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- Page 1 PRODUCT MANUAL High-Performance 4 Bay Thunderbolt 2 RAID Solutions for HD 2K/4K Production g-technology.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Disconnect the Drive ................ 14 Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ....... 44 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Adding a Scheduled Background Activity ......... 44 G-Technology Assistant ..............17 Changing Background Activity Schedule ........45 Recommended Installation ..............17 Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity ..47 G-SPEED Studio R Utility .............. - Page 3 Table of Contents Stopping an Initialization ..............86 Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ..... 59 Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive ........87 Locating a Physical Drive ..............59 Pausing and Resuming a Redundancy Check ......8 Changing Global Physical Drive Settings ........60 Stopping a Redundancy Check ............
- Page 4 Safety and General Use • Safety Precautions ........p. 5 • Backup Your Data ......... p. 6...
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Page 5: Safety & General Use
Safety & General Use Safety Precautions Your G-SPEED Studio R’s warranty may be voided as a result of failing to respect the precautions Technical Support listed below. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our department. If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will be void and Limited Warranty. -
Page 6: Backup Your Data
Under no circumstances will G-Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data. Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a G-Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user. Make Two Backups To help prevent the loss of your data, we highly recommend keeping TWO copies of your data in separate storage locations. -
Page 7: About Your G-Speed Studio R
About Your G-SPEED Studio R • Introduction ............ p. 8 • What’s in the Box .......... p. 9 • System Requirements ......... p. 9 • Overview of the Drive ......... p.10... -
Page 8: Introduction
About Your G-SPEED Studio R Introduction Thank you for purchasing the G-Technology G-SPEED Studio, featuring 20 Gb/s Thunderbolt 2 interface technology. Specifically designed for professional content creation applications, the G-SPEED Studio R storage system provides RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD functionality for both application performance and data protection. -
Page 9: What's In The Box
• Four removable enterprise-class drive modules (installed in unit) • (1) Thunderbolt cable • Power Cord • Quick Start Guide If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at www.g-technology.com/contact/contact_support Download the latest G-SPEED Studio R manual and utilities at: www.g-technology.com/support/gspeed_studio_r... -
Page 10: Overview Of The Drive
About Your G-SPEED Studio R Overview of the Drive G-SPEED Studio R ships from the factory preconfigured in RAID 5. The RAID controller also supports RAID and JBOD configurations. For an explanation of these RAID levels, please refer to RAID Levels Explained. -
Page 11: Using Your Drive
Using Your Drive • Drive Activity LED ........p. 12 • Warning LED and Alarms ......p. 13 • Disconnect the Drive ........ p. 14... -
Page 12: Drive Activity Led
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Drive Activity LED Under normal operation, each G-SPEED Studio R drive module has an LED that glows blue, indicating a connection to the RAID controller. The LED will flash when the drive is being accessed. Drive module power/ activity LED p. -
Page 13: Warning Led And Alarms
Drive Module LED (red) indicating an issue Alarm Mute button If you hear an audible alarm and see the red warning LED on G-SPEED Studio R front, stop using the enclosure and contact G-Technology support. p. 13... -
Page 14: Disconnect The Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Disconnect the Drive A great feature of Thunderbolt technology and G-SPEED Studio R is the ability to connect and disconnect the system while your computer is running. To prevent drive failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or unmounting the drive from your computer. -
Page 15: Configuring G-Speed Studio R
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • G-Technology Assistant ..............17 • Changing Background Activity Schedule ........ 45 • Recommended Installation ............17 • Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity .. 47 • G-SPEED Studio R Utility ..............18 • Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity ......47 •... - Page 16 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives ...... 63 • Initializing a Logical Drive .............. 85 • Managing Disk Arrays ..............64 • Pausing and Resuming an Initialization ........86 • Viewing a List of Disk Arrays ............64 •...
