TR8UT+ Detailed User`s Manual
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1. Now Partition Wizard Select Partition Type There are thiee types of paritions primary extended and logical Select ths partition pou wan to create a Primary partition O Extended partition Logical dive Description 4 primary partition is a volume you create using lee space on a basic dsk Windows and other operating systems can start from a primary partition You can create up to four primary parbliors or three primary partitions and an extended partition lt Back i Nestop J Cancel 6 Specify the partition size By default the partition occupies the entire volume Click Next New Partition Wizard Specify Partition Size Choose a partition size that is between the maximum and minimum sizes Maxium disk space in megabytes MB 476153 Minimum disk space in Mb Partition size in MB 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next New Partition Wizard Assign Drive Letter or Path For easier access you can assign a drive letter or drive path to your partition O Mount in the following empty NTFS folder Do not assign a drive letter or drive path mm 8 Name and format the partition and click Next New Partition Wizard Format Partition To store data on this partition you must format it first Choose whether you want to format this partition and if so what settings you want to use Do not format this partition 2 Format this partition with the following settings2. File system NTFS vi Volume label My Disk Perform a quick format Enable file and folder compression New Partition Wizard Completing the New Partition Wizard You have successfully completed the New Partition Wizard fou selected the following settings Partition type Priman Darton caos A Disk selected Disk 1 Partition size 476153 MB Drive letter or path E File system NTFS Allocation unit size Default Volume label My Disk Chuck formar Nin To close this wizard click Finish 10 Repeat steps 1 through 9 to partition any remaining disks Eg Computer Management ml Ele Action View Window Help es aa 2 ag E Computer Management Local Volume Layout_ Type File System Status Capacity Free Space Free By System Tools S C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25GB 25 79GB 69 Event Viewer mn Partition Basic NTFS Healthy 464 9 464 92GB 99 Shared Folders Local Users and Groups Performance Logs and Alerts Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Disk Management da Services and Applications Healthy System My Disk E 464 99 GB NTFS Healthy gt BE Primary partition 5 1 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS Note Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and drag the old drive to the trash to un mount previously partition After you configure and partition the new volumes restore the backed up data to th
3. IGITAL TOWERRAI D TR8U T 6 4 PcLink2 o PC Link 2 POWER oe oo ae o PC Linki 00 PC Link 1 e vt nO 0 0000 R oe DETAILED USER S MANUAL v1 0 TABLE OF CONTENT TT WELCOME Smtr serene Bo a STE OS 2 tal INTRODUC HON sust idad 2 ee PRECAUTION cal tana 3 La FEATURES dabas 3 Ir OVERALL FEATURES ii a AA A AS A A A A A a ae 3 La SATA FEATURES EA A AA A AAA Ai 4 Fao DUSDREA TUNES A a dio 4 4 SO GS GATIONS vi rac ate per oat cn cet stew ca ag a ica ce again arate is 4 LS FO EM REQUIREMENTS cta cis 5 a RESTOS TEMO a oo 5 toe MACINTOSH OS TEMO ai A a e 5 16 PRODUCT SONTEN TS o o tae laae east 6 2 STORAGE POLICIES 02 OS 7 Zid YOLEAN MODE ui A A iso 7 ae EARGEMODE Ni A ita 7 2133 RO0O0 MODE ica 8 A P O VODE E N E E aoc aae vac ueesateecncecs aoa sasamaiaadsateiecheance aapceseiy A OR EE 9 al MODE rre ean e e a E E EE 11 3 gt INSTALLATION 00 aa aE EE Eaa E ese 13 3l INSTALEING ARD DISK DRIVES 13 32 POWERON OPE orlando a E R 14 3 3 INSTALLING SATA TO ESATA BRACKET CABLE oooccccccccccnnnnnnncccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nana 14 24 INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER Mia adas 15 4 CONFIGURATION a At 16 4 1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES cui 16 4 7 1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS 0 aa 16 4 132 USB HOST CONNECTIONS dia 16 42 GHANGING HOST GONNEC TON Sassari 16 AS DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE 3 aia 16 431 WINDOWS SYSTEMS seiere ear r iia 16 432 MACINTO
4. necessary to implement protection the R50 MODE degrades performance for all write operations The parity calculations for R50 MODE may result in read performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R50 volume will be N 2 times N is the number of drive of the smallest drive Pee TETTI BART O A MALT eT TT TT TT Lokal OOOO gg eee Ot ee Og a EE ra Volume i 960GB capacity is 3 times of the smallest drive capacity is 3 times of the smallest drive 1 200GB SYS 1 SYS 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port4 Port 5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 a BS RS MN PES O E a E Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 320GB 400GB 750GB 1500GB 400GB 500GB 1500GB 2000GB Figure R50 MODE storage policy sample configuration 1 If one drive fails the virtual R50 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification process Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process If you continue to
