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1. G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Displaying Multiple G SPEED Studio R Units The G SPEED Studio R Utility displays a separate window for each powered up G SPEED Studio R unit connected by Thunderbolt e To view a list of the G SPEED Studio R units click the View menu e To display a G SPEED Studio R unit in the G SPEED Studio R Utility go to the View menu choose the unit you want to see G SPEED Studio R Utility Dashboard Storage A 606 Hide Toolbar CRT BC Customize Toolbar ED Le Dashboard Wizard Physical Drive Vevices min EE E G SPEED Studio R 1 M1 Runtime Events Note that G SPEED Studio R units are listed in the order in which they are recognized Manage the Enclosure With G SPEED Studio R Utility This section contains the following topics 1 Accessing the G SPEED Studio R Utility 2 G SPEED Studio R Utility Overview 3 Managing System 4 Managing the RAID Controller 5 Managing Background Activities 6 Managing Physical Drives 7 Managing Disk Arrays 8 Managing Logical Drives 9 Managing Spare Drives G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt The G SPEED Studio R Utility requires a Thunderbolt connection between your compu
2. cesses p 102 e Initialize Drive for MaC uu esscscseeseseee p 104 e Restore the Drive ICON sessssesesesssessesese p 107 e Reformat With Partitions ou eee p 109 CEs Yel alate ore hv G SPEED stupo Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt Replace a Failed Disk Drive The G SPEED Studio RAID Controller continually monitors the health of each disk drive in G SPEED Studio R In the event of a disk failure you will be alerted based on the notification settings you entered in Set Up Alert Notifications G SPEED Studio R will report the failed drive and help you locate its physical position in the G SPEED Studio R enclosure Mute the Alarm By default G SPEED Studio R has the audible alarm enabled If a drive fails or other critical events occur the alarm will become audible To mute the audible alarm you can press the Alarm Mute button on the back of the enclosure see image or you can launch the G SPEED Studio R Utility In the utility under the controller settings there is a Buzzer section you can use to mute the alarm Buzzer ID Enable Status 1 Enabled Sounding This same area can be used to test the alarm by simply clicking on Sound Buzzer fe Enable Status 1 Enabled Silent Note About Drive Failure If your G SPEED Studio R was configured in RAID 1 or RAID 5 mode a drive failure does not necessarily result in data loss However the array will now operate ina degraded and unprotected sta
3. ssse sssesesessssessseesseessseesseessseosseesseessseossee 88 Running PDM on a Logical Drive sssessssesssesssesssseesseessseessersseesss 89 Pausing and Resuming PDM sssessssesssessssesssessseessseesseessseosseesseesss 89 HOPENI PDN recese a ar coon nme ne ere ere 89 Managing Spare Drives sssssscscssssssssssssssesssssssacacesasararasssseseses 90 Viewing a List Of Spare Drives ssessssssssecsssscsecssscsssecsessseenees 90 Viewing Spare Drive Information sssesssseessseesssssessseessssersssseesss 90 Creating a Spare Drive Manually uuu sssessssssessssesscsssesscssseessseees 91 Changing Spare Drive SettinGS cscsscssessssssecssecscsssesscssseessseees 92 RUNNING Spare CHECK cccssssssesssssssssssessesssessssscsssesssseseessseesesesecees 93 Deleting a Spare Dive ccsssssecssssscsssecsssssecsssesscssseessseseesssecsssees 93 RUNNING a Transition ON a Spare Drive uu secececscscseseseeeeeees 93 RUNNING a Transition sssessessessesssessessesseeseossessesseosesseessessesseeseoseoseessees 94 Pausing and Resuming a Transition ss sssessseessessssersseesssessseesseesss 94 Stopping Pausing or Resuming a Transition seen 94 Formatting Logical DriV S ssessseesssesssessssesssessseeosseesseessseosseesseesss 95 G SPEED Studio R Software With Default Settings 95 G SPEED Studio R Utility With Custom Settings ccssee 96 BE LU E AEA AIEN EEI AA A E mere 97 S
4. G Technology s general recommendation is to acquire at least one spare drive and configure the spare s as a global revertible spare drive s Options There are several options you can specify for a spare drive System Options e Revertible A revertible spare returns to its spare drive assignment after you replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition function e Media Patrol By default Media Patrol runs on spare drives unless you disable it Spare Type e Global Can be used by any disk array e Dedicated Can be used only by the assigned disk array G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Media Type type of physical drive e Hard disk drive HDD Requirements The spare drive must have adequate capacity to replace the largest physical drive in your disk arrays Additionally it must be the same media type as the physical drives in your disk arrays A revertible spare drive requires you to replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition function Transition Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non revertible spare whereupon the revertible spare drive will return to its original status To run the Transition function the spare drive must be revertible In addition you must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger capa
5. STUDIO ith Th ANAaArhan j with Thunderbolt High Performance 4 Bay Thunderbolt 2 RAID Solutions for HD 2K 4K Production G SPEED stupo 6 Table of Contents with Thunderbolt Safety amp General Use Safety Precautions ccssssssssssssssssssecsssscsscsssecsssecsssssessssessssesssescseesesees 5 Backup Your Data essesscssssssesscsssessssssesssssssssscscseseesescscseseesessseseeees 6 About Your G SPEED Studio R TEL OCU CUO Mea R A 8 What s inthe BOX sssssarssetsersterrmmneescarnnecanmen manners 9 System RequirementS esessessessesssesecseesseoseseesresserseoseeseessresesseeseesse 9 Overview Of the Drive ou cesecsesssessssscsessssssssessssssssssssssssseesseecseeees 10 Using Your Drive Dive Acuvit V CED esaa 12 Warning LED and AlarMS ee ssseesseesesessssesseessseessseesseesseessseesseessseesss 13 Disconnect the Drive ou sssssssscscscescsssscecsecssssessssesscssssessseensessaees 14 Configuring G SPEED Studio R G Technology Assistant ccsssesssecsssesecsssesscsssecsssescsssesscseseesssecees 17 Recommended Installation ssssesssssesssserssseesssseesssesesssessssesssserosssee 17 G SPEED Studio R Utility sessesesesseessssseeessseeeesssseesssseeeesssseeessssersssss 18 Power Modes on G SPEED Studio R sss ssessssesssesssseesseesseeossersseesss 22 Shutting Down G SPEED Studio R UNITS s sssesssessssesssessseessseee 22 Daisy Chaining Multiple G SPEED Studio R Units 23 Displaying Multi
6. Perform one of the following actions e From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link e From the Storage menu choose Disk Array 2 Mouse over the disk array you want then click the Transport button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button The disk array status will change to Transport Ready 4 Remove the physical drives and install them in their new location See Replacing a Physical Drive for more information Rebuilding a Disk Array When you rebuild a disk array you actually rebuild data on one physical drive from redundant data maintained on other drives If there is no spare drive of adequate capacity you must replace the failed drive with an unconfigured physical drive then perform a Manual Rebuild On the carrier with the failed drive the drive power status LED will be red Drive carrier LEDs for a dead or failed drive Red LED G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Performing a Manual Rebuild a a D m amp i M E F siai i Background Activities Rebuild was started successfully Betiings Schodhaler Background Arriving Pat Media Patrol Media Patrol it mot running Biart Last Media Patrol Start Time Not Started Lact Media Patrol St p Tim Not Stopped Redundancy Check No logical drive available for Redundancy Check Initialization No logical drive available for initialization Rebuild PIM