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Page 17: G-Technology Assistant
Recommended Installation When you first setup G-SPEED Studio R you will want to install the G-Technology Assistant on your computer along with the G-SPEED Studio R Utility. To install the G-Technology Assistant, follow the simple onscreen instructions. Once you have successfully completed the installation, you can access the utility from the Mac OS Menu Bar and/or from the Applications folder. -
Page 18: G-Speed Studio R Utility
G-SPEED Studio R ships preconfigured in RAID 5 and is ready to use out of the box without configuration. However, G-Technology recommends installing the bundled G-Technology Assistant utility and the G-SPEED Studio R utility even if you do not plan to make any changes to device configuration. The applications are useful for monitoring the system and getting firmware updates. - Page 19 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 3. Double-click on the G-SPEED_Studio_R_Utility.pkg* file to begin the installation. * The version number of the .dmg file and .pkg file will change as it is updated. The version number used in this example is for illustration purposes. The introduction window explains that software will be installed on the Mac.
- Page 20 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 4. The software license agreement will appear. Please read the statement and click Continue to proceed. 5. Click Agree if you agree to the terms of the license. To read the license, click Read License. Choose Disagree if you do not agree with the terms. This will terminate the installation procedure. p.
- Page 21 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 6. Click Install to begin the installation process. 7. The G-SPEED Studio R utility software will install in a few moments. Once complete, a message will inform you that the installation was successful. Click Close to complete the installation procedure.
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Page 22: Power Modes On G-Speed Studio R
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio R G-SPEED Studio R introduces new power-saving and condition-response features. The automatic power features are: • Sleep — When your Mac computer goes to sleep, G-SPEED Studio R automatically goes into standby mode after all background activities complete. •... -
Page 23: Daisy Chaining Multiple G-Speed Studio R Units
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 2. Launch the G-SPEED Studio R Utility and click on the System Information tab in the navigation bar. Unlock the user interface (see Unlocking the UI), click on the Shutdown button then click on Shutdown in the new menu that appears. You will need to type “CONFIRM”... - Page 24 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Thunderbolt daisy chain connections HDMI p. 24...
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Page 25: Displaying Multiple G-Speed Studio R Units
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units The G-SPEED Studio R Utility displays a separate window for each powered up G-SPEED Studio R unit connected by Thunderbolt. • To view a list of the G-SPEED Studio R units, click the View menu. •... -
Page 26: Accessing The G-Speed Studio R Utility
• Unlocking the UI Opening To open the G-SPEED Studio R Utility, double-click the G-SPEED Studio R Utility icon in the Applications folder. The G-Technology Utility window will open and display the Dashboard. See G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview. p. 26... - Page 27 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R You can also choose to place an alias into the dock. Closing There are two ways to close the G-SPEED Studio R Utility: G-SPEED Studio Utility icon 12. Click the G-SPEED Studio R Utility drop-down menu and choose Quit G-SPEED Studio R Utility. 13.
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Page 28: Unlocking The Ui
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Unlocking the UI By default, the user interface (UI) is locked to prevent unauthorized changes to your RAID system. When the UI is locked, you cannot create logical drives or change settings on your G-SPEED Studio R. To unlock the UI: 1. -
Page 29: G-Speed Studio R Utility Overview
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview The G-SPEED Studio R Utility interface consists of menus and icons, each leading you to a specific function. The G-SPEED Studio R Utility interface with the Dashboard displayed: Toolbar icons • G-SPEED Studio R Utility – About, Checking for Updates, Preferences, Services, Hide, Quit •... -
Page 30: Toolbar Icons
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Toolbar Icons • Dashboard – Displays the Dashboard and overview • Wizard – Displays the Wizard options for quickly setting up RAID arrays • Physical Drive – Displays the physical drive list, settings and functions • Disk Array – Displays menu for monitoring, managing and creating disk arrays •... -
Page 31: Component List
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Component List Click the Dashboard icon. From the System Status list choose controller to view the device ID, operational status, enclosure type and status description of all enclosures. The Enclosure, Controller, Buzzer and Fan menus are described in relevant sections of this chapter. -
