Fantec SQ-35RU3e, User Manual

Page 1: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e 4 x 3 5 SATA HDD RAID USB3 0 eSATA User Manual Important All data is deleted when changing the RAID mode Backup the HDD s before changing the RAID mode ...

Page 2: ...p Supports HDD capacity up to 4TB in GPT format Windows 7 Vista Windows XP MBR supports HDD Raid drives up to 2TB 4x500GB Please note 1 Read this user manual carefully before installing and using the product 2 This product works in temperatures between 0o C and 40o C and in relative humidity between 0 and 80 Ensure a well ventilated working environment 3 Do not block the ventilation openings to al...

Page 3: ...er LED Green LIGHTS UP switched on OFF switched off HDD 1 Blue LIGHTS UP HDD connected FLASHES access read write FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY 3Hz HDD fault OFF HDD not installed removed sleep mode HDD 2 Blue LIGHTS UP HDD connected FLASHES access read write FLASHES CONTINUOUSLY 3Hz HDD fault OFF HDD not installed removed sleep mode HDD 3 Blue LIGHTS UP HDD connected FLASHES access read write FLASHES CONTI...

Page 4: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 3 Front Rear view Power LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED HDD3 LED HDD4 LED ...

Page 5: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 4 4 Hardware installation instructions Step1 Push the Locker switch to the left side to unlock the HDD tray Step2 Take out the HDD trays ...

Page 6: ...3 Gluing the rubber pad to the middle at inner side of HDD tray if your HDD is a little shorter Step4 Install the HDD into the tray and insert one screw on each side Make sure screws are firmly tightened holding the tray and HDD together ...

Page 7: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 6 Step5 Slide HDD trays into the case Step6 Push the switch to the right side to lock the HDD tray ...

Page 8: ... from 4 physical drives one virtual drive This is managed by the Raid housing The virtual drive is displayed as a volume on a Windows computer Thanks to the virtual drive you can create a Raid with the FANTEC SQ 35RU3e even with different HDD models The HDDs may have both different capacities and use different speeds RAID mode settings ...

Page 9: ...he device via USB or eSATA cable to the PC 4 Select the Raid mode by setting the RAID switch on the rear of the device 5 Press and hold RAID Reset for 3 5 seconds to reset the HDD mode and to set the new mode 6 Format the HDDs Note Below you will find a detailed instruction for HDD formatting JBOD MODE single JBOD mode displays each drive individually After connecting the device via USB or eSATA a...

Page 10: ...acity limitations as they apply for separately connected HDDs With the BIG mode you get maximum storage capacity without replacing existing HDDs with expensive new and larger ones Note It is not possible to subsequently add further data media or to remove individual drives from Big in both cases Raid would be inconsistent and your data are lost ...

Page 11: ...g In this mode the best data transfer rate is achieved since parallel writing on all HDDs Individual data blocks are distributed simultaneously across the HDDs which increases performance However data redundancy is sacrificed in this mode for increase of performance Note RAID0 mode is very unsafe if one HDD fails all data is lost ...

Page 12: ...lf of the capacity of both HDDs combined for identical HDDs or the capacity of the smaller HDD for different HDDs If one HDD fails the functioning HDD is still useable but the data are in a critical state until the defective HDD is replaced After inserting the new HDD automatically a backup of all data on the sound HDD is affected and redundancy is restored During restoration the HDD is still usea...

Page 13: ... created from HDDs 1 and 2 which corresponds to the storage capacity of the smaller HDD As soon as all four HDDs are inserted the device creates RAID10 This is a combination of RAID 0 striping and RAID 1 mirroring HDDs 1 and 2 create a RAID 0 combination and are mirrored to HDDs 3 and 4 ...

Page 14: ...ation in individual bytes which are written in turn on the existing HDDs A check byte is created and saved on the Parity Disk With an algorithm XOR conjunction it is possible to restore the missing data after disk failure with the check sum Writing is significantly slower than reading XOR PARITY ...

Page 15: ...e parity blocks are stored across all HDDs In case of failure of one HDD data can be restored via XOR conjunction of the remaining blocks with the parity block Advantage is faster distributed reading access but writing is slower than for an individual HDD since writing is always combined with updating parity XOR PARITY ...

Page 16: ...ocated box You most likely would see the Not Initialized message displayed The Hard Disk Drive must be set to Online before partitioning and formatting the Hard Disk Drive 1 Right click the Not Initialized area a disk s initialization menu will appear as below Select Initialize Disk and follow the steps of the HDD Formatting Guide wizard to complete disk initialization ...

Page 17: ...3e User Manual 16 Note Windows Vista and 7 will ask what kind of disk type you want to make MBR or GPT Please Activate MBR if the total volume is less than 2TB If the total volume is more than 2TB please activate GPT ...

Page 18: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 17 Format disk STEP 1 Right click on My Computer and select Manage STEP2 Select Disk Management and you will see your External HDD showed Unallocated ...

Page 19: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 18 STEP 3 Right click on Unallocated and select New Partition STEP 4 The New Partition Wizard is displayed Follow the instructions to complete installation ...

Page 20: ...Fantec SQ 35RU3e User Manual 19 STEP 5 When partitioning is completed the external HDD will be recognized as a New Volume STEP 6 Double click My Computer You will see the new volume appears on your PC ...