5. will not clean up the drives partition if the drives were use as single drive before E ii A A data A 7 A a A a A A a ERA AA O A ABI E SS ee II A O II O TS On O oe Porrrrrrrrsnrr beseecencee gt j eeeseeeee S teeeeeegeet S 8eeeeregeet oerssprroerenr t e trsrsrrrcnrr OS teeesceesed gt IT ae w ee E A Oe eee gee Ree C ea rr rr rt rr tt rr tr Pr rr st A A A A E Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 A ZA RA A RA RA A omer omwez J ores J Lowes J omes Loves J prez Figure CLEAN MODE storage policy sample configuration 2 1 2 LARGE MODE The LARGE MODE storage policy concatenates a series of physical hard drives as a single large volume resulting in a seamless expansion of virtual volumes beyond the physical limitations of singularly connected hard drives TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage policy delivers maximum storage space without a single large capacity and costly hard drive Any node within a cascaded configuration can be set to LARGE MODE Hard drives 1 to 8 are concatenated into a single virtual volume in the Figure below with a storage capacity that is equal to the sum of each of the physical hard drives 1 to 8 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 320GB 400GB 750GB 1500GB 320GB 400GB 750GB 15
6. 00GB Figure LARGE MODE storage policy sample configuration It is also possible to create a LARGE volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1 However it is not possible to expand an existing LARGE volume by adding another hard disk drive and still preserve any existing data on that volume 2 1 3 ROO MODE The ROO MODE storage policy distributes access across all hard disks by three RAID systems ROO MODE presents the best data speed but no data redundancy ROO MODE storage policy accelerates hard disk drive operating speed by using many disks in parallel Hard disk drive data segments are written to different disks simultaneously which increases performance while sacrificing data redundancy To implement the ROO MODE storage policy the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B Storage first creates 2 single virtual volumes that are striped across hard drive s on SYS1 and SYS2 individually and then striped across both virtual volumes again ere re aD rt OOOO III WOT EAS A 4 Urra poo Volume Virtual RO volume on SYS 1 Virtual RO volume on SYS 2 f Volume i 1280GB i capacity is 4 times of the smallest drive capacity is 4 times of the smallest drive 1 600GB SYS 1 SYS 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port4 Port5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 i E E MN MN ee ae Be Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 320GB 400GB 750GB 1500GB 400GB 500GB 1500GB 2000GB Figure ROO MODE storage policy sa
7. ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HDD1A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HDD2A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD 1 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PC SYSTEMS e Intel Pentium e Windows XP e CD 1 5 1 Il SOOMHz equivalent or faster Windows Vista Windows 7 with the latest Service Packs ROM drive 64 MB of RAM minimum e 250 MB of free disk space e Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution display with at least 256 colors e Mouse or compatible pointing device e USB connection USB2 0 or 3 0 direct host connection e SATA connection Intel ICH Refer to the Mother Board Compatibility List Charpter or optional Host Bus Adapter card controller number Sii3132 4uPD720200 and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support tation on 2TB Please use the bundled mi i Note Some of the on board controller has 1 5 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS e Mac Pro e Mac OS Tiger 10 4 x e Mac OS Leopard 10 5 x e Mac OS Snow Leopard 10 6 x e CD ROM drive e Mouse or compatible pointing device e SATA connection Optional Host Bus Adapter card controller number Sii3132 and associated software drivers with Port Multiplier support e USB connection USB2 0 or 3 0 direct host connection 1 6 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content e TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B x 1 e HDD Screw x 32 eo HDD Tray x8 eo Manual CD x 1 e Power Cable x 1 e SATA to eSATA Bracket Cable x 1 USB Cable x 1 e RR622 PC
8. E to the free I O bracket and connect the SATA cable to a free SATA port from your computer 3 4 INSTALLING HOST BUS ADAPTER The package is bundled with Highpoint RR622 controller card The controller card Please review Highpoint RR6XX Quick Installation Guide for details 4 CONFIGURATION 4 1 CONFIGURATION PREREQUISITES 4 1 1 SATA HOST CONNECTIONS This guide assumes that you have already attached the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B to a host computer that has been installed with Host Bus Adapter HBA If you use a host controller that does not provide Port Multiplier support Such as Intel ICH e The CLEAN MODE storage policy is unavailable when configuring the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B Only one disk is available on the