Page 32: Highlight Arrays
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Highlight Arrays From the Disk Array menu, select the “Locate” button to identify the physical drives assigned to a disk array. The LEDs on the enclosure will appear purple and flash in sync. The bays/carriers containing drives that do not belong to the chosen disk array will not be highlighted. -
Page 33: Managing System Information
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Device: Front View display menu Click on the drive modules to view the status and identify the assigned disk array. Managing System Information Enclosure management includes: • “Viewing System Information” • “Making System Settings” • “Clearing Statistics” •... -
Page 34: Viewing System Information
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing System Information To view enclosure information, click the System Information icon. System Information includes: • Alias * – (same as controller alias) • Model • WWN (Worldwide Number) • Vendor • Serial number • Revision number •... -
Page 35: Clearing Statistics
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Clearing Statistics To clear statistical data on the RAID controller, physical drives, and logical drives: 1. Click the System Information icon. 2. Click the Clear Statistics button. 3. Type the word “CONFIRM” in the field provided. 4. -
Page 36: Saving A Service Report
Updating Firmware For optimal controller and system hardware performance, it is a good idea to keep your G-SPEED Studio R firmware up to date. Download the latest firmware from the G-Technology website at www.g-technology.com/support/gspeed_studio_r and place the .img file on your Mac. -
Page 37: Managing Enclosures
2. Click on the padlock icon to unlock the menu, then type in the password for your Mac when the prompt appears. 3. Click the Choose File button and locate the .img file you downloaded from G-Technology. 4. Click the Submit button. -
Page 38: Viewing Temperature Sensor Information
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Enclosure information includes: • Enclosure ID • Enclosure Warning Temperature Threshold • Controller Warning Temperature Threshold • SEP Firmware Version • Max Number of Controllers • Max Number of Fans • Max Number of Power Supply Units •... -
Page 39: Locating An Enclosure
Locating an Enclosure If you have multiple G-SPEED Studio R units and you want to verify which unit you are accessing in the G-Technology Utility, use the Locate function. To locate an enclosure: From the Logical Drive icon, click the Locate button. - Page 40 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Controller information includes: Controller ID Alias * (same as enclosure alias) Vendor Model Operational Status Power On Time Cache Usage – Percentage Dirty Cache Usage – Percentage Part Number Serial Number WWN (Worldwide Number) Hardware Revision SCSI Protocol Supported BIOS Version Single Image Version...
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Page 41: Viewing Controller Statistics
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Controller Statistics To view controller statistics: 1. Click the Dashboard icon, then click the Controller link. 2. Click the Statistics tab. Controller statistics include: Read Data Transferred Data Transferred Errors Write Data Transferred Read Errors Non-Read/Write Errors I/O Requests Write Errors... -
Page 42: Changing Buzzer Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • 10GBTruncate • GrpRounding • TableRounding Write Back Cache Flush Interval – Enter a value into the field from 1 to 12 seconds. Enclosure Polling Interval – 15 to 255 seconds. • Adaptive Writeback Cache – Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable. •... -
Page 43: Managing Background Activities
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Managing Background Activities Background activity management includes: • “Viewing Current Background Activities” • “Adding a Scheduled Background Activity” • “Changing a Background Activity Schedule” • “Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity” • “Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity” •... -
Page 44: Viewing Scheduled Background Activities
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Scheduled Background Activities To view a list of scheduled background activities: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Scheduler button. The list of scheduled background activities will appear. Adding a Scheduled Background Activity To add a new scheduled background activity: 1. -
Page 45: Changing Background Activity Schedule
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Choose an End On option: • No end date or perpetual • End after a specific number of activity actions • Run until date from the drop-down menus For Redundancy Check, choose: • Auto Fix option – Attempts to repair the problem when it finds an error. Check to enable. - Page 46 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Choose a Start Time from the drop-down menus. The menus have a 24-hour clock. Choose a Recurrence Pattern option: daily, weekly or monthly. • For the Daily option, enter an interval in the Every field. • For the Weekly option, enter an interval in the Every field and choose one or more days of the week.
