosure. -
Page 11: Replacing Hard Drives
Replacing Hard Drives When one drive fails, the HDD LED will display below state: If HDD1 Fails: Every 3 seconds LED flash once when power If HDD2 Fails: LED off. If one drive fails and the RAID mode is set to RAID0 or JBOD, the data will be lost and the system can not be accessed again until the drive have been replaced. - Page 12 FAQs Can I use external USB hub? Yes, USB hub works in the same way as the computer USB ports. My computer doesn't have USB 3.0 port, can I use USB 3.0 host adaptor? USB 3.0 host adapter works in the same way as the built-in USB ports.