Manual

KEY FEATURES..........................................................................................................11
Hot Spare............................................................................................................11
Automatic drive rebuilding .................................................................................11
Hard drive hot swapping ....................................................................................11
Multiple host interface support...........................................................................11
Warranty.............................................................................................................11
SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................12
Available host intefaces and transfer speeds ......................................................12
Disk Interface Support ........................................................................................12
RAID Function Support ......................................................................................12
Subsystem Function Support...............................................................................12
Mechanical, Environmental and Safety Specifications.......................................13
Dimensions: 402mm x 200mm x 175mm.............................................................13
CHAPTER 2-B
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MAKING SURE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.....................................................................14
What's in the box.................................................................................................14
What else you need .............................................................................................16
PRE-INSTALLATION PLANNING ..................................................................................16
Introduction to RAID levels ................................................................................16
RAID 0 ................................................................................................................17
RAID 0+1............................................................................................................18
RAID 5 and RAID 5+hot spare...........................................................................19
PRE-INSTALLATION NOTICES.....................................................................................21
CHAPTER 3-S
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FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH ACUTA 4/4S.........................................................22
Overview.............................................................................................................22
Front view...........................................................................................................23
Rear view ............................................................................................................24
Host connection ports: IEEE 1394 and USB interface version ..........................24
Host connection ports: Serial ATA interface version..........................................25
LOADING DRIVES INTO ACUTA 4/4S........................................................................25
CHAPTER 4-S
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ARRAY CREATION FLOWCHART.................................................................................29
SETTING RAID LEVEL...............................................................................................30
Setting RAID 0 ....................................................................................................32
Setting RAID 0+1................................................................................................32
Setting RAID 5 ....................................................................................................32