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Summary of Contents for EliteRAID ER104CT

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Page 3: ...DICATION 2 1 4 2 RAID SELECTOR SWITCH 2 1 4 3 SMART FAN 3 1 4 4 BUZZER 3 1 5 RAID MODES 3 1 5 1 DISK SPANNING 3 1 5 2 DISK STRIPING RAID 0 3 1 5 3 DISK MIRRORING RAID 1 3 1 5 4 DISK MIRRORING WITH STRIPING RAID 10 4 1 5 5 DISK STRIPING WITH PARITY RAID 5 4 1 5 6 CHANGING THE RAID MODE 4 2 1 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5 2 2 REPLACING HARD DRIVES 6 2 3 CONNECTION TO COMPUTER 6 3 1 FAQ 7 3 2 ABOUT DATA BACK...

Page 4: ...ATA II hard drives 1 5Gb s or 3 0Gb s x 20GB 1 5TB per HDD x Hard drives of identical capacities are recommended 1 2 Package Contents Package content may vary depending on vendor version x EliteRAID ER104CT no hard drives included x Power cord x Interface cables x Manual 1 3 About this Manual Firmware images and descriptions may slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Fun...

Page 5: ... SPAN Spanning with 2 hard drives 2 SPAN Spanning with 4 hard drives 3 RAID 0 RAID 0 Striping with 2 hard drives 4 RAID 0 RAID 0 Striping with 4 hard drives 5 RAID 1 RAID 1 Mirroring with 2 hard drives 6 RAID 10 Mirroring Striping with 4 hard drives 7 RAID 5 RAID 5 with 3 hard drives 8 RAID 5 RAID 5 with 4 hard drives 9 RAID 5 RAID 5 with 3 hard drives 1 spare Note Hard drives of identical capacit...

Page 6: ...ly across the drives By itself it does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits 1 5 2 Disk Striping RAID 0 The drives show up as one large single volume but the total size will depend on the drive with the smallest capacity Used where speed is the primary objective but RAID Level 0 also called striping is not redundant This form of array splits each piece of data across the drives in seg...

Page 7: ...e provides the perfect balance between high performance and data integrity When one hard drive fails it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically Æ 3 drives Æ 4 drives Æ 3 drives 1 spare Spare Drive When 3 hard drives plus 1 spare drive are used the total capacity will only be as large as two drives When one drive fails the data will be rebuilt immediately by using the spare drive rather ...

Page 8: ...teps for each hard drive cassette you are planning to install 5 Set the RAID selector switch according to your requirements Turn on the power connect the drive to your computer create a new partition and format the drives Note Be careful not to damage any components and do not force the drives into place If they don t slide in properly make sure the drives have been installed in the correct positi...

Page 9: ...ng the RAID array will take several hours depending on drive capacity 4 For RAID 0 and Spanning erase the old partition create a new one and then format the drives again Note We recommend not turning off the power during the rebuild process but if it is interrupted it will continue rebuilding the data as soon as the power is turned back on 2 3 Connection to Computer A few precautions and notes whe...

Page 10: ...e immediate access to your data the drives will always keep spinning as long as the power is turned on Q Why does the LED indication for some of the drives light up red A If one of the HDD LEDs lights up red and at the same time the Rebuild LED lights up orange the drive is defective If less than 4 drives are installed and the Rebuild LED does not light up at the same time it simply indicates that...

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