G-Technology G-RAID Studio Manuale utente

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High-Performance Removable Drive Storage System

PRODUCT MANUAL

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Table of Contents

Safety & General Use

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

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

About Your G-RAID

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

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

System Requirements.....................................................8

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

Activity & Failure LED ....................................................10

Using Your Drive on Mac

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

Optimize Performance .................................................12

Use With Time Machine ..............................................13

Disconnect the Drive ....................................................15

Using RAID Modes

Supported RAID Modes ...............................................17

The RAID Conﬁguration Utility for Mac ..................18

Conﬁgure the RAID Mode for Mac ...........................19

RAID 1 Degraded Mode and Rebuild

for Mac .............................................................................. 22

The RAID Conﬁguration Utility for Windows....... 23

Conﬁgure the RAID Mode for Windows.................24

RAID 1 Degraded Mode and Rebuild

for Windows .....................................................................27

Maintenance for Your Drive

Initialize Drive for Mac ................................................. 29

Restore the Drive Icon ..................................................33

Reformat with Partitions..............................................35

Replace a Failed Drive Module ................................. 40

Using Your Drive on Windows

Windows Use .................................................................. 43

Cross Platform Use ....................................................... 43

Support & Warranty

Technical Support ..........................................................47

Limited Warranty........................................................... 48

Safety & General Use

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

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

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Safety & General Use

Safety Precautions

G-RAID‘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 department.

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 qualiﬁed 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 device is a delicate electronic instrument and is

susceptible 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. If possible, it is advisable to keep your data in two physically disparate

locations for added safety.

About Your G-RAID

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

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

• System Requirements ................................. p. 8

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

•Activity & Failure LED .................................. p. 10

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About Your Drive

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing G-RAID from G-Technology. The G-RAID hard drive is a high-

speed, low-cost RAID that provides an ideal storage solution for content creation profession-

als. With its unique industrial design and all-aluminum housing, G-RAID is the de facto

standard for many post-production facilities worldwide.

G-RAID features eSATA, USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 interfaces. When connected via USB 3.0

or eSATA interfaces, G-RAID provides data transfer rates up to 330MB/second to support

the most demanding professional content creation applications such as Final Cut Pro®,

Avid and Adobe Premiere®.

With its built-in RAID controller, the G-RAID is not tied to a single workstation and can

be easily transported for use in the edit bay or on the road. The unit contains an internal

RAID controller and can be conﬁgured in RAID 0 (Performance), RAID 1 (Protected) or

JBOD mode.

In the RAID 1 or JBOD mode of operation, if a single hard drive failure toccurs, your data

will still be safe and accessible (in RAID 1 all your data is safe, whereas in JBOD all your

data in the good drive is safe).

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About Your Drive

What’s in the Box

The following items are included in the box:

• G-RAID storage solution with two removable disk modules

• USB cable (3.0; backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports)

• eSATA cable

• FireWire 800 to 800 cable

• External AC power supply and cable

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

or call (888) 426-5214.

System Requirements

G-RAID supports the following operating systems:

• Mac OS® 10.7 +

• Windows® 8.1, 8 and 7 (via reformat)

The drive has been preconﬁgured at the factory in RAID 0 (Performance) mode for use

with Mac OS® systems, formatted as “HFS+ with Journaling.”

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About Your Drive

Overview of the Drive

The following diagram shows the helpful features of your G-RAID.

The compact and quiet G-RAID features two removable HGST 7200 RPM SATA III hard

drives. It has a uniquely designed all-aluminum enclosure with an activity/failure

LED in the front panel. The rear panel features a Kensington™ security slot, a high-speed

USB 3.0 port, two FireWire 800 ports, an eSATA port, a DC power in slot and a soft-touch

on/oﬀ switch. The features combine to provide universal connectivity and industry-lead-

ing performance. All cables are included.

IMPORTANT: G-RAID has been set up at the factory in RAID 0 (Performance) mode.

To change to RAID 1 (Protected) mode or JBOD mod, read Conﬁgure the RAID Mode.

Activity LED

Kensington®

Security Slot

eSATA Port

USB 3.0 Port

Dual FireWire®800 Ports

DC In

On/Oﬀ Switch

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About Your Drive

Activity and Failure LEDs

G-RAID contains LEDs for drive activity (WHITE) and drive failure (RED) that are next to

each other on the front panel and describe the following operations:

• System initialization

• System ready

• Disk activity

• Disk drive failure

The following table explains the meaning of each combination of LEDs on the drive.

When both LEDs are illuminated, the color turns lighter RED.

The activity light will glow when power is applied. It will ﬂash brighter as data is

transferred to or from the hard drive.

In the event of a disk drive failure, the RED drive failure LED located on the front panel

will illuminate. In RAID 1 mode - If the red light ﬂashes once per second, it indicates that

the top drive has failed; if the red light ﬂashes four times per second, it indicates that the

bottom drive has failed. If a drive failure occurs in RAID 0 mode then the LED in the front

panel turns constant RED.

• If congured in fail-safe RAID 1 mode, all the data stored on the system will be intact.

• If congured in JBOD mode, only the data in the bad drive will be lost; the rest of

the data will be intact.

• If congured in RAID 0 mode, all data will be lost. Please contact Technical Support

for help if the RED LED is constantly lit indicating drive failure.

System Initialization

System ready

Disk Activity

Disk 1 or Disk 2 Failure (RAID 0)

Fail Safe Mode (RAID 1) Disk 1 failure

Fail Safe Mode (RAID 1) Disk 2 failure

Flashing

Oﬀ

On (constant RED)

Flashing 1 time/sec

Flashing 4 times/sec

State Activity/Power LED Drive Failure LED

Flashing

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