User manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NOTICES .................................................................................................................5
SAFETY NOTICES ..........................................................................................................................5
GENERAL NOTICES ........................................................................................................................5
CAPACITY DISCLAIMER ...................................................................................................................5
CARE AND HANDLING ....................................................................................................................5
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE RAID SYSTEM …………………………………….…………………………..…….…….…..6
GENERAL .....................................................................................................................................8
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................8
BOX CONTENT .............................................................................................................................9
SPECIAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................10
MINIMUM SYSYTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................11
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ONNECTORS ............................................................................................................................12
SYSTEM VIEWS .........................................................................................................................14
CONNECTING THE BIGROC RAID SYSTEM TO A COMPUTER .....................................................15
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ONNECTING MULTIPLE DEVICES ...................................................................................................16
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AFE REMOVAL OF THE RAID SAYSTEM ...........................................................................................17
RAID MODES.............................................................................................................................18
RAID MODE COMPARISON LIST ....................................................................................................18
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UMBER OF DISKS SUPPORTING EACH RAID MODE ...........................................................................18
RAID
0 (STRIPING) ....................................................................................................................19
RAID
1 (MIRRORING) .................................................................................................................20
SPAN .....................................................................................................................................21
RAID 5 ....................................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.2
RAID 10 (1+0).........................................................................................................................23
JBOD .....................................................................................................................................24
POWER ON / OFF LED ..............................................................................................................25
RAID ALERT LED ......................................................................................................................25
HARD DISK DRIVE LED ...............................................................................................................26
EXTERNAL BOOTUP (PC AND MAC) ...............................................................................................27
DISK VOLUM OVER 2TB ..............................................................................................................28
GLOSSORY ................................................................................................................................29
eSATA PCI EXPRESS CARD INSTALLATION .................................................................................30
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..............................................................................................................30
HARDWARE INSTALLATION............................................................................................................30
DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................30
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