Macpower & Tytech Hydra 800+, User Manual

Page 1: ...Hydra 800 4 Bay Storage Enclosure for 3 5 Serial ATA Hard Drives User Manual v1 3 January 12 2009 EN ...

Page 2: ...TENTS 4 ABOUT DATA BACKUP 4 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 9 CHAPTER 4 APPENDIX 16 CHAPTER 2 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5 ADDING MORE HARD DRIVES 8 REPLACING A FAULTY HARD DRIVE 8 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 P...

Page 3: ...ista are trademarks of Microsoft Important information The Hydra 800 Maximise your storage c with the Hydra 4 Bay SATA Enclosure An ultra durable aluminium casing provides efficient heat dissipation plus extra large powerful rear fan keeps your hard drives cool duri long hours of operation Advanced RAID technology provides extra protection for all your valuable data content P 9 6in x 7in x 5 3in O...

Page 4: ...ydra 800 installed the 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 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 Rebuilding data in SAFE m...

Page 5: ... of the installed 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 Position A of the 2TB volume not in use and it s not possible to create and The smart fan automatically regulates the fan speed according art using low speed from 0 every 5 degrees until 60 degrees and use full speed above 61 degrees Celsius ion will light al ty of the r...

Page 6: ... Requirements Minimum Intel Pen III CPU 500MHz 128MB RAM FireWire equipped PC Windows 2000 XP Vista USB 2 0 USB 1 1 equipped PC Windows 2000 XP Vista M S ca P Package Content may vary depending on vendor version 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 o copy on your Hydra and a second copy either on ...

Page 7: ...aulty hard drive the 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 front panel is out o 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 the cassettes for the hard drives loos...

Page 8: ...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 6 ...

Page 9: ...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 he screws by turning them clockwise 8 Slide the hard drive cassettes back into the HDD rack and fasten t 9 Align the bottom of the front panel with the notch in the chassis and then push it lightly in...

Page 10: ...he RAID mode press the CONFIRM button again to save the settings 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 the ERROR LED will light up red 2 Remove the front panel and check which of the drives has drive instead of a steady green for n...

Page 11: ... revert back to the previous setup Connection to your Computer A Check the cables for visible damage before turning it on Do not expose the product to water or humid 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 USB connection has the priority To use a different interface cables first before connec ...

Page 12: ...t 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 striping The drives show up as one large single volume This mode quires 4 identical drives to implement Used where speed is e primary objective RAID Level 0 also called striping is not redundant This form of a...

Page 13: ...lly 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 a set o data on the second drive This is useful when reliability and backup are more imp SAFE II RAID 10 mirroring striping The drives show up as one single volume This mode requires 4 identical drives to im...

Page 14: ...ing the interface cable 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 installed and setup already you d not need to change anything unless you prefer a different setup Turn on your Computer For the safe removal of your drive and to lost always follow t...

Page 15: ... and set your preferred 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 and turn it on No driver installation required The external drive will mount and show up on your des Note For more info about formatting see Partitioning Formatting Remove Procedure ...

Page 16: ...agement 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 re change the RAID mode or want to erase all data on your drive PC run F Right click on My Computer and choose Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to fo further commands Choose New Partition For...

Page 17: ...B m sure the 2TB switch is set to position B and it will automatically split the volum y ake es A B D Choose your external drive and format it according to your C 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 indows as well as on your Mac we recommend using the A...

Page 18: ...ained 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 reserves the right to make changes in the specifications and or design of this product without prior notice The diagrams cont ed in this manual may also not fully represent the product that you are using and are there f...