Macpower & Tytech Hydra S2, User Manual

Page 1: ...Hydra S2 4 Bay Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives User Manual v1 0 August 12 2008 EN...

Page 2: ...PTER 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 CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX 16 HARD DISK MODE 9 RAID SETUP 9 BIG J...

Page 3: ...rks of Microsoft Important information The Hydra S2 Maximise your storag with the Hydra 4 Bay SATA Enclosure An ultra durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation plus extra large powe...

Page 4: ...he blinking LEDs for C D can be ig ailed View Det LED or Status or Function Button POWER OFF Power off Blue Power on BIG Yellow BIG mode active JBOD spanning FAST Amber FAST mode active RAID 0 stripin...

Page 5: ...led drives exceeds 2TB the B LED will light up When the 2TB switch is set to B tomatically be split into two B C D If your Operating System larger than 2TB e g 64bit OS setting the large volume instea...

Page 6: ...tem R PC Requirements Minimum Intel Pen III CPU 500MHz 128MB RAM eSATA equipped PC with port multiplier Windows XP Vis USB 2 0 USB 1 1 equipped PC Windows 2000 XP Vista M S ca P may vary depending on...

Page 7: ...e device does not he rive Assembly h at the bottom of the case and push the f the have to be turned off during t replacement Chapter 2 Hard D 1 Unlock the switc inner chassis from the back until the f...

Page 8: ...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...

Page 9: ...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 he screws by turnin...

Page 10: ...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 the ERROR LED wi...

Page 11: ...mid conditions Do not cover the enclosure s ventilation holes Hard Disk Mode When using your Hydra and more than one interface cable is connected the eSATA connection has the priority To use USB inste...

Page 12: ...RAID that is written sequentially a 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 s...

Page 13: ...es A B C D SAFE RAID 1 mirrorin The drives show up as two volumes each representing one set This mode requires 1 or 2 sets of 2 identical drives to implement RAID 1 creates an exact copy or mirror of...

Page 14: ...ble or connect the device before booting your Operating System Installation on a PC Before connecting the device install the hard drives and set your preferred RAID mode If the drives have been pre in...

Page 15: ...red RAID mode If the drives 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 Hydra an...

Page 16: ...sk management program Manage rmat and right click on it for Follow the Partition Wizard to setup the drive Be aware that this will destroy all your existing data on the dr so make sure you have a ba r...

Page 17: ...em does not support single volumes over 2TB set the 2 y nd TB switch position B and it ill automatically split the volumes A B C D Choose your external drive and format it according to your to w requi...

Page 18: ...formation contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable Macpower Tytech Technology assumes no responsibility for any errors contained in this manual Macpower Tytech Technology reser...