7. S Click the lock to make changes The G SPEED Studio R Utility password dialog box will open Type your computer password into the Password field then click the OK button PN G SPEED Studio R Utility wants to make i 3 changes Type your password to allow this Name Admin The lock icon will change to open if Click the lock to prevent further changes You can now add and delete logical drives make setting changes run background activities and update your G SPEED Studio R G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt G SPEED Studio R Utility Overview The G SPEED Studio R Utility interface consists of menus and icons each leading you to a specific function The G SPEED Studio R Utility interface with the Dashboard displayed 8 SSSSS Qq aoe sae G SPEED Studio R 7 aD mwm E I y p E oF ii aja H Dashbord Wirard Fiqgical Orive Ciak Array Logical Ewie Syitem Information Evans Background Acthatle Too ba ricons Model G SPEED Studio R O System status T Event information bce Device Severity Time Description Power davang mode of th Piytical Drive l3 changed AG 4 Inf Apr 2 2014 0246 37 dec POE to STOPPED Power saving mode ad che Pryce Drive is changed i i jia Pig Wie Agr dF 2014 UEA ro TOPPE 5 3 zy Power Living mode of the Fintical Drive is changed PD Inte Apr 2 2014 246 37 bc ITOP E Pial Brive Po 1 infa Aor 29 2004 oraggy
8. p 68 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Choosing Express Configuration To use the Express Configuration Wizard 1 From the Storage menu choose Wizard 2 Click the Express button The Express Configuration dialog box will appear Express Configuration dialog box C SPEED Studio R eoo fm O om Oushboard Wizard Physical Drive Disk Asray Logical Orive Smem informamen Everts Background Activmes Express Configuration Express Configuration Osta Redurdancy F Click the lock to prevent further changes 3 Check the boxes to choose any one or a combination of e Data Redundancy The array remains available if a physical drive fails e Media Capacity The greatest possible amount of data capacity e Drive Performance The highest possible read write speed e Spare Drive Check box to create a hot spare drive R6 and R8 only e Number of Logical Drives Enter a number of logical drives to create e Application Type Choose how the storage will be used 4 In the Number of Logical Drives field type the number of logical drives you want to0 make from this disk array p 69 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 5 From the Application Type drop down menu choose an application that best describes your intended use for the logical drives e File Server default e Video Stream e Transaction Data e Transaction Log e
9. push the Alarm Mute button located on the back of G SPEED Studio R as shown below Alarm Mute Button In addition to the audible alarm the LED located on the front G SPEED Studio R will illuminate red If there is an issue with G SPEED Studio R drive module the LED on the module will glow red indicating a drive or RAID issue Please launch the G SPEED Studio R Utility to determine if any user action is required or contact our support team for further troubleshooting Drive Module LED red indicating an issue Alarm Mute button If you hear an audible alarm and see the red warning LED on G SPEED Studio R front stop using the enclosure and contact G Technology support G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Disconnect the Drive A great feature of Thunderbolt technology and G SPEED Studio R is the ability to connect and disconnect the system while your computer is running To prevent drive failures and or data loss it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or unmounting the drive from your computer 1 Before powering down and disconnecting the drive unmount the system by simply dragging the G SPEED Studio R icon to the trash located in the system dock Keyboard shortcut Select the drive icon and press Command eE 2 It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer present on your desktop 3 To power off G SPEED Studio R simply unplug
10. then click the Settings button 3 Accept the default or change the settings as required In the Revertible drop down menu choose Yes or No e In the Spare Type drop down menu choose Global or Dedicated e lf you use chose a Dedicated spare check the box beside the disk array to which this spare drive is assigned 4 Click the Save button G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Running Spare Check Spare Check verifies the status of your spare drives To run Spare Check 1 From the Dashboard window click the Spare Drive link The list of spare drives will appear 2 Mouse over the spare drive you want then click the Spare Check button 3 Click the Confirm button Spare Check has no pause resume or stop functions When Spare Check completes it adds Healthy next to Spare Check Status on the Spare Drive information box After the Spare Check completed message appears click the View button to see Spare Check Status Deleting a Spare Drive This action requires administrator or superuser privileges To delete a spare drive 1 From the Dashboard window click the Spare Drive link The list of spare drives will appear 2 Mouse over the spare drive you want then click the Delete button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word confirm in the field provided then click the Confirm button Running a Transition on a Spare Drive Transition is the process of replacing a revert
11. Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Check the Enable Media Patrol box to enable the feature uncheck the box to disable it This setting enables or disables Media Patrol for all physical drives 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Redundancy Check Redundancy Check is a routine maintenance procedure for fault tolerant disk arrays those with redundancy that ensures the redundant copies of data still match the Original source data Redundancy Check can also correct inconsistencies See Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Redundancy Check Settings To change Redundancy Check settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Redundancy Check Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are required for redundancy checking leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between redundancy checking and data read write operations e High Allocates more system resources to Redundancy Check and fewer to data read write operations 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Initialization Initialization is normally done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array Initialization sets all data bits in the logical drive t
12. Applications folder Please visit the G Technology Assistant Overview for general functionality and to optimize the experience with your G SPEED Studio R G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt G SPEED Studio R Utility G SPEED Studio R ships preconfigured in RAID 5 and is ready to use out of the box without configuration However G Technology recommends installing the bundled G Technology Assistant utility and the G SPEED Studio R utility even if you do not plan to make any changes to device configuration The applications are useful for monitoring the system and getting firmware updates Additionally the utility is necessary if you plan to change the enclosure s default RAID configuration RAID 5 or if you will swap out any of the pre installed hard drives The G SPEED Studio R Software utility installation package is available on the G Technology website and can be easily downloaded Follow the instructions below to easily install the G SPEED Studio R utility 1 Visit www g technology com support to download the G SPEED Studio R utility 2 Mount the virtual drive containing the installation software package 6090 __ G_SPEED Studio_R_Utility_101520026 7 G_SPEED_Studio_R_Utility_101520026 G_SPEED_Studio_R_Utility_ 101520026 pkg G_SPEED_ Studio_R_Utility_101520026 The version number of the dmg file and pkg file will change as it is updated The version number used in this example i
