G-Technology G-RAID with Thunderbolt Manuale utente

G-RAID® with Thunderbolt™ is a high-performance,

removable dual-drive RAID solution with Thunderbolt,

USB and Enterprise-class hard drives.

Product Manual

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Table of Contents

Safety & General Use

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

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

About Your G-RAID with Thunderbolt

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

G-Technology Assistant Utility............................ 18

G-Technology Assistant Menu ............................ 19

G-RAID with Thunderbolt Cong. Utility ........ 20

Congure the RAID Mode for Mac .................... 21

RAID 1 Degraded Mode for Mac ........................ 25

Congure the RAID Mode for Windows.......... 25

RAID 1 Rebuild for Windows................................ 28

Maintenance for Your Drive

Initialize the Drive for Mac.................................... 30

Restore the Drive Icon ............................................ 34

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

Replace a Failed Drive Module............................ 41

Using Your Drive on Windows

Windows Use.............................................................. 44

Cross Platform Use .................................................. 44

Support & Warranty

Technical Support .................................................... 48

Limited Warranty...................................................... 49

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

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

Safety & General Use

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Safety & General Use

Safety Precautions

G-RAID with Thunderbolt’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 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 drives contained in your G-RAID with Thunderbolt device are delicate electronic

instruments and are 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 with Thunderbolt

• 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 G-RAID®with Thunderbolt™

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing G-RAID with Thunderbolt from G-Technology. The G-RAID with

Thunderbolt is a high-speed, low-cost RAID that provides an ideal storage solution for

content creation professionals. With its unique industrial design and all-aluminum housing,

G-RAID with Thunderbolt is the de facto standard for many post-production facilities

worldwide.

G-RAID with Thunderbolt features dual Thunderbolt 2 ports and a USB 3.0 interface. When

connected via the Thunderbolt interface, G-RAID with Thunderbolt provides data transfer

rates up to 440MB/second to support the most demanding professional content creation

applications such as Final Cut Pro®, Avid® Media Composer and Adobe Premiere®.

With its built-in RAID controller, the G-RAID with Thunderbolt 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 congured in RAID 0 (Performance), RAID 1 (Protected) or

JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) mode.

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

be safe and accessible (in RAID 1 all your data is safe, whereas in JBOD all your data stored on

the good drive is safe).

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About Your G-RAID®with Thunderbolt™

What’s in the Box

The following items are included in the box:

• G-RAID with Thunderbolt storage solution with two removable disk drives

• Thunderbolt cable (compatible with Thunderbolt 2 & 1 ports)

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

• 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 with Thunderbolt supports the following operating systems:

• Mac OS® 10.9 +

• Windows® 10, Windows® 8.1 and Windows® 7

The drive has been precongured in RAID 0 (Performance) mode for use with Mac OS® systems,

formatted as“HFS+ with Journaling.”

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About Your G-RAID®with Thunderbolt™

Kensington®

Security Slot

USB 3.0 Port

Thunderbolt Ports DC In

On/O Switch

Overview of the Drive

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

The compact and quiet G-RAID with Thunderbolt features two removable HGST Enterprise-

class 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, dual

Thunderbolt 2 ports (daisy chain up to 5 peripherals), a high-speed USB 3.0 port, a DC power

port and a soft-touch on/o switch. The features combine to provide universal connectivity

and industry-leading performance. All cables are included.

Power/Failure LED

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About Your G-RAID®with Thunderbolt™

Power, Activity and Failure LEDs

G-RAID with Thunderbolt contains LEDs for power, drive activity and drive failure. The “G”LED

on the front panel of the enclosure indicates Power (White) or RAID Failure (Red). There are also

Drive Activity LEDs and Drive Failure LEDs located on the drive modules.

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

State Power LED

(Front Panel)

Drive Activity

(Drive Module)

Drive Failure

(Front Panel)

Drive Failure

(Drive Module)

System Initialization Flash White On Flash Red Oﬀ

System Ready On On Oﬀ Oﬀ

Disk Activity On Flash Blue Oﬀ Oﬀ

Disk 1or Disk 2 Failure (RAID 0) Oﬀ Oﬀ Red On Purple On

Fail Safe Mode (RAID 1) Disk 1 Failure Oﬀ Oﬀ Red On Red On

Fail Safe Mode (RAID 1) Disk 2 Failure Oﬀ Oﬀ Red On Red On

The power light will glow when power is applied. The drive activity LED’s on the drive modules

will ash 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 - the red light on the drive module indicates the failed drive. If a drive

failure occurs in RAID 0 mode then the LED in the front panel turns constant RED.

• If congured in protected 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 “G” logo or drive LED is blinking or solid

RED, indicating drive failure.

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