host computer e Virtual volumes that you create in the Advanced Configuration Wizard must use at least 8 gigabytes GB of available system capacity 4 1 2 USB HOST CONNECTIONS If you are connecting your TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B using a USB connection to your host the USB port should be compliant with USB2 0 or 3 0 4 2 CHANGING HOST CONNECTIONS The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B supports both USB and eSATA host connections although only one connection can be attached at any given time For the best data transfer performance you should always use the eSATA host connection If it becomes necessary to change the host connection between eSATA and USB the host computer system and the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B should both be
9. I Express HBA x 1 e eSATA Cable x 1 2 STORAGE POLICIES You can configure the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance to use any of the following storage policies to map the appliance s physical hard drives to virtual drives that are visible to the host computer The virtual drives are called volumes The host operating system treats each volume as if it were a single physical drive This virtualization allows you to overcome restrictions that are imposed by physical hard drives such as speed storage capacity or data storage reliability 2 1 1 CLEAN MODE The CLEAN MODE storage policy enables each hard drive to be seen separately as one drive When using a SATA host controller CLEAN MODE should only be used if the SATA host controller provides Port Multiplier PM support If a host is not PM aware only a single drive is presented drive 1 No such limitation if using a USB host connection The CLEAN MODE storage policy is available for a standalone non cascaded storage or the top level node of a cascaded configuration but not for subordinate nodes Even though you can use the MODE SWITCH to select CLEAN MODE for any node in a cascaded configuration only the first CLEAN MODE volume of any subordinate node is detected by your host Therefore selecting CLEAN MODE for any subordinate node is not recommended Ina CLEAN MODE configuration the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance directly exposes each physical drive The CLEAN MODE
10. SH SYS TEM id a e e a e Ri 17 44 HARD DISKDRVERHOTSWAP rasa 17 AS LEDINDICATVE STATUS cana oia 17 AI A a a a a le alie acetenaasnta 18 M OLEM LED enera E E E RO E E 18 EOD ARAD DISK DRIVE CE ua alar 18 40 MODE SE TUN A a EE 18 AOL 7 MS oy 2 11011 3 come np 19 402 LARGE MODE A AA a meee 21 AB ROO MODE serina AA AAA AAA AAA AA CAE O 22 OR RASO MODE ar AA esis aie AA A AAA Riad 23 409 O A eer ore TR er ee ere ae eee ree ee eee er re eee 25 Ay REBUILDING A REDUNDANO DRIVE aa 26 S PARTIHONING VOLUMES oia a reas 29 Sal PARTITION AN OLUME Scouts as 29 Shh WMINDOWS SYSTEMS A ATA A A AA AA cl 29 She MACINTOSH SYSTEMS A e 34 1 WELCOME 1 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance It is a low cost solution for digital home and small office storage appliances Features of the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B include advanced RAID modes It s available from leading storage partners in pre configured set ups with USB or eSATA host connections Simply connect the appliance with an appropriate USB or eSATA cable to the USB host or eSATA bracket cable must be connected to your mainboard SATA port or HBA The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance are available in 5 different configurations Clean Large ROO R380 and R50 each offering a different application of features and capabilities The TOWERRAID TR amp 8UT TR8UT B Storage Processors are powered by hardware RAID chipset It is
11. Select a configured disk and click the Partition tab This procedure illustrates the LARGE Storage Policy configuration which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B AB External Disk 0 Media oO 2 Y AR Partition RAD Restore lt 3 149 1 GE WDC WD1600 Y Macentash HD A A Volume Scheme Volume information 4 465 8 GB External Disk 4 Unttlod ii Name My Disk lt Formar Mac 05 Extended journaled 7 Size 465 77 GB Locked for oe 6 ral install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers My BIG Disk To create a volume thar can serw as a Mac OS 9 start up disk select Mac OS 9 Drivers incsrallod Select the disk you want to partition and choose a volume scheme Click each volume represented in the scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition 7 ri Salir 5 d Omions f Reven d Partition pr Disk Description External Disk O Media Total Capacity 465 8 CB 1500 118 700 032 Bytes Connection Bus SCS Write Status Read Write Connection Type External SMART Status gt Nor Supported gt Comnection ID SCH Target ID 16 Logical Unit 0 3 Select 1 Partition from the Volume Scheme drop down list 4 Enter a name for the volume in the Name field such as My Disk 5 Select Mac OS Extended journaled from the Format drop down list 6 Specify the size of the partition in the Size field 7 Click the Partition button 8 Clic