13. Array e Preparing a Disk Array for Transport e Rebuilding a Disk Array Also see Disk Array and Logical Drive Problems Viewing a List of Disk Arrays To view a list of disk arrays do one of the following actions 1 From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link 2 The list of disk arrays will appear Each disk array lists 1 ID DAO DA1 etc 2 Alias If assigned 3 Status Normal Degraded or Incomplete Physical Drive missing icon 4 Capacity Data capacity of the array 5 Free Capacity Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives 6 Media Patrol Enabled or disabled on this array 7 Number of Logical Drives The number of logical drives on this array G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Disk Array Information To view disk array information 1 Do one of the following actions e From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link e From the Storage menu choose Disk Array 2 Mouse over the disk array you want then click the View button Disk array information includes e Disk Array ID DAO DA1 etc Alias If assigned e Operational Status OK Degraded or Offline e Media Patrol Enabled or disabled in this array e PDM Enabled or disabled in this array e Total Physical Capacity Maximum capacity including used and unused capacity of the physical drives e Configurable Capacity Data capacity of the array e Fr
14. Other 6 Click the Next button to continue The Summary dialog box will appear with information about the disk arrays logical drives and spare drives you are about to create See example below The Summary dialog box eoo Naara Mirar Pyara Orie Erd br a yh Arey Cage Gene Express Configuration o Express Configuration Summary 7 Perform one of the following actions e If you accept these parameters click the Submit button The Wizard will create your disk array and logical drives If you have an R6 or R8 the Wizard will also create a spare drive e If you do NOT accept these parameters click the Back button then review and modify your choices e Press Cancel to dismiss the configuration all together p 70 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Choosing Advanced Configuration This option enables you to specify additional parameters for a new disk array logical drives and spare drives To use the Advanced Configuration Wizard 1 From the Storage menu choose Wizard 2 Click the Advanced button The Create Disk Array screen will display Task 1 Disk Array Creation To create your disk array 1 Accept the defaults or make changes to any of the following e Enter an alias in the Alias field up to a maximum of 32 characters letters numbers and spaces between characters e Media Patrol Uncheck to disable on this array For more information see Media Patrol
15. PONEN Saving mode of the Piysical Drive is changed r to STOFFEL Anwyl inia Apr 29 2014 034637 Pier Living mode of Ehe gray Hi chinged to J STOPr Logical Drive 4 Storage Owerview EA Spare Drive A Dewiee Number fF reien D aur a Conprolers 1 Pier Supply Lin GA Disi Array l if Fan E Legital Orieed 1 voltage Toral Physica Capacity 24 TE Physical Driwes 4 E Untectigurrd O Eyer Grive fh TAi E caon j 74 TE teen hi Tempa arligar y Click the bock to prevent fuer changes e G SPEED Studio R Utility About Checking for Updates Preferences Services Hide Quit e View Show Hide Toolbar Customize Toolbar Devices G SPEED Studio R units e Dashboard Show the Dashboard e Storage Wizard Disk Array List Logical Drive List Spare Drive List e Admin System Information Events Background Activities System Updates Performance Monitor Restore Factory Defaults e Window Minimize Zoom Close Window Bring All to Front G SPEED Studio R unit e Help Links to Online help and the Support Site Most of the functions accessed in the menu bar are described in this chapter p 29 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Toolbar Icons e Dashboard Displays the Dashboard and overview e Wizard Displays the Wizard options for quickly setting up RAID arrays e Physical Drive Displays the physical drive list settings and functions e Disk Array Displays menu for m
16. Physical Drive SMART Log Information 06 58 e Viewing the Enclosure Information ssssesssssessseessseesssseesssseess 37 LOCAUMOMa EMVSICHNDIING ste e AAEE aE EEE AEn 58 e Viewing Temperature Sensor Information sss essseesssseesssseess 38 e Changing Global Physical Drive Settings sssessssesssessseesssees 60 ocatn AMENClOSUNG a A eee tet T 39 e Changing Individual Physical Drive SettingdS cscscssseees 60 e Managing the RAID Enclosure csssssessssesscsesesscsessssssecesseess 39 e Changing Physical Drive SMART Log SettingS ccsseee 61 e Viewing Controller Information ssss esssesssseeesssoessseessseesssseesssseess 39 e Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition e sssessseesseessseesssesssesssseossees 62 e Viewing Controller StatiStiCS sssesseessseesseesssessseesseesssessseeessee 41 Changing Controller Settings seieeesterirerreet irere eee 41 Changing Buzzer Settings menee a ee e e 42 e Managing Background ActivitieS ssseesseesssessseesseesssessseeessee 43 e Viewing Current Background Activities se seseesseesssessseesssee 43 e Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ccsesssseseseees 44 e Adding a Scheduled Background Activity cccccsecssseseseees 44 G Technology G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Configuring G SPEED Studio R e Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives 000 63 initializing a Logical Drive
17. Settings Scheduler Background Activity Status Media Patrol M dia Patrol is not running Start Last Media Parad Start Time Nor Seared Last Media Patrol Stop Time Not Stopped Redundancy Check Redundancy Check is not running Start Initialization Initialization is mat running Saar Rebuild No dead physical drives available in the system for rebuild A Migration Disk array migration is not running Sut POM No unconfiqured physical drives or spare drives available for POM 11r Transition Transition is not available Aray was not rebuilt or spare drive is not rewertibbe Tat Synchronization Synchronization i net punning p 85 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt To initialize a logical drive 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Initialization then click the Start button 3 Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to initialize 4 Choose the initialization option you want e Quick Initialization Check this box and then enter a value in the Quick Initialization Size field e Full Initialization Enter a hexadecimal value in the Initialization Pattern in the Hex field or use the default 00000000 value 5 Click the Confirm button 6 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button Pausing and Resuming an Initialization To pause or resume Initializatio
18. Studio R Utility Overview sssesssesseesseessseesseesssessssee 29 Changing Rebuild Settings mseto emerserit 51 IE oE EE EE E A ee een ree T 610 Migrato me a a een ern a cere A EEA 51 s Customizing the Toolbar a scien r e Meee 610 Changing Migration Settings eeseeresseereererrtiseerirteiresisrers 32 COMPONEN LISE a E e eet a eee ree ee 31 PO a A E A rea Rn A A A Re A 52 SPnysiCal DRIVE MICHUE etree ny tre E E E es 31 Changing POM SCUMM GS ec ccc er cet eee cee 53 O A E 32 ranon e a E A 53 e Managing System Information sessesssseessseeessseeesseessseesssseesssseess 33 e Changing Transition SettingS eseesssesssessseesseessseessseessesssseessees 54 e Viewing System Information sss esssseessseessseeessseeesseeosseesssseesssseess 34 SVA CNO MIZA OE e E aren eee A E eee et eres 54 Making system setings aeee e 34 e Changing Synchronization seulINGS a tees eee 55 Clearing Statis tic S tec eet cece eee A 35 Managing PAysicalDri veS meore eeaeee AEE 55 e Restoring Factory Default Settings ssse ssssesssseessseesssseesssseese 35 e Viewing a List of Physical Drives ssssessssesssseesssseessseesssseessseees 56 Saving a service Report aeee eaea ee renee Blo e Viewing Physical Drive Information sss sssseesssseessseesssseessseees 56 SWOCatiniG MW ae tram ween te 36 e Viewing Physical Drive Statistics sesessseesssesssesosseessesssseosseee 57 Managing EMNGlOSUNES sneer teen te ee eee 37 e Viewing