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Page 47: Enabling Or Disabling A Scheduled Background Activity
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity Background activity schedules are enabled by default when you create a schedule. If you want to stop a background activity now but plan to use it again in the future, disable the scheduled activity rather than deleting it. -
Page 48: Media Patrol
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Media Patrol Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive. Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives. Media Patrol is concerned with the media itself, not the data recorded on the media. -
Page 49: Changing Redundancy Check Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Redundancy Check Settings To change Redundancy Check settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Redundancy Check Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are required for redundancy checking, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 50: Changing Initialization Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Initialization Settings To change initialization settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Logical Drive Initialization Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are allocated to initialization, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 51: Changing Rebuild Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Rebuild Settings 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Rebuild Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are allocated to the rebuild, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 52: Changing Migration Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Migration Settings To change migration settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Migration Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are available for migration, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 53: Changing Pdm Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing PDM Settings To change PDM settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the PDM Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are allocated to PDM, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 54: Changing Transition Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Transition Settings To change Transition settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Transition Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are available to Transition, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 55: Changing Synchronization Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Changing Synchronization Settings To change Synchronization settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the Settings button. 3. Click the Background Synchronization Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Low: Fewer system resources are available to Synchronization, leaving more resources for data read/write operations. -
Page 56: Viewing A List Of Physical Drives
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing a List of Physical Drives To view a list of physical drives in your G-SPEED Studio R, click the Physical Drive icon. Physical drive information includes: • ID – ID number of the physical drive •... -
Page 57: Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • Drive Interface – SATA 1.5, 3 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s • Serial Number – Serial number of the drive • Firmware Version – Firmware version on the drive • Protocol Version – ATA/ATAPI protocol version 3. Click the Advanced Information tab. Advanced information for physical drives includes: •... -
Page 58: Viewing Physical Drive Statistics
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Physical Drive Statistics To view physical drive statistics: 1. Click the Physical Drive icon. 2. Mouse-over the physical drive you want, then click the View button. 3. Click the Statistics tab. Physical drive information includes: •... -
Page 59: Viewing Physical Drive Smart Log Information
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information To view physical drive SMART Log information: 1. Click the Physical Drive icon. 2. Mouse-over the physical drive you want, then click the View button. 3. Click the SMART Log tab. SMART Log information includes: •... -
Page 60: Changing Global Physical Drive Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Running the Locate function to identify a physical drive: Drive power/status LEDs blink Blue Changing Global Physical Drive Settings To change global physical drive settings: 1. Click the Physical Drive icon 2. Click the Global Physical Drive Settings button 3. -
Page 61: Changing Physical Drive Smart Log Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R To change individual physical drive settings: 1. Click the Physical Drive icon. 2. Mouse-over the physical drive you want, then click the Settings button. 3. Make changes as needed: • Enter, change or delete the alias in the Alias field. •... -
Page 62: Clearing A Stale Or Pfa Condition
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition Stale – The physical drive contains obsolete disk array information. PFA – The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure. Be sure you have first corrected the condition by replacing the physical drive and conducting a rebuild operation, etc. -
Page 63: Running Media Patrol On Your Physical Drives
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive. Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives. -
Page 64: Managing Disk Arrays
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Managing Disk Arrays Disk array management includes: • “Viewing a List of Disk Arrays” • “Viewing Disk Array Information” • “Creating a Disk Array Manually” • “Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard” •... -
Page 65: Viewing Disk Array Information
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Disk Array Information To view disk array information: 1. Do one of the following actions: • From the Dashboard window, click the Disk Array link. • From the Storage menu, choose Disk Array. 2. Mouse-over the disk array you want, then click the View button. Disk array information includes: •... -
Page 66: To Create A Disk Array And Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R To create a disk array: 1. From the Dashboard menu, click the Disk Array link. 2. Click the Create Disk Array button. 3. Accept the defaults or make changes: • Enter an alias in the Alias field with a maximum of 32 characters (letters, numbers and spaces between characters). -
Page 67: Creating A Disk Array And Logical Drive With The Wizard
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard A disk array is a method of organizing data across hard disks or solid state drives. One or more logical drives can be created on a disk array. Your computer saves files within logical drives on G-SPEED Studio R. -
Page 68: Choosing Automatic Configuration
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Choosing Automatic Configuration To use the Automatic Configuration Wizard: 1. From the Storage menu, choose Wizard. 2. Click the Automatic button. The Automatic Configuration dialog box will appear. Automatic Configuration dialog box: 1. Do one of the following actions: •... -
Page 69: Choosing Express Configuration
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Choosing Express Configuration To use the Express Configuration Wizard: 1. From the Storage menu, choose Wizard. 2. Click the Express button. The Express Configuration dialog box will appear. Express Configuration dialog box: 3. Check the boxes to choose any one or a combination of: •... - Page 70 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 5. From the Application Type drop-down menu, choose an application that best describes your intended use for the logical drives. • File Server (default) • Video Stream • Transaction Data • Transaction Log • Other 6. Click the Next button to continue. The Summary dialog box will appear with information about the disk arrays, logical drives and spare drives you are about to create.
