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LaCie Biggest Quadra Table of Contents User Manual page Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions 4 General Use Precautions 4 1. Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra 6 2. About the LaCie Biggest Quadra 7 2.1. Minimum System Requirements 7 2.2. Package Content 8 2.3. Specifications 9 2.4. Views of the Drive 10 2.4.1. Front View 10 2.4.2. Rear View 11 2.5. Cables and Connectors 12 2.5.1. FireWire 400 and 800 Cables and Connectors 12 2.5.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables and Connectors 13 2.5.
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Table of Contents User Manual page 5. Using the LaCie Biggest Quadra 35 5.1. Disk Status and Activity Indicators 35 5.2. LCD Display Messages 36 5.2.1. Initialization Messages 36 5.2.2. Rebuild Messages 37 5.2.3. Failure and Error Messages 38 5.2.4. RAID and Disk Status Messages 39 5.2.5. RAID and Disk Information Messages 40 6. Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest Quadra 42 6.1. Removing/Replacing A Drive 42 6.2. Firmware Updates 42 7. Technical Information 43 7.1. File System
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Forward User Manual page Copyrights ❖ Connect the equipment into an out- LaCie Biggest Quadra Tested To Comply let on a circuit different from that to Copyright © 2007 LaCie. All rights re- With FCC standards which the receiver is connected. served. No part of this publication may FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE ❖ Consult the dealer or an experienced be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- radio/TV technician for help. tem, or transmitted in any form or by FCC Statement any
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Forward User Manual page This symbol on the prod- ment. The collection and recycling of CAUTION: A shielded-type uct or on its packaging your waste equipment at the time of power cord is required in order indicates that this product disposal will help to conserve resources to meet FCC emission limits and must not be disposed of and ensure that it is recycled in a way also to prevent interference to the with your other household waste. In- that protects health and
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Forward User Manual page ❖ Do not place heavy objects on top of ing use or storage. Dust can build up ❖ Do not attempt to remove a hard the LaCie Biggest Quadra or use ex- inside the device, increasing the risk disk from a drive tray. Removal of cessive force on it. of damage or malfunction. a hard disk by anyone other than an authorized LaCie Technical Support ❖ Never use excessive force on your ❖ Never use benzene, paint thinners, representative will void the warran
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Introduction User Manual page 1. Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie Biggest Quadra. This high-performance, ex- tremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen- dent/Inexpensive Disks) subsystem is ideally suited for integration with databases, imaging systems and e-mail and Web servers. RAID technology is one of the best means to pro- tect your data, while providing greater performance, data integrity and ava
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 2. About the LaCie Biggest Quadra 2.1. Minimum System Requirements TeChNICAl NOTe: Windows 2000 Users! In Windows Users order for the LaCie Biggest Quadra to be recog- nized by your computer using the FireWire/IEEE 1394 interface, you must have Windows Service ❖ Pentium III or higher compatible processor Pack 3 installed on your operating system. To en- ❖ 128MB RAM or greater sure that you have the correct configuratio
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© 2 0 0 6 L a C i e , a l l r i g h t SATA SATA s r LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 2.2. Package Content Your LaCie hard drive package should contain the following: 1 1 LaCie Biggest Quadra RAID with 4 SATA hard disks 2 eSATA cable 3 FireWire 800 9-to-9-pin cable 4 FireWire 800/400 9-to-6-pin cable 5 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable 6 Power cable 7 Drive lock keys (2) 4 2 3 8 LaCie Utilities CD-ROM 9 Quick Install Guide 5 6 ImpOrTANT INO f : Please save your packag
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 2.3. Specifications ■ Host Interface ❖ eSATA, FireWire 400, FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 ■ Weight and Dimensions ❖ 25.3 lbs/11.5 Kgw ❖ 152.8 x 206.4 x 268.5 mm ■ Operation Temperature ❖ 0 - 35°C ■ Operation Humidity ❖ 5 - 95%, non condensing ■ Storage Humidity ❖ 5 - 95%, non-condensing ■ Power Supply ❖ 200W; input 100~250V AC; output +5V/10A, +12V/10A, +3.3V/5A ■ Available Capacity ❖ RAID 0 = 100% ❖ RAID 0+1= 50% ❖ RAID 5 = 75%
