User`s manual

1 WELCOME
1.1 INTRODUCTION
DAS501t enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID
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features typically seen on high-end data
systems with low cost/ high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry standard SATA drives
and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that
your data is protected against hardware failure.
1.2 PRECAUTION
Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using DAS501t storage appliance. Ensure that you use the
product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide.
The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly. Please
read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide.
a Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this guide.
a Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In the event that water or other
liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the product from the computer. Continued use of the product
may result in fire or electrical shock. Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center.
a Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat.
a Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields. Exposure to
strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data.
a Can’t operate properly under Windows 3.x/ 95 / 98SE/ ME/ NT.
a Hard disk drive is not including.
1.3 FEATURES
1.3.1 DATA SECURITY
The DAS501t software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives.
DAS501t provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture
to back up and protect data. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 provide data security. DAS501t supports sophisticated
sparing support so that hardware failure risk can be minimized by automatically regenerating the failed disk’s data
on a backup disk. The DAS501t software driver includes support for Self- Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T.
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) to predict disk failures. Drives can be moved between controllers without losing data.
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Redundant Array of Independent Devices, a method of combining drives to provide better protection and/or
performance.
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Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Testing.
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