S352BU33RER Manual User Manual

Instruction Manual

Available RAID Congurations

The S352BU33RER enclosure supports 4 dierent RAID congurations. RAID is a

storage technology that combines multiple hard drives into a single unit for secure

data redundancy, increased volume size and/or improved performance.

Descriptions and benets for each available RAID conguration are listed below:

Normal - JBOD

In JBOD, no RAID conguration is set and both drives appear as individual disks.

Note: For both drives to be detected while connected via eSATA the host controller must

support SATA Port Multiplier.

BIG – Combine

In BIG, both drives appear together as a larger individual disk the size of both drives

combined. This conguration enables you to create a larger volume than would be

available using a single drive without the performance increase oered with RAID 0.

RAID1 – Mirroring

In RAID1 both drives appear as a single disk and data is written identically to both. This

level protects your data from individual drive failure as a backup of all data is written

instantly.

RAID0 – Spanning

In RAID0 both drives appear together as a larger single disk the size of both drives

combined. This level can improve your performance as read and write operations are

performed in parallel on separate disks.

How to Use

Connecting the Hard Drive

Once the enclosure has been attached to a computer, and powered on, your computer

system will automatically recognize the drive(s) and it will be accessible as though it

were installed in the system internally.

Note: If your computer fails to automatically recognize your drive it is likely your

drive has not been initialized or formatted correctly. (See Drive Initialization below for

further instructions.)

LED Indicator

The hard drive enclosure oers LED indicators for each drive, so you can monitor drive

activity. The LED will ash while the hard drive is being accessed. Do not remove the

enclosure from the host computer while the LED is ashing, as it could damage the

drive or the enclosure, resulting in data loss.