19. Support Thank you for purchasing G SPEED Studio R If you have any comments or questions about this manual or the product please let us know G Technology appreciates and values its customers We strive to give you the finest service and support If you encounter any difficulties while installing or using your G SPEED Studio R please contact G Technology Technical Support at www g technology com contact contact_support Helpful information for support When contacting Technical Support it s best to be in front of your computer and have the following information available e Your G SPEED Studio R serial number on bottom of unit e Operating System and version e Computer model e List of other devices attached to your computer p 116 G SPEED stupio Support amp Warranty gt with Thunderbolt Limited Warranty HGST a Western Digital Company HGST including G Technology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited warranty cover This limited warranty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by the original purchaser for normal use and not for resale HGST warrants that a covered prod uct is free from defects in materials and workmanship with the exceptions stated below How long does limited warranty coverage last This limited warranty lasts for one year two years three years or five years or a fixed period from date of purchase depending on when and where it was
20. TE Availabe 17 85 TE Weed 152 640 843 264 bytes 152 65 GA on disk _ Shared folder F More Info Last opened Saturday May 24 2014 at 9 48 PM F Name amp Extension G SPEED Studio R Hide extension Comments Preview Y Sharing amp Permissicons You can read and write harm Privilege i A iyitem Read amp Write 22 admin Read amp Write tal everyone Read only Ignere ownership on this volume 7 The icon for your G SPEED Studio R will now be restored and you can close the Get Info window Your drive is fully ready for use p 108 G SPEED stupo Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt Reformat with Partitions Hard drive partitioning is the process of dividing a hard drive into discrete sections called volumes Each volume works like a separate disk You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive in OS X and each partition can be a different size and format With hard drives getting bigger it can be useful to partition your hard drive such that sections of its space can be used for different purposes For instance you might segment user data from backup data set up a multi boot environment with different operating systems or create a dedicated capture scratch disk for programs such as Final Cut Pro The following steps will guide you through the simple process of partitioning your drive In this example we will partition a 24TB G SPEED Studio R conn
21. THE ARRAY AND ALL CONTENT STORED ON YOUR G SPEED STUDIO R p 103 G SPEED stupo Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 5 The failed drive s LED will begin to blink in the G SPEED Studio R enclosure making it easy to identify which drive needs to be replaced Be certain to remove the correct drive as removing the wrong drive could cause data loss NOTE It is possible for the failed drive to be completely offline In this case the drive s activity LED will be entirely turned off indicating the failed drive RRRRP ERT s Drive Activity LED 6 Remove the failed drive by pressing the release button and sliding the drive out of the enclosure 7 Replace the failed drive with a new disk module and secure the module in place Once the drive has spun up the G SPEED Studio R Utility will indicate that the array is rebuilding Rebuild time is approximately two hours per terabyte Once the rebuild is complete G SPEED Studio R will be back to normal protecting your valuable data with optimal efficiency NOTE Replacement and or extra G SPEED Studio R disk modules are available for purchase online at www g technology com products g speed studio raid Initialize Drive for Mac Your G SPEED Studio R was factory formatted initialized for Mac OS X You can reinitialize either to quickly erase the contents of the drive or to reconfigure the RAID mode Here are the steps 1 First open the Disk Utility program Th
22. hour clock Choose a Recurrence Pattern option daily weekly or monthly e For the Daily option enter an interval in the Every field e For the Weekly option enter an interval in the Every field and choose one or more days of the week e For the Monthly option choose a Day of the Month option or a sequential and specific day from the drop down menu Also choose which months should apply Choose a Start From date from the drop down menus Choose an End On option e No end date or perpetual e End after a specific number of activity actions e Run until a specified date from the drop down menus For Redundancy Check choose e Auto Fix option Attempts to repair the problem when it finds an error Check to enable e Pause on Error option The process stops when it finds a non repairable error Check to enable Select LD Check the boxes for which logical drives should run the redundancy check Check at least one logical drive Click the Save button To return to currently running background activities click the Background Activities button p 46 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity Background activity schedules are enabled by default when you create a schedule If you want to stop a background activity now but plan to use it again in the future disable the scheduled activity rather than deleting it To enable or disable changes in an existi
23. in RAID 5 The RAID controller also supports RAID and JBOD configurations For an explanation of these RAID levels please refer to RAID Levels Explained If you wish to change the RAID mode please refer to Change the RAID Mode Drive Lock Hatch Smart Cooling Fans 4 Removable Disk Drives Drive Module Power Activity LED Alarm Mute Button On Off Switch Thunderbolt Port l AC Input Temperature Fan Kensington Slot Warning red LED light p 10 G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Using Your Drive e Drive Activity LED essseesesasaeseseseesesaesesess p 12 e Warning LED and Alarms ssssseseessesesseses p 13 e Disconnect the Drive ee p 14 CEs Yel alate ore hv G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Drive Activity LED Under normal operation each G SPEED Studio R drive module has an LED that glows blue indicating a connection to the RAID controller The LED will flash when the drive is being accessed Drive module power sa activity LED p 12 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Warning LED and Alarms The G SPEED Studio R enclosure integrates an audible alarm or buzzer that will sound when any of the following conditions exist Internal temperature exceeds a temperature of 60 C Main cooling fan fails Fan slows to a state where the fan can no longer adequately cool the system To silence the alarm
24. lists e Table Type Read Check Write Check or Inconsistent Block e Start Logical Block Address The LBA of the first block for this entry e Count The number of errors or continuous blocks starting from this LBA 4 Click the X icon to close the information panel To clear the check tables see Clearing Statistics Creating a Logical Drive Manually This feature creates a logical drive only You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical drives and spare drives concurrently See Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard To create a logical drive manually p 82 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 1 One of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive 2 Click the Create Logical Drive button 3 Click the radio button of the disk array you want to use then click the Next button 4 Accept the defaults or make changes from the following e Optional Enter an alias in the Alias field with a maximum of 32 characters letters numbers and spaces e Choose a RAID level The choice of RAID levels will depend in part on the number of physical drives in the disk array e In the Capacity field accept the default maximum capacity or enter a lesser capacity in MB GB or TB Any remaining capacity will be available for an additional logical drive e Choose a Stripe size 64KB 128KB 256KB 512KB and 1MB are availabl
25. menu and selcting Customize Toolbar Click and drag Back View to the toolbar and press Done Then press Back View to see a virtual view of the back of your G SPEED Studio R Move the cursor over the power supply unit PSU or system fan to display component status information Device Back View display menu a00 G SPEED Studia A m S een Fe fee an Bashiard Wizi Pinetital Drive Disk Array Logica Drive Systeri Information Ererig hiig Aeae Tes view Back View Component Lint Hi Back View Double click on the unit to activate the blue drive lights p 32 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Device Front View display menu KOD A ne aS Orree D oO okie B D aHa Show O Lecorfigured POIs begrieght Avram Click on the drive modules to view the status and identify the assigned disk array Managing System Information Enclosure management includes Viewing System Information Making System Settings Clearing Statistics Restoring Factory Default Settings Saving a Service Report Updating Firmware p 33 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing System Information To view enclosure information click the System Information icon System Information includes e Alias Same as controller alias e Model e WWN Worldwide Number e Vendor e Serial number e Revision number e Sys