12. TOTS TERS TERETE 4 Patat ATARATEN EEA PA ba bea be wee os PAPAE ie ei es Pk phot ett Cra pi pa Pr mr ETE 13 1 att a i Je E de a A T a et et et tt et ee ae a Cha ben saben Sate r Hgy AETA TETA atte tt o a e e EAE EETA E E E EA a a aca rte ri I PI ee pni E AR IN L I pr CEL BL EL TE A a EEATT T EATA EFEO AT EEEE EE Aa Eb eo Ao a et tt tt tots a tata oy pees Salata tata AA ad A A O ate a A ey ete ee eee ies a Ce GH Bens Tin Cen Ten Cone ee ed mE E A r Tae te Paa a pcan gam L va Doh a oO od at a eG la pak a a a Ea En bi A O eto ad a DRIVE DOOR a ee aoa ah es ea Se ha tay Geol arate ths a Be ee Pata tate DUBLUDL 4 5 1 POWERLED The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B has one Amber color Power LED The table shows Power LED function and operation DESCRIPTION Amber LED pa gt AA 4 5 2 SYSTEM LED The TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B has Green color SYS1 and SYS2 LEDs The table shows he system LEDs function and operation DESCRIPTION GREEN LED SYS1 or SYS2 Not Ready No Power a SYS1 or SYS2 Ready Active 4 5 3 HRAD DISK DRIVE LED The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B has 8 HDD LEDs Green and Red on the front panel and 2 green LEDs on each HDD tray The table shows HDD LED function and operation These front panel LEDs behave as follows DESCRIPTION GREEN LED RED LED HDD Unplugged No Power Off Off HDD plugged Idle On Off HDD plugged Active Blink On Error State One or More B
13. ad Partial Volumes HDD Rebuild A Physical Partition is being Rebuild i e Mirroring Mode Blink On 4 6 MODE SETTING The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B with the device s LEDs to indicate status To select a storage policy in this mode the first time that a new factory shipped product is used ensure that the hard disk drives are installed turn off the power before set the MODE SWITCH on the back of the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B to the desired Storage Policy To change the storage policy thereafter set the MODE SWITCH to the desired position and press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON than power on to create the new virtual volume s Creating new virtual volumes will destroy any existing data that existed on the previous volume Note Before reconfiguring a volume back up your data and delete previously defined partitions sisi pia 1 Turn off the power CLEAN MODE 4 6 1 i P ni ee ERRE gi oo be ae o o Hia ae ae E EEE E EE EE E E o o fi RE EEE iia jii o o o a Hi sisest Pi ee iai EHI ae i SEH iii sii oo Eiai ae i a ER EE ir o EREN ee sey o o a a E EE E EEEE EIEEE n MODE SWITCH O POWER OFF mor _ 3 Unfasten the Tool less screws on the back panel 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to CLEAN MODE j T j j IN MAD ra Mo UY A DAL HE Ny N a EPA ri A A LUS Y A fy i nie a ae OA MAA N gt Z AN k2 pie 5 Set the CLEAN MODE jumper to ON position
14. designed to provide data protection and performance aggregation at various applications It is a self contained storage processor chip which completely frees up the main CPU loading and the SATA ports comply with eSATA specification the USB ports comply with Super Speed USB specification making it suitable for use in external storage applications The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance uses multi port Serial ATA PHY technology and storage processor to provide very high efficient SATA RAID operation With an easy configuration the device can be a pure port multiplier which provides SATA port expansion just like a SATA Hub or hard drive performance booster which provides a high performance device seen by host controller or hard drive data protector which automatically backup data to prevent data loss from hard drive damage TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage appliance also has advance mode to provide both benefit of performance boost and data protection The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance architecture which provides e Fully hardware accelerated RAID Engine e No driver BIOS or software required for RAID operation e Independent of device SATA port connection sequence e Rebuild proceeds continuously between power cycling e Supports on line read data integrity check e Supports on line command based bad sector recovery e Supports disk modes Clean Large e Supports RAID levels RO 30 and 50 modes e RAID 30 50
15. e E 3 en mm E Ga al gt wn 5 Warning Unless CLEAN MODE in use the CLEAN MODE jumper must be OFF at all time 6 Turn on the power to complete mode setting mo O Q POWER ON mio 4 6 2 LARGE MODE 1 Turn off the power oo O POWER OFF mo pamm Y 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to LARGE MODE 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power and then release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting m ea O POWER ON 4 6 3 ROO MODE 1 Turn off the power 2 O POWER OFF mio gn pr 2 Set the MODE SWITCH position to ROO MODE 4 Turn on the power and then release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting oo O POWER ON 20 0 9 4 6 4 R30 MODE 1 Turn off the power f F f i LI IA l ih a ho Lt Fa Ps y AL Pa ye Pal SETUP BUTTON 4 Turn on the power and then release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting 2900 mo g Q POWER ON g 4 6 5 R50 MODE 1 Turn off the power 3 Press and hold the recessed SETUP BUTTON j a i o SETUP BUTTON 10 E Ds 4 Turn on the power and then release the SETUP BUTTON to complete mode setting moo POWER ON po mi A m 4 7 REBUILDING A REDUNDANCY DRIVE The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B s
