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- Page 1 Hydra 800+ 4-Bay Storage Enclosure for 3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drives User Manual v1.3 January 12, 2009...
- Page 2 Hydra 800+ Table of Contents Table of Contents CHAPTER 3 - SYSTEM SET UP CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION ONNECTION TO YOUR OMPUTER 800+ RAID S YDRA ETUP BIG (JBOD THER VAILABLE NTERFACES SPANNING FAST (RAID 0 STRIPING STRIPING ETAILED SAFE (RAID 1 RONT MIRRORING SAFE II (RAID 10...
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Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Hydra 800+ Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Icon Key Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin that denote either notes or special remarks as outlined below: General notes and tips. Important information. The Hydra 800+ Maximise your storage c apacity with four 3.5”... -
Page 4: Front View
Hydra 800+ Chapter 1 - Introduction ailed View Front View LED indication and buttons as seen beneath the front panel of To enter the RAID the Hydra 800+. setup menu, press and hold the CONFIRM bu tton for 3 seconds until the three RAID mode LEDs blin two times. - Page 5 Hydra 800+ Chapter 1 - Introduction Rear V 1. Smart fan 6. FireWire 800 ports 2. Security lock slot 7. USB 2.0 port 3. 2TB volume switch 8. Power receptacle (100-240V) Volumes with a 4. 2TB volume indication 9. Power supply ON/OFF switch capacity larger tha 5.
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Page 6: S Ystem R Equirements
Hydra 800+ Chapter 1 - Introduction System Requirements PC Requirements • Minimum Intel Pen tium III CPU 500MHz, 128MB RAM • FireWire equipped PC; Windows 2000/XP/Vista • USB 2.0 (USB 1.1) equipped PC; Windows 2000/XP/Vista ac Requirements • Minimum Apple G4 processor, 128MB RAM •... - Page 7 Hydra 800+ Chapter 2 - HDD Assembly Chapter 2 - Hard D rive Assembly 1. Unlock the switc h at the bottom of the case and push the inner chassis from the back until the front panel is out o f the Your unit may come housing.
- Page 8 Hydra 800+ Chapter 2 - HDD Assembly 4. Remove the screws that are holding the plastic bracket in place. Be careful not to damage any components, and make sure the har drive is installed correctly. 5. Install the hard drive as illustrated below with the SATA connector facing away from the front.
- Page 9 Hydra 800+ Chapter 2 - HDD Assembly 8. Slide the hard drive cassettes back into the HDD rack and fasten t he screws by turning them clockwise. Be careful not to damage any components, and do not force the drives into place. they don’t slide in roperly, make sure...
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Page 10: Adding More Hard Drive
Hydra 800+ Chapter 2 - HDD Assembly Adding more Hard Drives For the BIG and SAFE mode, it is possible to star t with less than 4 drives and install more at a later point. When adding more 1. Remove the front panel and install the additional drive(s). drives without changing the RAID... -
Page 11: Chapter 3 - System Set Up
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up Chapter 3 - System Set Up Connection to your Computer Only one interface few precautions when using your external storage enclosure: can be used at any • Check the cables for visible damage before turning it on given time. -
Page 12: Big (Jbod Spanning )
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up BIG (JBOD spanning) The drives show up as one large single volume. Spanning is an array (not RAID) that is written sequentially a cross the drives. If the total ca city By itself, it does not provide any performance or redundancy exceeds 2TB, make benefits. -
Page 13: Safe Ii (Raid 10 Mirroring + Striping )
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up SAFE (RAID 1 mirrorin The drives show up as two volumes, each representing one set. This mode requires 1 or 2 sets of 2 identical drives to For the SAFE mode, implement. RAID 1 creates an exact copy (or mirror) of a set o hard drives of data on the second drive. -
Page 14: I Nstallation On A Pc
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up Installation on a PC Before connecting the device, install the hard drives and set your preferred RAID mode. If the system doesn’t recognise If the drives have been pre-installed and setup already, you d the drive, turn o not need to change anything, unless you prefer a different the power first,... -
Page 15: R Emove P Rocedure
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up Installation on a Mac intosh Before connecting the device, install the hard drives and set your preferred RAID mode. If the system doesn’t recogn If the drives have been pre-installed and setup already, you do the drive, turn on not need to change anything, unless you prefer a different the power first,... -
Page 16: P Artitioning & F Ormatting
Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up Partitioning & Formatting Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the dr ive, so make sure you have a ba ckup! This step is usually only If the drive does not quired the first time you install a factory new hard drive, if you appear, make sure... - Page 17 Hydra 800+ Chapter 3 - System Set Up Mac OS For Mac OS X, use the disk utility to format and create partitions on your external disk. If the drive does not • Select “Disk Utility” in the utilities folder appear on the •...
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Page 18: Chapter 4 - Appendix
Hydra 800+ Chapter 4 - Appendix Chapter 4 - Appendix Technical Questions Please read your or RMA and other questions, please contact your vendor or warranty carefully, check out their online support area! as this may var between different vendors! Q: What file system should I choose to format my drive? A: This will depend on how you want to use the drive but in general, here is what we recommend:...