26. the Thunderbolt cable If no background activities are in progress the unit will automatically go into standby G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Configuring G SPEED Studio R lt G Technology ASsSista ntan nore eee Eaa aeee etre EErEE 17 e Changing Background Activity Schedule ssse sssessessseesssees 45 e Recommended Installation ccsscssecsssssscsssecsesssecsseceeseeeees 17 e Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity 47 eG SPEED StUdiO RoC ae Cetera etre 18 e Deleting a Scheduled Background ACctivity ccscssseceseees 47 e Power Modes on G SPEED Studio R esssssessssersssecsssseessseresseees 22 eV CAME atro l on a a strc ee E Or E E A 48 e Shutting Down G SPEED Studio R UNItS ss essesssseesseesssesssees 22 e Changing Media Patrol Settings se essseesseesssessseesssesssessseeossees 48 e Daisy Chaining Multiple G SPEED Studio R Units 23 eRedundaNn VENEEK Taane a A T 48 e Displaying Multiple G SPEED Studio R Units esses 25 e Changing Redundancy Check SettingS esessseessseessessseesssees 49 e Manage the Enclosure with G SPEED Studio R Utility 25 SHAMAN ZAC OMe eet eee ere ere ee ree 49 e Accessing the G SPEED Studio R Utility eeseceseseeeeees 26 e Changing Initialization Settings s esiereroeerreteriteseerrieerrerer sor 50 MOCKING tine U ae ae A E 27 wo 5 06 6 Renta renter cnceee ets leer ener naan CAE Rane etl rena ae serena eae 50 e G SPEED
27. 78 STOPPING a Repuild sses 78 Managing Logical DriveS sse sseesssessseessseesseessseesseesseessseeoseesseesssee 78 Viewing a List of Logical Drives ssseessssessssesssseesssseesssesssseesssee 79 Viewing Logical Drive Information sssssesesssssessssserssssseessssseses 79 Viewing Logical Drive Statistics ses ssssesssessseesssersseesssessseesseesss 80 Changing Logical Drive Settings sesesssessseesssessseessseessessseesssees 81 Viewing Logical Drive Check TableS sssesssessssersseesssesssersseesss 82 Creating a Logical Drive Manually e sssessssesssessseessseesseesseeosseee 82 Formatting Your Logical Drive sssesssessssesssessseesssersseesssesssersseesss 84 Locating a Logical Drive sssessseesssesssesssseessessserossersseeosseossersseesss 84 Deleting a Logical Drive uuu ssessssssessssecssecscsssecscsssecsssesseseseeessees 85 Initializing a Logical Drive sesessseesssesssesssseesseesseeosseesseeosseosseesseesss 85 Pausing and Resuming an lInitialization se sssessseesssesssersseess 86 Table of Contents Stopping an Initialization s sesesssseesseesssessseesseesseessseesssesssesssseesseee 86 Redundancy Check on a Logical DriVe sssessssessssesssessseesseesss 87 Pausing and Resuming a Redundancy Check ssseessessssesssersseese 8 Stopping a Redundancy Che cCk es ssssessseesseesssessseesssesssessseeessees 87 Migrating a Logical Drive
28. 8 TB 18 000 000 000 000 Bytea Write Status Read Write M_4_F T Status Mot Supported Partition Map Scheme GUID Partition Table 9 When partitioning is complete the multiple partitions will be displayed in the Disk Utility s left panel 10 Quit Disk Utility After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for the G Technology drive will have been erased You can optionally restore this icon to each partition with the steps on this page j 500 28 GB APPLE 55D 5M0512F Media ga Macintosh HD E 18 TB HGST G SPEED Studio R Media E My Media E My Backup 11 The multiple partitions of your G Technology drive will be displayed on the desktop Your drive is now set up with two or more partitions and is ready for use My Backup oo 4 My Media p 112 G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Appendix e RAID Levels Explained uses p 114 CEs Yel alate ore hv G SPEED stupi 3 with Thunderbolt Appendix RAID Levels Explained Disk stripping Mirroring Stripped Mirror A RAID 1E array can be built from three or more disk drives Disk stripping with distributed parity Built from two or more equal sized RAID 1 arrays Just a bunch of disks Offers the highest performance and a 100 of total available storage capacity Maximum level of data protection identical data is written to multiple drives Similar to a RAID 1 array except that data is both mirrored and striped and more
29. BELOW YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS EULA IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SOFTWARE ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS EXISTING IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE OWNER OF THE SOFTWARE WHO LICENSES ITS USE 2 The software product accompanying this EULA Software jis copyrighted and proprietary to G Technology s supplierlicensor The Softwar is licensed not sold While G Technology has the rights to k the Software Y u will distribute eso uea it afiar You T Print a Go Back Continue p 19 G SPEED stupio with Thunderbolt 4 The software license agreement will appear Please read the statement and click Continue to proceed Configuring G SPEED Studio R 0 6 8 Install G SPEED Studio R Software To continue installing the software you must agree to the terms of the software license agreement amp Int Click Agree to continue or click Disagree to cancel the installation Lic and quit the Installer De Ins 4 Disagree Agree Nof Ins T rol Summary jaki Solana Net aril NI 5 Click Agree if you agree to the terms of the license To read the license click Read License Choose Disagree if you do not agree with the terms This will terminate the installation procedure Introduction License Destination Se Installation T Installation Summary Install G SPEED Studi
30. Balances system resources between PDM and data read write operations e High More system resources are available to PDM fewer for data read write operations e Highlight the current values in the block threshold fields and input new values The reassigned block threshold range is 1 to 512 blocks Error block threshold range is 1 to 2048 blocks 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Transition Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non revertible spare drive See Running a Transition on a Spare Drive p 53 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Transition Settings To change Transition settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Transition Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are available to Transition leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between Transition and data read write operations e High More system resources are available for Transition and fewer for data read write operations 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Synchronization Synchronization is automatically applied to logical drives when they are created Synchronization recalcul
31. Bunning Target PD PO Progress Current LD Progress Disk Anay Wi Seq Ho I 4 I8 Runing LD 0 78 6 1 top Pousi Migration Disk anay migration i not ranning Erat FOM No untoniguned phytical driw s or spare drives available for POM Transition Transition it not awailable Array was not rebuilt or pane drive it not rewertibhe Synchronization Synchronization it not running GEA the KCK to preveni further changes To perform a manual rebuild 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Mouse over Rebuild then click the Start button 3 From the Source Physical Drive drop down menu choose a Source disk array and physical drive Arrays have an ID number Physical drives have a sequence number 4 From the Target Physical Drive drop down menu choose a Target physical drive 5 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button While the disk array is rebuilding e The disk array will show a green check icon and a Rebuilding status e Logical drives under the disk array will continue to show a yellow Critical Rebuilding status e If the buzzer is enabled your G SPEED Studio R unit will emit two quick beeps every five seconds When the beeps stop the rebuild will be done iconanda p 77 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Pausing and Resuming a Rebuild To pause or resume a Rebuild 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Mous