16. e new configuration 1 Launch Disk Utility from the Application gt Utilities folder em r e OO Utilities Mf Qe local disks es AS y LS Wstanrers 7 A eee case x Applications Activity Monitor Lo a a Y Internet Connect fo BM Activity Applications Mac U e internet Explorer 5 AirPort Admin Utility Developer r ES iPhoto El AirPort Setup Assistant Library gt 3 Asia Text Extras r 3 MAU 1 1 2 Update Log T wd IM Audio MIDI Setup gt 1 System Mail Bluetooth File Exchange 12 System Folder Bluetooth Serial Utility Microsoft AutoUpdate Ea Office 200 Test Drive gt A Bluetooth p Assistant ColorSync Utility J User Guide formation 7 5 Users E HN ES OmniGraffle E Console y OmniQutliner igitalCol w Preview DigitaiColor Meter Name Disk Utility om 1 Directory Access Kind Application y P ES QuickBooks Size 7 6 MB on disk QuickTime Player 6 360 222 bytes Safari Created Thursday August la Sherlock l 19 2004 2 26 PM F Steelvi gt Installer Modified Thursday January Stickies CA lava PE version Disk Unity 10 4 2 Q ersion DIS tility As ye Keychain Access Copyright System Preferences at EC Utilities j Netinfo Manager 5 1999 2004 Apple Network Utility 4 Computer Inc 4 ODBC Administrator 1 of 26 selected 142 04 GB available 7 Z 2
17. ent Viewer rs Shared Folders Local Users and Groups de Performance Logs and Alerts a Device Manager y Storage E Removable Storage Disk Defragmenter Services and Applications de BBDisk 0 E _ AA AAA Basic C 37 25 GB 37 25 GB NTFS Online Healthy System Disk 1 A e A Basic 464 99 GB 464 99 GB Online Unallocated CD ROM 0 DYD D No Media E Unallocated Y Primary partition Every disk should appear with the word Basic a size value that shows the available storage capacity and a status of Online Instead of Basic a disk could appear Unknown Dynamic or Not Initialized If the disk appears as Unknown right click the disk icon and select Write Signature A window opens with the selected disk all Unknown disks may appear in this window Make sure the box next to each disk is checked and click OK The disk should now be marked as a Basic disk If a disk appears as Dynamic right click the disk icon and select Revert to Basic Disk Within a few seconds the disk should be marked as a Basic disk If a disk is marked Not Initialized right click the disk icon and select Initialize Disk An additional dialog box appears allowing you to select which disks to initialize Uncheck the SteelVine Processor Disk item and click OK Within a few seconds the selected disk s should be marked as a Basic disk Note Be sure that you select the correct disk based on
18. es the following Serial Advanced Technology Attachment features 1 eSATA host port to 8 SATA devices Port Multiplier Functionality Auto negotiation between SATA I 1 5Gpbs and SATA II 3Gpbs Supports SATA II Gen2i and Gen2m External SATA Connection eSATA Supports Hot Plug on CLEAN MODE Supports PM aware and non PM aware host on RAID mode Supports asynchronous signal recovery Supports spread spectrum clocking Supports BIST and loopback mode Supports 48 bit LBA addressing Supports ATAPI drives Supports host control of hard disk drive staggered spin up Supports Asynchronous Notification Output swing control and automatic impedance calibration for SATA II PHY 1 33 USB FEATURES The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B provides the following Universal Serial Bus USB features O O O O O O O O O 1 1 USB3 0 host port to 8 SATA devices Operates at USB low speed and super speed rates 1 5Mb 5GB s OS independent Driverless Auto Configuration Support USB Super Speed High Speed and Full Speed Operations Supports and compatible with OHCI UHCI EHCI hosts Support Mass Storage Class Support on line USB firmware update Compliance with USB3 0 electrical specification Compliance with USB Mass Storage Class Bulk Only Transport Specification 4 SPECIFICATIONS Hardware RAID enclosure i e RAID controller is inside of the unit Support Clean Large ROO R30 and R50 modes Power SYS1 SYS2 and 8 HDD stat
19. for low overhead necessary to implement protection the R30 MODE degrades performance for all write operations The parity calculations for R30 MODE may result in read performance that is somewhat slower than the write performance The resulting storage capacity of the virtual R30 volume will be N 2 times N is the number of drive of the smallest drive aemeeewnens aap ETE rr ret NS A dd Oe ASAS al Virtual R3 volume on SYS 1 Virtual R3 volume on SYS 2 ola i 960GB capacity is 3 times of the smallest drive capacity is 3 times of the smallest drive 1200GB E BA A A o O A A o a A IS ee eee eC A A oe SN TT A OR Oe A TN Port 2 Port 3 Port 6 Port 7 fe eee A MES ee ee O a E Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 320GB 400GB 750GB 1500GB 400GB 500GB 1500GB 2000GB Figure R30 MODE storage policy sample configuration 1 If one drive fails the virtual R30 volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online the appliance begins a rebuild process immediately to restore data redundancy A message appears in the LED indicator to notify you that a rebuild is in progress Although the volume remains available during the rebuild process the volume is susceptible to data loss through damage to the remaining drive until redundancy is restored at the end of the rebuild and verification pr
