Data Storage Master TerraMaster RAID Storage User Manual Model: D5-300C Copyright © 2017 TerraMaster All Rights Reserved.
User Manual 1. Appearance Panel Illustration Rear Cover Illustration ① ② ⑧ ⑦ ⑥ ⑤ ③ ④ NO. Item ① Hard Drive Indicators 1 & 2 Off: Hard drive not detected or hard drive in sleep mode Green: Hard drive is ready Flashing Green: Reading/writing Flashing Red: Hard drive fault or array damage Note: During the process of data recovery on RAID 1 mode, one hard drive indicator flashes green while the other flashes yellow.
2. Hard Drive Installation 1. Pull the handle out of the hard drive tray, grasp it, and draw the hard drive tray from the device. Fix the hard drive and the tray in place using the screws provided, and insert the tray into the device along the track. When inserting the tray, open the handle and keep the handle in this position. Otherwise, the tray may not be inserted into the device correctly. 2. Once the tray is fully inserted, close the handle. Hard drive installation is now complete.
3. RAID Setup The D5-300C houses 5 drive bays. The first two are RAID-capable, and the remaining 3 are independent. This gives you maximum security, flexibility, and storage space in the same chassis. This is known as a RAID 2 + 3 configuration (i.e., 2 RAID drives and 3 single drives). HDD1 and HDD2 support RAID 0, RAID 1, and the single disk mode. The default setting for HDD1 and HDD2 is single disk mode. Using single disk mode, each drive displays and operates independently.
Step 2: Select a RAID mode. You can do this by using a screwdriver to turn the rotary switch located on the rear cover, moving the pointer to your desired RAID mode. Step 3: To ensure the newly-selected RAID mode takes effect, use a pin to press and hold the RESET button for 5 seconds. Warning! The newly-selected RAID mode must be activated by pressing and holding the RESET button for 5 seconds. Troubleshooting This device may not be compatible with hard drives that have been used with other devices.
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Mac OS 1. Go to “Disk Utility > External”; 2. Use the menu to find an unallocated disk; 3. Select the unallocated disk and click “Erase”; 4.Select the relevant “Name”, “Format”, and “Scheme” from the menu and click “Erase”; 5. Once the “Erase” process is finished, RAID initialisation is complete.
Warning! Changing your device’s RAID mode could lead to hard drive formatting, which would delete all data from the hard drives. Therefore, please back up your hard drive data before switching RAID mode. 5. Data Recovery RAID 1 comprises a mirror of the data contents held on two or more disks. If a hard drive becomes faulty, you can just replace the defective hard drive. The data will be recovered to the newly replaced hard drive automatically. How to Recover Data 1.
Note: 1. Your device must be powered on for the entire time that you are replacing the faulty hard drive; 2. Please ensure that the capacity of the newly-inserted hard drive is greater than or equal to the capacity of the faulty hard drive; 3. The data recovery process can last anywhere from several hours to tens of hours. The length of time taken depends on the hard drive capacity; 4.