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Page 71: Choosing Advanced Configuration
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Choosing Advanced Configuration This option enables you to specify additional parameters for a new disk array, logical drives and spare drives. To use the Advanced Configuration Wizard: 1. From the Storage menu, choose Wizard. 2. Click the Advanced button. The Create Disk Array screen will display. - Page 72 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • Enter a value for capacity and choose the appropriate size unit of measurement (MB, GB or TB) • Choose a Stripe size: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB and 1 MB are available. •...
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Page 73: Formatting Your Logical Drives
If you unchecked the Format box, you must format your logical drives manually. When the G-Technology Utility finishes the partition and format operation, new removable drive icons, each representing one logical drive, will appear on your desktop. When you see these icons, your new logical drive(s) will be ready to use. -
Page 74: Locating A Disk Array
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 3. Make the following setting changes as required: • Enter change, or delete the alias in the Alias field. An alias must be a maximum of 32 characters (letters, numbers and spaces between characters). • Enable Media Patrol – Check to enable or uncheck to disable on this array. •... -
Page 75: Deleting A Disk Array
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 2. Mouse-over the disk array you want to identify, then click the Locate button. The drive power/status LEDs for the physical drives that comprise the array will blink blue for one minute. Running the Locate function to identify a disk array: Drive power/status LEDs blink Deleting a Disk Array... -
Page 76: Preparing A Disk Array For Transport
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Preparing a Disk Array for Transport This feature prepares the physical drives that make up the disk array to be removed from the enclosure and installed in a different G-SPEED Studio R enclosure. To prepare a disk array for transport: 1. - Page 77 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Performing a Manual Rebuild To perform a manual rebuild: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Mouse-over Rebuild, then click the Start button. 3. From the Source Physical Drive drop-down menu, choose a Source disk array and physical drive.
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Page 78: Pausing And Resuming A Rebuild
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Pausing and Resuming a Rebuild To pause or resume a Rebuild: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Mouse-over Rebuild, then click the Pause or Resume button. Stopping a Rebuild To stop or cancel a Rebuild: 1. -
Page 79: Viewing A List Of Logical Drives
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing a List of Logical Drives To view a list of logical drives, perform one of the following actions: • Click the Logical Drive icon. • From the Storage menu, choose Logical Drive. The list of logical drives will appear. Logical drive information includes: •... -
Page 80: Viewing Logical Drive Statistics
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • Capacity – Data capacity of the logical drive • Number of Axles – For RAID 10, two axles • Physical Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drives • Number of Physical Drives – The number of physical drives in the disk array •... -
Page 81: Changing Logical Drive Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 2. Mouse-over the logical drive you want, then click the View button. 3. Click the Statistics tab. Logical Drive statistics will display, including: • Data Transferred – In megabytes • I/O Requests • Non-Read/Write I/O Requests •... -
Page 82: Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables This feature allows you to view error tables. Use this information to evaluate the integrity of a logical drive and determine whether corrective action is needed. To view logical drive check tables: 1. - Page 83 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 1. One of the following actions: • Click the Logical Drive icon. • From the Storage menu, choose Logical Drive. 2. Click the Create Logical Drive button. 3. Click the radio button of the disk array you want to use, then click the Next button. 4.
