G-Technology G RAID mini Manuale utente

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PRODUCT MANUAL

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Table of Contents

Welcome to G-RAID mini

Table of Contents

Safety & General Use

Safety Precautions.....................................4

Backup Your Data ......................................5

About Your G-RAID mini

Introduction ................................................7

What’s in the Box ......................................8

Overview of the Drive .............................9

System Requirements........................... 10

Disconnect the Drive ............................ 10

Using Your Drive on Mac

Easy Installation for Mac ...................... 12

Optimize its Performance.................... 13

Activity & Failure LEDs .......................... 13

Using RAID Modes

Supported RAID Modes ....................... 15

The Congurator Utility ....................... 16

Congure the RAID Mode ................... 16

Maintenance for Your Drive

Initialize Drive for Mac ......................... 20

Restore the Drive Icon .......................... 23

Reformat with Partitions...................... 25

Using Your Drive on Windows

Windows Use............................................ 30

Cross Platform Use................................. 31

Support & Warranty

Technical Support .................................. 35

Limited Warranty .................................... 36

Safety & General Use

• Safety Precautions .......................................... p.4

• Backup Your Data ........................................... p.5

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Safety & General Use

Safety Precautions

G-RAID® mini’s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed

here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical Support depart-

ment.

If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will be void and

liability will rest with the user. Please read our Limited Warranty.

• Servicing: Your drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning,

have it inspected by a qualied Technical Support representative.

• Moisture: Place the device away from moisture or liquids. To reduce the risk of damage, do

not expose this drive to rain or moisture. Do not use it in damp or wet conditions. Never place

objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings.

• Ventilation: Place the device in a vented area. The drive should never be placed near or over a

radiator or heat source.

• Temperature: Do not expose this drive to temperatures outside the range of 5°C to 35°C (41°F

to 95°F); or to operational humidity beyond 5-80%, non-condensing, or non-operating humidity

beyond 10-90%, non-condensing. Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat, or exposing it

to sunlight (even through a window), or in an environment that is too cold or humid.

• Physical Damage: Do not place heavy objects on the drive. Never use excessive force

on your drive.

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Safety & General Use

Backup Your Data

The disk drive contained in your G-RAID mini is a delicate electronic instrument and is suscep-

tible to damage due to excessive physical shock. 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 that you keep TWO copies of your

data in separate storage locations. Keep one copy on your G-Technology drive. Keep a second

copy on your internal hard drive, another G-Technology drive, or a form of removable storage

media.

About Your G-RAID mini

• Introduction ..................................................... p.7

• What’s in the Box ........................................... p.8

• Overview of the Drive .................................. p.9

• System Requirements ................................ p.10

• Disconnect the Drive ................................. p.10

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About Your G-RAID mini

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the G-RAID mini from G-Technology. The G-RAID mini hard drive

is a high-speed, low-cost portable RAID designed specically for professional content cre-

ation applications. G-RAID mini features either RAID 0 (performance) or RAID 1 (protected)

operation, and high-speed USB 3.0 and FireWire interface.

G-RAID mini is the ideal portable storage solution for safe-guarding content transferred

from professional tapeless video cameras. Its compact size and tough, all-aluminum enclo-

sure makes it perfect for capturing and editing on the go or working on location.

G-RAID mini is capable of delivering an unprecedented 170+ MB/second transfer rate

when connected via eSATA in RAID 0 mode. The drive is FireWire bus-powered so you do

not need to be connected to AC power. G-RAID mini supports multi-stream HDV, DVCPro™

HD, XDCAM™ HD, ProRes™ 422 and uncompressed SD workows.

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About Your G-RAID mini

What’s in the Box

The following items are included in the box:

• G-RAID mini

• (1) USB 3.0 cable (backwards compatible with USB 2.0)

• (1) FireWire® 800 cable

• Portable carrying case

• External DC Power Supply

If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at support@g-technology.com

or call (888) 426-5214.

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About Your G-RAID mini

Overview of the Drive

This diagram shows the helpful features of your G-RAID mini. There is a Power & Activ-

ity LED and a Yellow Drive Failure LED on the front of the unit. (On some models the

Drive Failure LED may be RED.) There is a heat-sink and cooling fan on the bottom.

Read about LEDs.

On the rear of the drive is a high speed USB 3.0 port, two FireWire 800 ports and a DC

Power In Connector.

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About Your G-RAID mini

System Requirements

G-RAID mini supports the folllowing Operating Systems. The drive is set up at the fac-

tory for use with Mac OS systems, and formatted as‘HFS+ with Journaling’.

• Mac® OS 10.6 +

• Windows® 8, 7, Vista and XP®

Disconnect the Drive

A great feature of G-RAID mini is its ability to connect and disconnect while your com-

puter is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps

below when disconnecting or‘unmounting’the drive from your computer.

1. Before disconnecting the drive, unmount the system by simply dragging the

G-RAID mini icon to the trash located in the dock. Keyboard shortcut: Select

the drive icon and hit Command + E.

2. It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer

present on your desktop.

Helpful links

• To use G-RAID mini on Windows, go to Windows Use.

• To use G-RAID mini on Mac and Windows together, go to Cross Platform Use.

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