20. k Partition to acknowledge the warning AB External Disk O Media Partition Disk A x tore AA SENOL WU 6 uy Partitioning a disk will destroy all information on the A Macintosh HO volume af The sk m 465 8 GB External Dis This dtk hae y us A United Untitled TOTEE E Are you sure you wish to partition che disk External Hournaled 5 Disk 0 Media 3 7 ra n came Partition es My BIG Disk To create a volume that can serve as a Mac 05 9 start up dgk select Mac 05 9 Drivers installed Select the disk yOu wart 10 partition and choose a vMume scheme Click each volume represented in ihe scheme and specify a volume name format and size Click Partition f Spit Options f Revert Partition pr Disk Description External Disk 0 Media Total Capacity 465 8 GB 500 118 700 032 Bytes a Connection Bus 505 Write Status gt Read Write Connection Type External SMART Status Wor Supported Connection ID 5051 Target ID 16 Logical Unit O 7 Disk Utility mounts the created partition and represents it with an icon on the desktop The icon is labeled with the partition name 9 Repeat steps 1 through 8 to partition any remaining disks you configured
21. mple configuration 1 It is also possible to create a ROO volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1 However the TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage appliance directly exposes 1 physical drive and it will clean up the drives partition even if the drives were use as single drive before Perit te e rey ates Virtual RO volume i 320GB_ capacity is the volume tr E TA A A Volume Virtual RO volume on SYS 1 with only 1 drive ki 320GB capacity is the drive a SYS 1 SYS 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 a A a o A AN aaa QC JULI JLJL LL Figure ROO MODE storage policy sample configuration 2 2 1 4 R30 MODE The R30 MODE adds fault tolerance to drive striping by including parity information with the data R30 MODE dedicates the equivalent of two drives for storing parity stripes on both systems SYS1 and SYS2 and then stripe the systems together The data and parity information are arranged on the drive arrays so that paritys are written to two drives on both systems SYS1 and SYS2 The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from drive to drive RAID 3 SYS1 Stripes 0 1 Stripes 0 1 2 Parity i i i 2 Parity Generation A parity A parity B parity B parity C parity C parity D parity D parity The R30 MODE uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations In exchange
22. nd powered off before disconnecting the USB device 4 3 2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS You must un mount the hard disk drive by dragging the hard drive icon to the trash before disconnecting it or powering it down 4 4 HARD DISK DRIVE HOT SWAP to avoid data corruption or loss The hard disk drives can be hot swaped while the system is running However care should be taken to ensure that the host system is not currently using any drive that is about to be hot swaped 4 5 LED INDICATIVE STATUS SYS2 and Power LEDs Each LED activity will turn On Off the LED for approximately 70 ms the blinking rate is approximately 400 ms The TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B provides information on the SATA HDDs SYS1 On and 400 ms Off EF zp 3 S O _ gt 3 TI Soo DEER a U Dos Lu uu moo Hr 10 of ea E q ih E ae i ll Sn 26 AA FAS HOOO m NO gt Ej OOO e F in l A a E N TONN OOC J a o No E E z z 23 E 235 a 0233 LL Eu Sd o zeg323 ee tr EPA FEE T e Werox uzg pm Eoy 83 O S E E re amp a u culero e of YEw GEe z1 res 5585 25 200 e E gt j g a O qd p E gy 4 gt Wi oF w wore aS toe w FREE oO rugrag ed k a i gt 9 EDS gt cas39 58 A Ox Jug Osga u e he al O 205 Qo 24 To ro oo Lo x ALEA EE tots tata ata ta A A A O bi po O tee aaa a a a a a Te Tatag r aep k p ATATA AT PTA a T ja a ag T TASAELERER
23. ocess Host access takes precedence over the rebuild process If you continue to use the virtual R30 volume during the rebuild the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete and the host data transfer performance will also be affected It is also possible to create a R30 volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1 However the TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage appliance directly exposes 1 physical drive and it will clean up the drives partition even if the drives were use as single drive before err messs a ti lt C C a rr rt A E dd ee e Virtual R3 volume on SYS 1 with only 1 drive Port 2 Port 3 Port 6 Port 7 Figure R30 MODE storage policy sample configuration 2 2 1 5 R50 MODE The R50 MODE adds fault tolerance to drive striping by including parity information with the data R50 MODE dedicates the equivalent of one drive for storing parity stripes on both systems SYS1 and SYS2 and then stripe the systems together The data and parity information is arranged on the drive array so that parity is written to all drives on both systems SYS1 and SYS2 The following example illustrates how the parity is rotated from drive to drive RAID 5 SYS1 RAID 5 SYS2 dy gt Parity Parity Generation Generation The R50 MODE uses less capacity for protection and is the preferred method to reduce the cost per megabyte for larger installations In exchange for low overhead