32. D Studio R with Thunderbolt Power Modes on G SPEED Studio R G SPEED Studio R introduces new power saving and condition response features The automatic power features are e Sleep When your Mac computer goes to sleep G SPEED Studio R automatically goes into standby mode after all background activities complete e Wake When your system wakes G SPEED Studio R automatically powers on e Shutdown When your Mac computer shuts down G SPEED Studio R automatically shuts down e Restart After Shutdown When your Mac computer powers up G SPEED Studio R automatically powers up e HDD Spin Down Your G SPEED Studio R includes a power saving feature that spins down the hard disk drives if the enclosure is idle for 30 minutes This feature can be enabled or disabled and the amount of idle time can be adjusted in the G SPEED Studio R Utility Click on the Controller link in the Dashboard then click the Settings button to change this setting Shutting Down G SPEED Studio R The storage solution shuts down automatically if you turn off your Mac If you want to turn off your G SPEED Studio R without shutting down your computer follow these steps 1 Eject G SPEED Studio R by right clicking on the drive icon and choosing the Eject option G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 2 Launch the G SPEED Studio R Utility and click on the System Information tab in the navigation bar Unlock the us
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34. Power Supply Units e Enclosure Type e Enclosure Critical Temperature Threshold e Controller Critical Temperature Threshold e Max Number of Physical Drive Slots e Max Number of Temperature Sensors e Max Number of Voltage Sensors Click the X icon to close the information panel Viewing Temperature Sensor Information To view the status of the temperature sensor 1 Click the Dashboard icon then click the Temperature link 2 Scroll down until you see Temperature Sensors Temperature Sensors information includes ID e Status Normal Warning or Critical icon e Location Controller or Backplane e Healthy Threshold Enclosure Warning Temperature Threshold e Current Temperature Click the X icon to close the information panel p 38 G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Locating an Enclosure If you have multiple G SPEED Studio R units and you want to verify which unit you are accessing in the G Technology Utility use the Locate function To locate an enclosure From the Logical Drive icon click the Locate button The Drive Power Status LEDs on all drive carriers blink blue for one minute Running the Locate function to identify an enclosure lt _ Drive Power Status LEDs blink Blue Managing the RAID Controller RAID controller management includes Viewing Controller Information Viewing Controller Statistics Changing Controller Settings Changing Buzze
35. a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives Media Patrol is concerned with the media itself not the data recorded on the media If Media Patrol encounters a critical error it triggers Predictive Data Migration PDM if PDM is enabled on the disk array See Making Disk Array Settings To run Media Patrol on your physical drives 1 Click the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Media Patrol then click the Start button To pause or resume a Media Patrol 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Media Patrol then click the Pause or Resume button To stop cancel the Media Patrol 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Media Patrol then click the Stop button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word confirm in the field provided then click the Confirm button G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Managing Disk Arrays Disk array management includes e Viewing a List of Disk Arrays Viewing Disk Array Information Creating a Disk Array Manually e Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard Making Disk Array Settings Locating a Disk Array e Deleting a Disk
36. ables uu ssssessscssssssseessssenees 82 e G SPEED Studio R Utility With Custom SettingS 00 96 e Creating a Logical Drive Manually sesesssesssessseessseessessseeessees 82 ADTA KAU UNLV secre E E T A A reser ae 97 e Formatting Your Logical Drive eseesssesssessseesssessseessseessessseeessees 84 eSPe DIVES a ren ernie cen ates 98 Locating akogical Drive nmi te ne eee 84 RUN MIG a Transition e e atest ata a te tees 99 Deleting a Logical Divers ccc uc ces cherie eE 85 G Technology G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt G Technology Assistant To enhance your experience with G SPEED Studio R we have developed the G Technology Assistant GTA utility The utility provides notifications and details on G SPEED Studio R as well as a link to the configuration and management utility known as the G SPEED Studio R Utility The G Technology Assistant is available for download from the G Technology website at www g technology com support Please visit the site to check for updates as well as helpful tips and tricks Recommended Installation When you first setup G SPEED Studio R you will want to install the G Technology Assistant on your computer along with the G SPEED Studio R Utility To install the G Technology Assistant follow the simple onscreen instructions Once you have successfully completed the installation you can access the utility from the Mac OS Menu Bar and or from the
37. appear on the list at the right If any capacity remains you will have the option to create an additional logical drive 3 Click the Next button to continue The Create Spare Drive screen will display Task 3 Spare Drive Creation To create your spare drive 1 For each of the following items accept the default or change the following settings as required e Check the Revertible box if you want a revertible spare drive A revertible spare drive returns to its spare drive assignment after you replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition function e Global Allows the spare to be used by any disk array e Dedicated Restricts the drive to only working with the disk array you are now creating 2 In the Select Physical Drives diagram click a drive to choose it for your spare The drive carrier will turn blue when you click it The physical drive s ID number will appear in the field below the diagram G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 3 Click the Next button to continue The Summary screen will display Task 4 Summary 1 Review your choices of disk array logical drives and spare drive e To make any changes click the Back button to reach the appropriate screen e To accept click the Submit button Creating the disk array logical drive and spare drive will take a few moments 2 Click the Finish button to close the Wizard Formatting Your Logical Drives If you left
38. array will appear in the list If you are done creating disk arrays click the Finish button e To create additional disk arrays click the Create More button After you create a disk array create a logical drive on it See Creating a Logical Drive Manually To Create a Disk Array and Logical Drive G SPEED Studio R ships preconfigured in a RAID 5 array If you want to change out the hard drives or configure a different RAID mode you will need to create a new array and logical drive If you are installing new disk drives you can use the Wizard to create a new logical drive Procedures for using the Wizard are described below p 66 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard A disk array is a method of organizing data across hard disks or solid state drives One or more logical drives can be created on a disk array Your computer saves files within logical drives on G SPEED Studio R The G SPEED Studio R Utility includes a Wizard to help you set up a disk array logical drives and spare drives To open the Wizard click the Storage menu and choose Wizard The Wizard dialog box will open and offer three configuration methods Wizard dialog box Ie oeo C SPEED Studio R I T ma S oa ah bos f Physical Drive Disk Array Logical Drive Sytem indormation vem Rackground Activities Wizard There are no physical drives available to configu
