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User Manual

 

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User Manual 

A-DATA XPG 3.5” SSD RAID Enclosure 

 

Description: 

The RAID Enclosure is a complete RAID solution through the use of 

two 2.5" SATA hard disks mounted on one mini 3.5" form factor drive 

cage. It is used as a standard 2.5" SSD/HDD with mirroring capability 

(RAID 1).    By mirroring technique, it maintains data in two disk drives 

simultaneously and securely. If one drive fails, it automatically switches 

operations to the functional drive and after changed a new hard drive 

the data is mirroring back. 

 
 

Features: 

* Interface: 

SATA-I/II

 

* LED indication for Working and Failure.

 

 

* The dimensions match exactly as a standard 3.5" bay.   

* Energy saving on using 2.5” SSD or HDD. 

* For the use on desktop, server case, rack mount chassis that is 

  with 3.5” form factor space. 

Summary of Contents for XPG

Page 1: ...RAID 1 By mirroring technique it maintains data in two disk drives simultaneously and securely If one drive fails it automatically switches operations to the functional drive and after changed a new hard drive the data is mirroring back Features Interface SATA I II LED indication for Working and Failure The dimensions match exactly as a standard 3 5 bay Energy saving on using 2 5 SSD or HDD For th...

Page 2: ...ps for SATA I and 3 0Gbps for SATA II SSD Auto Eject when you open the front cover Aluminum material best heat sink Dimension 148 2 x 101 7 x 25 8mm L W H Weight 0 23 kg Accessory List 1 3 5 RAID Enclosure 1 2 User Manual 1 3 7 pin SATA Cable 1 4 Screws Bag 1 With 4 screws Front Panel Picture A ...

Page 3: ...A6 Upper SSD HDD Safety Lock Push rightward to open push leftward to lock A7 Push the rise high position to open the upper lower cover A8 Lower SSD HDD Safety Lock Push rightward to open push leftward to lock Rear Panel B1 SATA 15pin power connector B2 SATA 7pin data connector for SSD HDD 0 B3 RAID mode configuration DIP switch B4 Change mode button ...

Page 4: ...Off Hard Drive 1 uninstalled No Light On Hard Drive 0 Fail Red Flash Hard Drive 1 Access Blue The following is the special case LED table LED Indicator in special case Message LED Color Action Both Hard Drives installed without cable connection A1 A2 Blue Light on The following is the LED Indicator in RAID modes RAID Mode LED Indicator RAID Mode Message LED Color Action RAID 1 Reading A1 Blue Flas...

Page 5: ...HDD Safety Lock Lower SSD HDD Safety Lock Push rightward to open push leftward to lock See Picture C Picture C SSD HDD Installing Open the upper lower cover and put the SSD HDD into the cage You can install one SSD HDD or two SSDs HDDs Picture D ...

Page 6: ...ower covers see picture C push the lock rightward and open the two covers and then put the two 2 5 SATA SSDs HDDs into the box See Picture D 3 After both SSDs HDDs installed push both covers back like picture C and then push the lock button leftward to lock both covers to secure the SSDs HDDs inside properly 4 Then mount the 3 5 enclosure on the 3 5 space using the included screws to mount it on t...

Page 7: ... 5 enclosure on the device Picture F 1 Mount it on the floppy drive bay Picture F 2 Mount it inside the case 7 Connect the 3 5 enclosure with PC via 15pin SATA power cable from Power Supply and 7pin SATA cable using included cable See Picture F 3 Picture E ...

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Page 9: ...ut the Power Cable before you change the Dip Switch Step 2 Ready to Reset the RAID Setting Change the Dip Switch to Normal Mode position to be ready for reset Step 3 Reset Complete Press CHANGE MODE button for 5 seconds and Plug on the Power Cable to activate the RAID setting at the same time RAID Config RAID Status 1 2 Normal OFF OFF RAID 1 OFF ON JBOD ON OFF RAID 0 ON ON ...

Page 10: ...econds and Plug on the Power Cable to activate the RAID setting at the same time Note A If present mode is in Normal Mode users don t need to reset B Users should wait at least 5 seconds to activate the RAID Mode and then release the Change Mode button C After the selected RAID is built ready then to partition format the RAID built SSDs HDDs After SSDs HDDs being formatted they are ready to be use...

Page 11: ...not supported it can recognize one HDD only 2 RAID 1 Mode Set DIP SW 1 OFF SW 2 ON RAID 1 Mode is the RAID Mode with high safety Mirror backup Selecting RAID 1 system will help you perfectly protect your data by building the same data in your both hard drives However it is the smallest capacity within RAID Modes For example you install 100GB and 80GB Hard Drives and the capacity will be one 80GB d...

Page 12: ...is the fastest RAID Mode Advantage of RAID 0 is to achieve high performance by accumulating each individual hard disk performance However if any one hard disk gets defective information stored in this RAID 0 will be invalid RAID 0 Mode will just make use of the same size disk space in each hard disk condition For Example You install 100GB and 80GB Hard Drives and the capacity will be 160GB 80GB 80...

Page 13: ...D Table to see if it s normal If the LED is in normal situation Then Please check if the SSD HDD is formatted or not D Can I install SSD 1 and HDD 1 and work well Yes it ll work fine and the performance is depended on the SSD HDD that you installed E What s the default RAID mode when I get the product The default RAID mode is Normal Mode And please check the RAID Mode setting steps to change the R...

Page 14: ...connecting H Why is the capacity small in RAID 1 The RAID 1 is the safest RAID Mode The RAID enclosure needs the same capacity in both Hard Drives to mirror the data Though the capacity will be smallest the data can rebuild automatically in case one of your hard drive is broken ...

Page 15: ... not disconnect the storage device even if your PC supports hot plug Disclaimer All the information in this document is subject to change without prior notice The manufacturer makes no representations or any warranties regarding the Contents of this manual The information contained in this manual is provided for the general use by the customers No part of this document may be reproduced or transmi...

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