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 0 2.4. Views of the Drive ■ 2.4.1. Front View 1 Disk Activity Indicator – Indicates when the 5 4 3 disk is being accessed. For more information, please see section 5.1. Disk Status and Activity Indicators. 2 2 Disk Status Indicator – Indicates the status of Disk the disk. For more information, please see section 1 Disk 5.1. Disk Status And Activity Indicators. 6 3 Enter/Mute Button – The enter button is used to set the
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page ■ 2.4.2. Rear View 1 Ventilation Fan – The ventilation fan keeps your 6 7 8 9 drive cool during operation. Be sure not to block the fan when using your drive. 5 2 Power Switch – The power svwitch is the main 0 5 0-1 5-S eSATA USB on/off switch for the LaCie Biggest Quadra. Power Supply Connector – This is where you 3 1 plug in the AC adapter supplied with the drive. For more information, please see section 4.2. Creating
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 2.5. Cables and Connectors ■ 2.5.1. FireWire 400 and 800 Cables and Connectors FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high- FireWire 800 Benefits speed serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other, and ❖ Resourceful architecture: FireWire 800 reduces FireWire 800 is the implementation of the new IEEE delays in arbitration and signal distortion, and 1394b standard.
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page ■ 2.5.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables and Connectors USB is a serial input/output technology for connect- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits ing peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this ❖ Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 standard, and it provides the necessary bandwidth and works with the original USB specifications. data transfer rates to support high speed devi
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S-ATA LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page ■ 2.5.3. eSATA Cables and Connectors Your LaCie Biggest Quadra uses the latest in SATA technology, allowing interface (or bus) transfer rates of up to 3 Gbits/s. SATA technology was originally de- veloped to serve as an internal interface, delivering im- proved performance to internal connections. Soon after, eSATA, or external SATA was developed, allowing for the use of shielded cables outside the PC. eSATA techn
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LaCie Biggest Quadra About the LaCie Biggest Quadra User Manual page 2.6. Drive Tray Locks The Biggest Quadra’s drive trays can be locked into CAUTION: To prevent the unexpected or acci- place with the provided keys to prevent accidental drive dental pull-out of drive trays, LaCie recommends tray removal and damage. LaCie recommends that you that you keep drive trays locked while the Biggest keep your drive trays locked while the Biggest Quadra Quadra is in use. is in use. To lock a dri
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Understanding RAID User Manual page 3. Understanding RAID Your LaCie Biggest Quadra is shipped with a pre- configured RAID level of 5, but it supports four dif- ferent RAID levels: 0, 0 + 1, 5 and 5 + Hot Spare. This section will help you decide which RAID level is right for you. 3.1. RAID 0 Striped Disk Array Without Fault Tolerance ■ Characteristics and Advantages Also called striping, this level offers high transfer ❖ Data is broken down into blocks and each block
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Understanding RAID User Manual page 3.2. RAID 0 + 1 High Data Transfer Performance ■ Characteristics and Advantages This level combines striping and mirroring, which ❖ Implemented as a mirrored array with RAID 0 provides full data redundancy and protects data in the arrays as the segments event that multiple drives fail (provided that the data on one of each mirrored pair of drives is intact). ❖ The same fault tolerance as RAID level 5 Storage capacity in this config
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Understanding RAID User Manual page 3.3. RAID 5 Independent Data Disks With Distributed Parity Blocks ■ Characteristics and Advantages This is the most versatile RAID level and offers high ❖ Highest Read data transaction rate I/O transaction rates, which greatly helps applications that perform large numbers of concurrent requests. If ❖ Medium Write data transaction rate one drive in a RAID 5 array fails, the lost data can be rebuilt from data on the remaining, functio
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LaCie Biggest Quadra Understanding RAID User Manual page 3.4. RAID 5 + Hot Spare This level is the same as RAID 5, but one disk is des- ignated as a “Hot Spare,” which means that in the event of This diagram represents a a disk failure, the “Hot Spare” disk would automatically be RAID 5 array, consisting of E four disks, which are activated to replace the failed disk. D connected to the Controller. C The storage capacity of a RAID 5+ Hot Spare array fol- Parity blocks are represented B b