24. oshiba DynaBook Satellite series All K6 CPU models IBM Aptiva E series All K6 CPU models Sotec E note M260 series All AMD K6 system Y Y Y YPC with sis7000 7001 7002 PCI to USB host controller 1 3 FEATURES 1 3 1 OVERALL FEATURES Provides Clean USB 3 0 only eSATA required 8 drives PM support Large ROO R30 and R50 modes for effective storage management Easy configuration of RAID modes no IT expertise required Easy monitoring of system status via LED indicators Ensures data integrity with redundant backup capability Achieves fastest performance via ROO mode Supports automatic rebuild in R380 and R50 mode Supports current SATA ll compliant HDDs backward compatible with most SATA compliant HDDs Simplifies HDD installation user friendly design enables effortless HDD swapping Flexible connection via eSATA or USB host port Eliminates potential downtime repair costs and lost sales due to disk failure Dissipates heat efficiently with metal housing Maximizes airflow with silent high quality fan 1 host port eSATA 8 drives PM supported required or USB to 8 Serial ATA hard disk drives Compatible with SATA Gen1 and Gen2 host controllers Compatible USB2 0 and 3 0 specifications Embedded fast Storage Processor Ultra fast 3Gbps host and device port capability Greater than 200MBps sustained reads in ROO mode limited by drives and host controller 1 3 2 SATA FEATURES The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B provid
25. powered down prior to making the host connection change to avoid any potential data loss or corruption After changing the host connection all items can be powered up to resume operation with the new host connection 4 3 DISCONNECTING A USB DEVICE USB3 0 external devices provide support for plug play connection so that your USB storage device can be connected and disconnected while the computer is running To prevent data loss or other failures you must follow these steps when disconnecting your USB3 0 storage device from your host computer system Once the physical USB device is disconnected any volumes that are associated with that device will become unavailable On O S Opration Systems the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR amp 8UT B must be stopped from O S before any devices can be disconnected 4 3 1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS 1 Click on the Eject icon a small green arrow over a hardware image in the System Tray located in the lower right hand side of your screen Safely Remove Hardware Ry 4 2 49 PM 2 A message will appear listing all of the devices that the Eject icon controls Click on the Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device item 3 The following message then appears Safe to Remove Hardware You can now safely disconnect the device from your computer Note If your host USB adapter does not support this feature the device should be disabled using the Device Manager or your system should be shut down cleanly a
26. the expected disk capacity to create a partition 3 Right click the configured disk s unallocated space and select New Partition If the New Partition option is not available select the disk and initialize it first To do this right click on the disk item and select Initialize Disk Computer Management TAR mi File Action View Window Help e gt m 2 aeg m Computer Management Local Lar Type File System Status Capacity Free Space Fre i System Tools E c Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25GB 26 39GB 70 44 Event Viewer FR Shared Folders 4 x Local Users and Groups E Performance Logs and Alerts an Device Manager Disk 0 A y Storage Basic C ES Removable Storage ats a 37 25 GB NTFS Disk Defragmenter k Faaki som ki Disk Management EBDisk 1 Services and Applications Basic f 466 00 GB 1 466 0068 07 Online Unallocated 2 AA a RE Ble AN py ig a Pa m Mew Partition Properti cp RoM 0 siecle No Media gt BE Unallocated BY Primary partition 4 Click Next to start the Partition Wizard New Partition Wizard Welcome to the New Partition Wizard This wizard helps you create a partition on a basic disk A basic disk is a physical disk that contains primary partitions extended partitions and logical drives You can use any version of Windows or MS DOS to gain access to partitions on basic disks To continue click Nest