39. ates redundancy data to ensure that the working data on the physical drives is properly in sync Mouse over on the logical drive click the View button and look under Logical Drive Information beside the line that says Synchronized A Yes means that the logical drive was synchronized See Viewing Logical Drive Information p 54 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Synchronization Settings To change Synchronization settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Background Synchronization Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are available to Synchronization leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between Synchronization and data read write operations e High More system resources are available to Synchronization and fewer for data read write operations 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Managing Physical Drives Physical drive management includes Viewing a List of Physical Drives Viewing Physical Drive Information Viewing Physical Drive Statistics Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information Locating a Physical Drive Making Global Physical Drive Settings Making Individual Physical Drive Settings Making Physical Drive SMART Log Settings Clear
40. button p 94 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Formatting Logical Drives A RAID logical drive must also be formatted to be compatible with your computer In this User Manual the term format includes both partition and format operations You can format your logical drives using the e G SPEED Studio R Utility with Default settings e G SPEED Studio R Utility with Custom Settings e Mac OS Disk Utility Both the G SPEED Studio R Utility and your Mac s Disk Utility offer a choice of formatting options However if there is no specific reason to customize the settings G Technology s default format settings are recommended G SPEED Studio R Software With Default Settings Wizard Automatic or Express When you create your logical drives using the Wizard s Automatic or Express options your logical drives are always formatted automatically When the G SPEED Studio R Utility finishes its format operation new removable drive icons each representing one logical drive will appear on your desktop When you see the icon your logical drive will be ready to use Wizard Advanced or Manual Creation When you create your logical drives using the Wizard s Advanced option the Format option is enabled by default G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt When the G SPEED Studio R Utility finishes the format operation new removable drive icons each representing one lo
41. ch activity are listed after the scheduling options These settings determine how the background activity affects I O performance Viewing Current Background Activities To view a list of background activities click on the Background Activities icon in the Toolbar The following list of background activities will appear e Media Patrol e Initialization e Transition e Redundancy Check e Migration e Synchronization e Rebuild e PDM Currently running activities show a progress bar G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Scheduled Background Activities To view a list of scheduled background activities 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Scheduler button The list of scheduled background activities will appear Adding a Scheduled Background Activity To add a new scheduled background activity 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Scheduler button The list of scheduled background activities will appear 3 Click the Add Schedule button 4 Make schedule settings as desired Choose the option for the activity you want e Media Patrol e Redundancy Check e Spare Check Choose a Start Time from the drop down menus The menus have a 24 hour clock Choose a Recurrence Pattern option daily weekly or monthly e For the Daily option enter an interval in the Every field e For the Weekly option enter an interval in the Every field and choose one or more day
42. city and the same media type as the revertible spare drive Running a Transition The Transition feature enables you to specify permanent spare drives for your G SPEED Studio R unit Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non revertible spare The revertible spare drive will return to its original status Transition happens automatically when the following sequence of events takes place You create a revertible spare drive See Creating a Spare Drive Manually e A physical drive assigned to your disk array fails and the array goes Critical or Degraded p 99 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e G SPEED Studio R automatically rebuilds your array to the revertible spare drive and the array becomes functional again e You replace the failed physical drive with a new physical drive of equal or greater capacity e G SPEED Studio R automatically transitions moves the data from the revertible Spare to the new physical drive e The new physical drive becomes part of the array and the revertible spare drive returns to its original spare status Transition happens manually when you specify an unconfigured physical drive as a transition target for data from the revertible spare drive p 100 G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Maintenance for Your Drive e Replace a Failed Disk Drive
43. disk drives can be included High read performance medium write performance with data protection in case of a drive failure Mirroring provides data protection and striping improves performance Each drive can be accessed as an individual volume Usable storage capacity is 100 of total available storage No fault tolerance failure of one drive in the array results in complete data loss Usable storage space is 50 of total available capacity Usable storage space is 50 of total available capacity Usable storage Capacity equals total Capacity of all drives in the array less the Capacity of one drive Usable storage space is 50 of total available capacity No fault tolerance Content creation applications requiring highest performance and storage capacity Applications in which data security is paramount Applications in which data security is paramount and additional performance is needed Content creation applications requiring data protection and performance Content Backup and Content creation applications with data protection Audio applications p 114 G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt Support amp Warranty e Technical Support eeesesseseseesesessesesessesess p 116 e Limited Warranty e sesseesessessessessessesseseess p 117 COPIONE earch one conor p 119 CEs Yel alate ore hv G SPEED stun Support amp Warranty O Z with Thunderbolt Technical
44. e e Choose a Sector size 512KB 1KB 2KB and 4KB are available e Choose a Read cache Policy Read Cache Read Ahead and No Cache are available e Choose a Write cache Policy Write Back and Write Through Thru are available The Write Cache is always set to WriteThru when the Read Cache is set to NoCache e lf you want the G SPEED Studio R Utility to format your logical drives leave the Format box checked See Formatting Logical Drives 5 Click the Add button The new logical drive will appear on the list at the right If any capacity remains you can create an additional logical drive G SPEED Studio R supports up to 32 logical drives 6 When finished click the Submit button The new logical drive s will appear in the logical drive list The new Volume will appear on the desktop G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Formatting Your Logical Drives If you left the Format box checked when you created your logical drives they will be formatted automatically If you Unchecked the Format box you must format your logical drives manually See Formatting Logical Drives When the G SPEED Studio R Utility finishes formatting new drive icons each representing one logical drive will appear on your desktop right When you see the icon your logical drive will be ready to use Locating a Logical Drive This feature causes the drive carrier LEDs to flash for one minute to assist you in locatin