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Page 84: Formatting Your Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Formatting Your Logical Drives If you left the Format box checked when you created your logical drives, they will be formatted automatically. If you Unchecked the Format box, you must format your logical drives manually. See Formatting Logical Drives. When the G-SPEED Studio R Utility finishes formatting, new drive icons, each representing one logical drive, will appear on your desktop (right). -
Page 85: Deleting A Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Deleting a Logical Drive This action requires administrator or superuser privileges. To delete a logical drive: 1. Perform one of the following actions: • Click the Logical Drive icon. • From the Storage menu, choose Logical Drive. The list of logical drives will appear. 2. -
Page 86: Pausing And Resuming An Initialization
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R To initialize a logical drive: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. The list of background activities will appear. 2. Mouse-over Initialization, then click the Start button. 3. Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to initialize. 4. -
Page 87: Redundancy Check On A Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive Redundancy Check is a routine maintenance procedure for fault-tolerant disk arrays (those with redundancy) that ensures the redundant copies of data still match the original source data. Redundancy Check can also correct inconsistencies. To run Redundancy Check on a logical drive: 1. -
Page 88: Migrating A Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Migrating a Logical Drive Migration means one or both of the following: • Changing the RAID level of a logical drive • Expanding the storage capacity of a logical drive Before you begin a migration, examine your current disk array to determine whether: •... -
Page 89: Running Pdm On A Logical Drive
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Running PDM on a Logical Drive Predictive Data Migration (PDM) is the migration of data from the suspect disk drive to a spare drive, similar to rebuilding a disk array. But unlike rebuilding, PDM automatically copies your data to a spare drive before the drive fails and your logical drive goes critical. PDM can be triggered automatically by Media Patrol. -
Page 90: Managing Spare Drives
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Managing Spare Drives Spare drive management includes: • Viewing a List of Spare Drives (see below) • “Creating a Spare Drive Manually” • “Making Spare Drive Settings” • “Running Spare Check” • “Deleting a Spare Drive” •... -
Page 91: Creating A Spare Drive Manually
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Spare Drive information will display, including: • Spare Drive ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc. • Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this spare • Location – Enclosure number and slot number •... -
Page 92: Changing Spare Drive Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R 3. For each of the following items, accept the default or change the settings as required: • Check the Revertible box if you want a revertible spare drive. A revertible spare drive returns to its spare drive assignment after you replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition function. -
Page 93: Running Spare Check
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Running Spare Check Spare Check verifies the status of your spare drives. To run Spare Check: 1. From the Dashboard window, click the Spare Drive link. The list of spare drives will appear. 2. Mouse-over the spare drive you want, then click the Spare Check button. 3. -
Page 94: Running A Transition
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Running a Transition To run a Transition on a revertible spare drive: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. The list of background activities will appear. 2. Mouse-over Transition, then click the Start button. 3. Choose a Source Physical Drive. The Source Physical Drive is the revertible spare drive that is now part of the disk array. -
Page 95: Formatting Logical Drives
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Page 96: G-Speed Studio R Utility With Custom Settings
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R When the G- SPEED Studio R Utility finishes the format operation, new removable drive icons, each representing one logical drive, will appear on your desktop. When you see the icon, your logical drive is ready to use. For more information, see Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard and Creating a Logical Drive Manually. -
Page 97: Disk Utility
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • For Macintosh computers, the default GPT Format partition and the default. • Journaled HFS+ format are recommended. 3. Click the Format button. When the G-SPEED Studio R Utility has finished the partition and format operation, new removable drive icons, each representing one logical drive, will appear on your desktop. -
Page 98: Spare Drives
A spare drive is a physical drive that you designate to automatically replace the failed physical drive in a disk array. See Creating a Spare Drive Manually. G-Technology’s general recommendation is to acquire at least one spare drive and configure the spare(s) as a global revertible spare drive(s). -
Page 99: Running A Transition
Configuring G-SPEED Studio R Media Type (type of physical drive) • Hard disk drive (HDD) Requirements The spare drive must have adequate capacity to replace the largest physical drive in your disk arrays. Additionally, it must be the same media type as the physical drives in your disk arrays. - Page 100 Configuring G-SPEED Studio R • G-SPEED Studio R automatically rebuilds your array to the revertible spare drive and the array becomes functional again. • You replace the failed physical drive with a new physical drive of equal or greater capacity. •...