27. torage appliance stores all data in duplicate on separate drives to protect against data loss due to drive failure on R30 and R50 MODE The following example illustrates how the procedure to rebuilding a redundancy or hot spare drive 1 If the drive 2 has breakdown please remove the breakdown drive 2 2 Turn off the power POWER OFF 3 Replace a same or larger size of hard disk drive POWER ON 5 The TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B storage appliance will rebuild the virtual volume from degrade mode to normal automatically Approximately 200GB hour 5 PARTITIONING VOLUMES 9 1 9 1 1 PARTITION A VOLUME WINDOWS SYSTEMS Note Before repartition a volume back up your data and delete previously defined partitions 1 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop and select Manage from the pop up window Open MA Explore Search Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties 2 Select Disk Management under Storage to open the Windows Disk Manager This example illustrates the LARGE storage policy which concatenates the capacity of all hard drives connected to the TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B E Computer Management m File Action Yiew Window Help e OH e K Computer Management Local Layout Type File System Status Capacity Free Space Free Y System Tools C Partition Basic NTFS Healthy System 37 25GB 25 79 GB 69 4 Ev
28. us and activity LEDs Eight 3 5 inch SATA HDDs to a standard B type USB or eSATA interface with HDD trays amp door cover 300 watts switching power 90 to 264Vac 47 63Hz with CE FCC VCCI UL C UL TUV CB BSMI CCC requirement Physical Dimensions 100 mm L x 125 mm W x 63 5 mm H ee a ce he ses eee J 5 et ey i he POWER ON OF BUTTON E mn Senet a ae i j E n ah ae ete o te a EEEH ae es PERE a pico a E A E porn secs FETA A EA EEEE ETEL ee et Hee ne En A e eE A E a Se oe rt ae Hi es a athe E peni Bee a ont a n ta Er La Siss de ith i i ne ERRE n RRE o de pat eee aera on nt nd a pA n ni ot Bes Bea oe io a e PEHEE E E EEEE a EEEE PEH eee See EET eo Da HE PEE TEE ERE DORRA DOODO RTE EEE EEEE ta ea E atata ARa EEEE EE EEEE E REEE E n H o 4 fae fone a a at O Ee a ae inti ne ii lo i eet o Sesatets Hae eae niet DRIVE DOOR oe n a chee ee A Patata oe Be F A rs pense a 230 Pa a o2 SESTA Ses a es eg HH oH ages ES sa 2a EA el SETUP BUTTON AC POWER OUTLET MODE SWITCH MODE SWITCH GUIDE eSATA PORT USB PORT POWER ON OFF LED SYS2 READY LED SY51 READY LED HOO3A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HOD4A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD ADDB8A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HDD7A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HDD6A LED READY ACTIVE ERROR REBUILD HDOSA LED READY
29. use the virtual R50 volume during the rebuild the rebuild process will take a longer time to complete and the host data transfer performance will also be affected lt is also possible to create a R50 volume using only a single hard disk drive connected to Port 1 However the TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage appliance directly exposes 1 physical drive and it will clean up the drives partition if the drives were use as single drive before re mtssse aS RE Bss pa See Volume1 Virtual RO volume rr ret A ti ci gt y EE E TA AI SYS 1 SYS 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port4 Port5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8 A A SN ae E 2 ae ME Drive 1 Figure R50 MODE storage policy sample configuration 2 3 INSTALLATION INSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE Please refer below procedure to complete the HDD installation 3 1 e Open the drive door than unlock the HDD tray lock to remove the HDD trays from TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B e Insert the HDD tray back to the TOWERRAID TR8UT TR8UT B e Close the drive door to complete hard drive disk installation 3 2 POWER ON OFF Push the power button to power on and push again to power off mo Qa POWER ON OFF BUTTON peua a e 3 3 INSTALLING SATA TO eSATA BRACKET CABLE e Remove a free I O bracket from your computer e Install the SATA TO eSATA BRACKET CABL
30. write back cache to enhance performance e Supports Auto Rebuild on R30 and R50 modes e Rebuild speed 200GB hour e Supports various RAID configuration methods 1 2 PRECAUTION Please read the safe precautions carefully before you using TOWERRAID TR8UT TREUT B storage appliance Ensure that you use the product correctly according to the procedure described in this guide The following safety precautions are intended to remind you to operate the product safely and correctly Please read and ensure that you understand them before you proceed to the other sections of this guide Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not describe in this guide Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids In the event that water or other liquids enter the interior immediately unplug the product from the computer Continued use of the product may result in fire or electrical shock Please consult your product distributor or the closest support center Do not handle the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or heat Never place the product in close to equipment generating storage electromagnetic fields Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt data Can t operate properly under Windows 3 x 95 98SE ME NT Hard disk drive is not including unless specify Please be noted the following product may run irregularly which are not under warranty v T
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