User Manual

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Maintenance for Your Drive Maintenance for Your Drive
Replace a Failed Drive Module
TheinternalcomponentsofG-RAIDUSBcontinuallymonitorthehealthofeachofitsdiskdrives.
Intheeventofadrivefailure,avisualalarmwillappear.ReadmoreinActivity and Failure LEDs.
RAID 0: IfG-RAIDUSBwasconguredinRAID0(Performance)mode,adrivefailurewillresultin
dataloss.
RAID 1:IfG-RAIDUSBisconguredasRAID1,asingledrivefailurewillnotresultindataloss.
However,thearrayisnowinadegradedorunprotectedstate,andthefaileddriveshouldbe
replacedassoonaspossibletoavoiddataloss.
ReadmoreinSupported RAID Modes.
Followthestepsbelowtoidentifyandreplaceafaileddrive.
1. Withtheunitpoweredon,theashingREDLEDwillindicatewhichdrivemodulefailed.For
moreinformation,seeActivity and Failure LEDs.
2. Removethefaileddrivebypressingthemodulereleasebutton,andgentlyslidingthedrive
moduleoutoftheenclosure.
3. Replacethefaileddrivewithanewdiskmodule.Secureitinplacebypushinginthedrive
andlatchingthehandle.
NOTE: Duringthe3-Yearwarrantyperiod,contactG-TechnologyTechnical Support for
replacementofadefectivedrivemodule.
4. IfG-RAIDUSBwassetupinRAID1mode,theunitwillbeginrebuildingdataonthe
drive.Duringthisprocess,theactivityLEDwillindicatedataaccess.Therebuildtimeis
approximatelytwohoursperterabyte.
5. Oncetherebuildprocessiscomplete,G-RAIDUSBisbacktonormalandonceagain
protectingyourvaluabledata.FurthermorethedriveLEDlightwillreturntoasolidwhite
lightvisuallyindicatingahealthyRAID1set.
Helpfultips
YoucancontinueusingG-RAIDUSBevenwhilethedrivevolumeisbeingrebuilt.However,itwill
runataslowerdatarate.
Itisgoodpracticetokeepatleastonesparedrivemoduleonhandincaseofadiskfailure.That
way,youcanrebuildyourarrayinhoursratherthanwaitdaysforanewonetoship.