Removing And Replacing Hard Drives - Drobo storage system User Manual

Removing and Replacing Hard Drives

When removing or replacing hard drives, make sure you remove or replace them one at a time.
Warning: Do not remove a hard drive when you see blinking green and yellow lights. This indicates that Drobo is
currently moving data between hard drives for data protection. Removing a hard drive during this process could result in
data loss.
If you remove or replace too many hard drives at once, Drobo will light all 4 data bay indicators with red lights and request
that you reinsert the last drive removed.
To Remove a Hard Drive:
1. Press the data bay latch to the left to physically eject the hard drive.
2. Carefully remove the hard drive from the data bay.
Warning: Hard drives in Drobo will retain heat after being removed. Please use caution when removing drives. Allow
drives to cool for ten minutes before handling them.
Note: Data stored on hard drives removed from Drobo cannot be read by other systems.
Tip: To safely remove all hard drives at one time from Drobo, first put Drobo into Standby. You can do this by either
selecting Drobo from the Safely Remove Hardware menu, or by clicking on the Standby button on the Tools tab of the
Advanced Control Panel.
If Drobo is connected to a DroboShare, go to the Tools tab of the Advanced Control Panel in the DroboShare section and
select the Standby button.
Once Drobo is in Standby, all lights will turn off except for the power indicator, which will turn orange. You may now safely
remove all of the hard drives from your Drobo.
Note: For Vista machines, you will need to press the Standby button and then remove the USB or FireWire cable before
all lights on Drobo go dark and the power indicator turns orange. Once you receive this indication, you may removing
drives or power from Drobo.
Warning: Failure to properly put Drobo into Standby before removing a set of drives from your Drobo can cause
loss of data.
Warning: Never remove more than one hard drive at a time so that your Drobo has an opportunity to rearrange your data
into the safest configuration across the remaining hard drives. If you want to remove all hard drives from your Drobo, first
put Drobo into Standby as described earlier.
The Standby operation should only take a few seconds. When in Standby, all lights will turn off except for the power
indicator, which will turn orange. Only then, can you safely remove the hard drives from Drobo.
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