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Page 101: Maintenance For Your Drive
Maintenance for Your Drive • Replace a Failed Disk Drive ....... p. 102 • Initialize Drive for Mac ......p. 104 • Restore the Drive Icon ......p. 107 • Reformat With Partitions ......p. 109... -
Page 102: Replace A Failed Disk Drive
Maintenance for Your Drive Replace a Failed Disk Drive The G-SPEED Studio RAID Controller continually monitors the health of each disk drive in G-SPEED Studio R. In the event of a disk failure, you will be alerted based on the notification settings you entered in Set Up Alert Notifications. - Page 103 Maintenance for Your Drive 1. Launch the G-SPEED Studio R Utility. 2. Select the Physical Drive. 3. The Physical Drive List will show all of the drives and next to its name the status will indicate Dead. 4. Right-click on the failed drive and select Locate. WARNING: Make absolutely sure that you remove the correct drive as indicated in the steps below.
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Page 104: Initialize Drive For Mac
NOTE: Replacement and/or extra G-SPEED Studio R disk modules are available for purchase online at: www.g-technology.com/products/g-speed-studio-raid Initialize Drive for Mac Your G-SPEED Studio R was factory-formatted (“initialized”) for Mac OS X. You can reinitialize either to quickly erase the contents of the drive or to reconfigure the RAID mode. - Page 105 Maintenance for Your Drive 2. Select G-SPEED Studio R by clicking its drive icon in the left column. Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window. 3. Select the Erase tab to view formatting options. Select Mac OS Extended on the Format menu and enter “G-SPEED Studio R”...
- Page 106 Maintenance for Your Drive 6. After the drive is reinitialized, you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. Click the Don’t Use button if you do not want to your G-SPEED Studio R as a Time Machine backup target. 7.
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Page 107: Restore The Drive Icon
There will be a link to download the drive icon. 2. Once downloaded, double-click the ZIP file to open. Next, double-click the DMG file to open the G-Technology Icons package. 3. Click to select the drive icon for G-SPEED Studio R in the package window. Press Command+C to copy the icon (see below). - Page 108 Maintenance for Your Drive 4. Select the G-SPEED Studio R icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This will open its Get Info window (below left). 5. Select the default icon in the Get Info window (below left). 6. Press Command+V to paste the G-SPEED Studio R custom icon into the Get Info window (below right).
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Page 109: Reformat With Partitions
In this example, we will partition a 24TB G-SPEED Studio R connected via Thunderbolt. 1. First, open Disk Utility. This application is located on your hard drive under Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. The window shown below will appear. Your G-Technology drive will be displayed in the left column. p .109... - Page 110 Maintenance for Your Drive 2. Select the appropriate icon — not the G-Technology drive icon — by clicking it in the left column. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window. 4. Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu.
- Page 111 6. Repeat this process for each partition you have created. 7. Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G-Technology drive partition. WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE.
- Page 112 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the Disk Utility’s left panel. 10. Quit Disk Utility: After reinitializing the drive, the custom icon for the G-Technology drive will have been erased. You can optionally restore this icon to each partition...
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Page 114: Raid Levels Explained
Appendix RAID Levels Explained Description Advantage Disadvantage Ideal for RAID Level Disk stripping Offers the highest No fault tolerance – Content creation performance and failure of one drive applications requiring a 100% of total in the array results in highest performance available storage complete data loss and storage capacity... -
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Page 116: Technical Support
Thank you for purchasing G-SPEED Studio R. If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G-Technology appreciates and values its customers. We strive to give you the finest service and support. If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using your G-SPEED Studio R, please contact G-Technology Technical Support at: www.g-technology.com/contact/contact_support... -
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Support & Warranty Limited Warranty Limited Warranty HGST, a Western Digital Company (“HGST”) including G-Technology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited warranty cover? This limited warranty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by the original purchaser for normal use and not for resale. - Page 118 HGST or your reseller provides. To obtain limited warranty service, you must first obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and ship-to address by contacting G-Technology at www.g-technology.com/support. Please follow theinstructions found on this website. You must return the covered hard disk drive using approved packaging to our logistics center.
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Page 119: Copyright
Support & Warranty CAPACITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER For G-Technology products 1TB or greater: 1 gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1 billion bytes and 1 terabyte (TB) equals 1,000 GB (1 trillion bytes). Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors.
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