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Installation Guide

Mirror Drive

Managing Disk Failures

When one Hard Disk Drive is broken-down, the Error 

indicator LED (Red color) will turn on, you may know 

which HDD is broken down. 

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     To replace the disk, unmount it from the host (for 

                  Windows systems, use safe removal; for Mac OS, 

                   use eject), disconnect the host connection and power 

                   down the "Mirror Drive".

 

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      Replace the failing disk with one of equal or large capacity 

                  and power up the "Mirror Drive" again 

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      The "Auto-Rebuild" function will copy the content 

                  of the "Source Drive" into the "Target Drive" automatically.  

                  When "Auto-Rebuild" is completed, the indicator LEDs 

                  will return to normal status. 

HDD 1 Failed

HDD 2 Failed

Green

Red

Red

Green

HDD Duplicating 

is completed

Green

Green

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Install HDD1 (the drive for the data and software).  

See 1.1 to 1.4 for HDD installation instruction. 

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Power off the mirror drive and install the second 

HDD (HDD2) (the "Target Drive").

Power on the "Mirror Drive" and the "Auto-Rebuild" 

function will copy the content of the "Source Drive" 

into the "Target Drive" automatically. When the duplication 

is completed, data in these two HDDs are synchronous.

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Note: 

HDD2 LED is red

Red

Power on the Mirror Drive.  The system will 

write RIB into HDD1 (the "Source Drive").

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RAID 1 Backup

You may have system write RIB into one HDD 

first, and then use "Auto-Rebuild Function" 

to copy the content of the first HDD into the 

other HDD. When the duplication is completed, 

data in these two HDDs are synchronous.

HDD 1

HDD 2

rebuilding

Green Orange/Red

Blinking

Blinking

Turn off

Note: RIB =RAID Information Block.

Windows (

safe removal

)

Mac OS (

safe removal

)

HDD1

HDD2

Disconnect

Turn on

Turn on

Turn on

Turn off

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FWBU2SATA35DMR/UF2SATA35DMR/UFISATA35DMR/U2SATA35DMR

Summary of Contents for FWBU2SATA35DMR

Page 1: ...ble Unlocked Removable Status Segment B A According different statuses the indicator displays are as followed Non RAID for one or two disks RAID 0 Striping for two disks with same capacity Disk Spanning for two disks with different capacity RAID 1 Mirroring for two disks with same capacity 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 Normal State HDD 1 Failed HDD 2 Failed HDD 1 under Rebuilding HDD 2 under Rebuilding HDD Dup...

Page 2: ... E N136 Q03305 KETI HU10170 3001 Made in China EL D33190 5V 5V RTN RTN 12V 12V CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DRY LOCATION ONLY INDOOR USE ONLY Turn on Turn off Note Push the power switch to turn off the power before you attach the DC Power plug to the DC input How to connect the mirror drive and the computer USB A plug to B plug cable FireWire plug to FireWire plug cable Beta plug to Beta plug ca...

Page 3: ...ither USB or FireWire IEEE 1394 HDD1 HDD2 Pre Requisites for Disk Mirroring Although It is preferable that drives share the same manufacturer and model type it is not mandatory Target Drive must be equal or bigger capacity than the Source Drive Note Any data on the HDDs will be lost Installation Guide Mirror Drive To partition and format a disk connect the Mirror Drive to the host through USB or F...

Page 4: ...ive for the data and software See 1 1 to 1 4 for HDD installation instruction 6 3 2 6 3 3 Power off the mirror drive and install the second HDD HDD2 the Target Drive Power on the Mirror Drive and the Auto Rebuild function will copy the content of the Source Drive into the Target Drive automatically When the duplication is completed data in these two HDDs are synchronous 6 3 4 Note HDD2 LED is red ...

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