Galaxy 4500MGB Quad Bay, User Manual

Page 1: ...4500MGB Quad Bay User Manual 4 Bay Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives EN ...

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Page 3: ...OUT DATA BACKUP 4 CHAPTER 2 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5 ADDING MORE HARD DRIVES 8 REPLACING A FAULTY HARD DRIVE 8 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 9 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 9 HARD DISK MODE 9 RAID SETUP 9 BIG JBOD SPANNING 10 FAST RAID 0 STRIPING STRIPING 10 SAFE RAID 1 MIRRORING 11 SAFE II RAID 10 MIRRORING STRIPING 11 INSTALLATION ON A PC 12 REMOVE PROCEDURE 12 INSTALLATION ON A MACINTOSH 13 REMOVE PROCEDU...

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Page 5: ... SATA Enclosure An ultra durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation plus an extra large powerful rear fan keeps your hard drives cool during long hours of operation Advanced RAID technology provides extra protection for all your valuable data content Product Dimensions 24 5cm x 17 7cm x 13 5cm 9 6in x 7in x 5 3in MS DOS Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista are trademarks of Microsoft ...

Page 6: ...ew LED indication and buttons as seen beneath the front panel of the 4500MGB Quad Bay LED or Button Status or Function POWER OFF Power off Blue Power on BIG Yellow BIG mode active JBOD spanning FAST Amber FAST mode active RAID 0 striping striping SAFE Green SAFE mode active RAID 1 mirroring SAFE FAST Green Amber SAFE II mode active RAID 10 mirroring striping ERROR REBUILD Red Error Green Rebuildin...

Page 7: ... 7 USB 2 0 port 3 2TB volume switches 8 Power receptacle 100 240V 4 2TB volume indication 9 Power supply ON OFF switch 5 FireWire 400 port 2TB Volume Switch When the total capacity of the installed drives exceeds 2TB the 2TB LED will light up When the 2TB switch is set to B volumes larger than 2TB will automatically be split into two smaller volumes A B C D If your Operating System supports volume...

Page 8: ...s 1 5Gb s 20GB 1TB per HDD For the FAST and SAFE mode hard drives of identical capacities are recommended Package Contents 4500MGB Quad Bay no HDD included Power cord Interface cables Manual About Data Backup To protect your files and help prevent the loss of your data we strongly recommend that you keep two copies of your data one copy on your 4500MGB Quad Bay and a second copy either on your int...

Page 9: ...replacing a faulty hard drive the device does not have to be turned off during the replacement Chapter 2 Hard Drive Assembly 1 Unlock the switch at the bottom of the case and push the inner chassis from the back until the front panel is out of the housing 2 Pull the front panel out and then lift it up to remove it 3 Turn the screws on the HDD rack counter clockwise to loosen it and then pull out t...

Page 10: ...e is installed correctly 4 Remove the screws that are holding the plastic bracket in place 5 Install the hard drive as illustrated below with the SATA connector facing away from the front 6 Mount the drive with the six screws from the side 7 Repeat the previous 3 steps for each hard drive cassette you are planning to install ...

Page 11: ...rt from drive A followed by B and then C so one hard drive should be installed at position A two drives at A B and three drives at A B C If drives are installed in a different position it will be detected as error 8 Slide the hard drive cassettes back into the HDD rack and fasten the screws by turning them clockwise 9 Align the bottom of the front panel with the notch in the chassis and then push ...

Page 12: ...cessed 3 Release the CONFIRM button 4 Without changing the RAID mode press the CONFIRM button again to save the settings 5 The device will now automatically reset itself and add the new drive s 6 Mount the front panel Replacing a faulty Hard Drive When using the SAFE or SAFE II mode a faulty hard drive can easily be replaced and the data restored automatically 1 When one of the drives is defective...

Page 13: ...e interface cable is connected the USB connection has the priority To use a different interface make sure to disconnect any of the other cables first before connecting the new one When the device is turned on the hard drives will keep spinning to provide immediate access to the data even when the Operating System goes into stand by mode so when not in use we recommend always turning off the power ...

Page 14: ... is an array not RAID that is written sequentially across the drives By itself it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits Use this if you have installed 1 4 hard drives with different capacities FAST RAID 0 striping striping The drives show up as one large single volume This mode requires 4 identical drives to implement Used where speed is the primary objective RAID Level 0 also ca...

Page 15: ... RAID 1 creates an exact copy or mirror of a set of data on the second drive This is useful when reliability and backup are more important than data capacity The available capacity to the user will be 50 of the total capacity for each set but when one hard drive fails it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically SAFE II RAID 10 mirroring striping The drives show up as one single volume Th...

Page 16: ...o not need to change anything unless you prefer a different setup Turn on your Computer and start Windows Connect the 4500MGB Quad Bay and turn it on Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive Note For more info about formatting see Partitioning Formatting Remove Procedure For the safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is...

Page 17: ...have been pre installed and setup already you do not need to change anything unless you prefer a different setup Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the 4500MGB Quad Bay and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up on your desktop Note For more info about formatting see Partitioning Formatting Remove Procedure For the safe removal of your driv...

Page 18: ...This step is usually only required the first time you install a factory new hard drive if you change the RAID mode or want to erase all data on your drive PC running Windows For Windows use the disk management program Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to format and right click on it for further commands Choose New Partition Follow the Par...

Page 19: ...Mac OS For Mac OS X use the disk utility to format and create partitions on your external disk Select Disk Utility in the utilities folder Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirements For Mac OS X we recommend formatting the drive using the native Mac file system HFS also known as Mac OS Extended If you want to use your drive on a PC running Microsoft Windows as well as ...

Page 20: ... computer goes into stand by mode A No to provide immediate access to your data the drives will always keep spinning as long as the power is turned on About this Manual Firmware images and descriptions may slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2008 by Galaxy Metal Gear Inc all Rights Reserved The information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate ...

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