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Table of Contents
Introduction
Safety Precautions
System Requirements
What’s in the Box
G-SPEED Q Overview
Optional G-Technology PCIe RAID Controller Overview
G-SPEED Q Audible Alarms
Setting Up G-Speed Q with the G-Technology PCIe RAID Controller
G-Technology RAID Controller Web GUI
Changing the G-Technology RAID Controller Mode
Con!guring Two G-Speed Q Units in RAID 5 Mode
What To Do in the Event of a Disk Drive Failure
Technical Support
Limited Warranty
Appendix A: RAID Levels Explained
App
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS The lightning !ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to CAUTION alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product enclosure and may be of signi"cant risk of electrical shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK presence of important operating maintenance (servicing) instructions literature ! DO NOT OPEN accompanying the
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safely backed up. It works perfectly with demanding content Introduction creation applications, such as those found in Apple Final Cut Thank you for purchasing G-SPEED™ Q from G-Technology™, Studio™. G-SPEED Q hard drives from G-Technology are the ideal storage solutions for content creation professionals. With its built-in RAID controller, the G-SPEED Q is not tied to a single workstation and can be easily transported and used on a laptop or desktop in the edit bay or on the road. With
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System Requirements Safety • Mac OS X 10.3 or higher The disk drives and components contained in your G-SPEED Windows XP /Vista/ Windows 7 • Q are delicate electronic instruments and are susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Place the unit in a What’s in the Box vented area away from moisture or liquids. Take a moment to ensure that the following items are included in the box. G-SPEED Q G-SPEED Q Storage Unit • (4) Removable Disk Modules • 1 meter eSATA cable • 1 FW 800 c
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Attention Mac OS X Users G-SPEED Q is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS X systems. If you are running Mac OS X, G-SPEED Q will mount on the OS X desktop right out of the box. If it becomes necessary to re- format G-SPEED Q for Mac OS X, go here. Attention Windows Users G-SPEED Q must be formatted for the Windows Operating System before using the G-SPEED Q. For more information about using the G-SPEED Q for Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 use, please visit: http://ww
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For an explanation of supported RAID levels, please refer to Note: Currently, you must Option + Drag the application to Appendix A, “RAID Levels Explained”. the Applications folder to copy it there. It will not function correctly by merely dragging it there. Note: Unlike the G-SPEED eS and G-SPEED eS Pro, you cannot include more than one unit in any RAID con!guration. 6. After you have opened the G-Technology RAID SPEED eS INSTALLATION GUIDE Con!guration Utility, the following dialog box wil
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11. Another dialog box will remind you to backup !les you do not want to permanently erase. Click Yes only after you are sure your !les are backed up. 12. After you have clicked Yes, a new dialog box will appear reminding you not to unplug any cables as the G-SPEED Q is 9. Select the RAID 0 radio button to change the RAID level being reinitialized. from RAID 5. Select RAID 5 if you wish the G-SPEED Q to be changed to RAID 0. Click the Con!gure button. 10. A dialog box will launch to warn y
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16. After Disk Utility is launched, click on the Partition button. Under Volume Scheme, choose 1 Partition. 14. A dialog box will then launch indicating that the RAID con!guration is complete. Click the Exit button. 15. A Disk Insertion warning dialog appears, warning you that the disk is not readable by the computer. It’s OK because you still must create a partition for the RAID in Apple Disk Utility. Click the Initialize button to launch Disk Utility. Note: If the Disk Insertion dialog bo
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17. Click the Options button to choose the proper partition scheme. Click the radio button for GUID Partition Table, then click OK. 21. Apple Disk Utility begins the formatting process. Upon completion, the G-SPEED Q is fully functional. However, you will want to restore the original G-SPEED Q icon. Restoring the G-SPEED Q Icon You will see the standard icon for USB after completing the formatting process. If you desire to return the 18. Rename the Volume: G-SPEED Q or any other name you
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2. Once downloaded, select the icon for the G-SPEED Q in the The icon for your G-SPEED Q has G-Technology Icons disk. now been restored. 3. Press Command + C to copy the icon. You can now close the Get Info window. 4. Select the G-SPEED Q USB icon on the After reinitializing the drive and Desktop and press restoring your icon, your G- Command + I. SPEED Q is ready for use. 5. Select the USB Icon G-SPEED Q Alarms in the “Get Info” The G-SPEED Q is equipped with visual alarms to alert you to
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visual alarms. the drive has spun up to speed, the drive will indicate that the array is rebuilding. The rebuild time is approximately 2 hours What To Do In The Event Of A Disk Drive Failure per TB. The internal components of the G-SPEED Q continually monitor the health of each of the disk drives. In the event of a Note: You can continue using the G-SPEED Q even while the disk failure, a visual alarm will appear. volume is being rebuilt, albeit at slower data rates. NOTE: If G-SPEED Q was co
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• Other devices attached to your computer Optimizing Data Transfer Rates Thank you for purchasing G-SPEED Q. If you have any G-SPEED Q can be connected to any Mac or PC equipped comments or questions about this manual or the product, with an eSATA, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 or USB 2.0 port. please call (310) 449-4599, or send an email to support@g-technology.com For best performance, G-SPEED Q should be connected via eSATA*. Limited Warranty *Data rates will be even higher if you
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What does this limited warranty not cover? insurance in shipping the drive to our logistics center. You The limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from should remove all personal information from the product commercial use, misuse, accident, modi!cation or alteration prior to its return. to hardware or software, tampering, unsuitable physical or operating environment beyond product speci!cations, What will Hitachi GST do? improper maintenance, or failure caused by a product for Hi
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the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors” JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. For G-Technology by Hitachi products less than 1TB: “One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive G-Technology, a capacity. Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operating division of Hitachi environment and formatting. Global Storage Appendix A: RAID Levels Explained Technologies The following chart will help you understand the difference Tel: (310)
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APPENDIX B: Notes It is recommended not to exceed the standard eSATA cable length of 1 meter (3 feet). 15