45. e PDM Uncheck to disable on this array For more information see PDM 2 In the Select Physical Drives diagram click the desired drives to add them to your array Drive carriers turn blue when you click them The physical drives ID numbers appear in the field below the diagram 3 Click the Next button to continue The Create Logical Drive screen will display Task 2 Logical Drive Creation To create your logical drive 1 Enter your information and choose your options e Enter a logical drive alias in the field provided e Choose a RAID level from the drop down menu Note the max capacity value then enter a capacity value in the field provided and choose a unit of measure from the drop down menu p 71 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e Enter a value for capacity and choose the appropriate size unit of measurement MB GB or TB e Choose a Stripe size 64 KB 128 KB 256 KB 512 KB and 1 MB are available e Choose a Sector size 512 B 1 KB 2 KB and 4 KB are available e Choose a Read Cache Policy The choices are Read Cache Read Ahead cache and None e Choose a Write cache Policy The choices are WriteThru and WriteBack WriteBack requires a ReadCache or Read Ahead Read Cache Policy e If you want the Utility to format your logical drives leave the Format box checked For additional format options see Formatting Your Logical Drives 2 Click the Add button The new logical drive will
46. e Report A service report can be useful to technical support for troubleshooting or diagnosing device issues To save a service report to your Mac click on the System Information menu link then click on the Save Service Report button A prompt will ask where you want to save the HTML file containing the service report Choose a location then click the Save button A technical support representative might ask you to email this file for system analysis Updating Firmware For optimal controller and system hardware performance it is a good idea to keep your G SPEED Studio R firmware up to date Download the latest firmware from the G Technology website at www g technology com support gspeed_studio_r and place the img file on your Mac Note that after the update process completes you will need to restart your Mac for the changes to take effect To update the controller firmware 1 From the Admin drop down menu in the menu bar at the top of your desktop choose System Update 8a 08 G SPEED Studia A Ce ee N A E ae Dathbeard Wirid Pirital Ore Dike Ariy Logical Drier Stiles iih Everi korund Acier Dek view Top wie E System Update Make sure your system does mot go to sleep or get turned off during the upgrade process 3 Once the G SPEED Studio A update is complete it must be shutdown or power cycled in order for the new firmware to take effect Conndller Armaare Updare Update firmware on HGST controller Singh bruige We
47. e X icon to close the settings panel G SPEED stupn 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition Stale The physical drive contains obsolete disk array information PFA The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure Be sure you have first corrected the condition by replacing the physical drive and conducting a rebuild operation etc Then clear the PFA condition To clear a Stale or a PFA condition 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the Clear button Click the the Confirm button If the physical drive has both a Stale condition and a PFA condition your first click will remove the Stale condition Click the Clear button a second time to remove the PFA condition Ge Physical Drive List Global Physical Drive Settings iD Status Model Number Type Location Configuration Media Capacity 1 HGST HUS726060AL SATA HDD Slot 1 Array0 No 0 6 T8 View Locate Settings Clear Force Offline 2 HGST HUS726060AL SATA HDD Slot 2 Array0 No 1 G TB View Locate Settings Clear Force Offline A Confirmation Force physical drive offline may cause logical drive unaccessible Please type CONFIRM to verify that you want to force the physical drive offline Confirm Cancel p 62 G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives Media Patrol is
48. e over Rebuild then click the Pause or Resume button Stopping a Rebuild To stop or cancel a Rebuild 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Mouse over Rebuild then click the Stop button 3 Click the Confirm button Also see Making Rebuild Settings Managing Logical Drives Logical drive management includes e Viewing a List of Logical Drives Viewing Logical Drive Information Viewing Logical Drive Statistics Making Logical Drive Settings Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables Creating a Logical Drive Manually Formatting Your Logical Drives Locating a Logical Drive e Deleting a Logical Drive Initializing a Logical Drive Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive Migrating a Logical Drive Running PDM on a Logical Drive G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing a List of Logical Drives To view a list of logical drives perform one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear Logical drive information includes e ID LDO LD1 etc Alias If assigned e Status Normal Critical or Offline icon e Capacity Data capacity of the logical drive e RAID Level Set when the logical drive was created e Stripe Set when the logical drive was created e Cache Policy Read and write cache settings e Ar
49. ected via Thunderbolt 1 First open Disk Utility This application is located on your hard drive under Applications gt Utilities gt Disk Utility The window shown below will appear Your G Technology drive will be displayed in the left column eee HGST G SPEED Studio A Media AA ms i 4 a oe i P re Verify Info Jurn vlour Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize Image Log First Aid ras Partition RAID Restore Macintosh HD n m eitalenalhaes To erase all data on a disk or volume 18 TB HGST G SPEED 5 1 Select the disk or volume in the list on the left ne 2 Specify a format and name eee a lf you want to prevent the recovery of the disk s erased data click Security Options 4 Click Erase To prevent the recovery of previously deleted files without erasing the volume select a volume in the list on the left and click Erase Free Space Format Mac OS Extended Journaled Name Untitled p 109 G SPEED stupo Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 2 Select the appropriate icon not the G Technology drive icon by clicking it in the left column E 500 28 GB APPLE SSD SMO512F Media ga Macintosh HD E 18 TB HGST G SPEED Studio R Media E G SPEED Studio R 3 Click on the Partition button in the main window First Aid Erase Buit RAID Restore 4 Select the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu Below we have selected 2 Pa
50. ee Capacity Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives e Max Contiguous Free Capacity The largest single chunk of unused capacity on the physical drives e Number of Physical Drives The number of physical drives in this array e Number of Logical Drives The number of logical drives in this array e Number of Dedicated Spares The number of spare drives dedicated to this array e Available RAID Levels RAID levels that this disk array can support Creating a Disk Array Manually This feature only creates a disk array You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical and spare drives concurrently G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt To create a disk array 1 From the Dashboard menu click the Disk Array link 2 Click the Create Disk Array button 3 Accept the defaults or make changes e Enter an alias in the Alias field with a maximum of 32 characters letters numbers and spaces between characters e Enable Media Patrol Uncheck to disable on this array For more information see Media Patrol e Enable PDM Uncheck to disable on this array For more information see PDM 4 In the Select Physical Drives diagram click drives to add them to your array The drive carriers turn blue when you click them The physical drives ID numbers will appear in the field below the diagram 5 When you have finished your settings and choices click the Submit button The new
51. er interface see Unlocking the UI click on the Shutdown button then click on Shutdown in the new menu that appears You will need to type CONFIRM in the pop up menu and click the Confirm button Alternatively you can press and hold the power button located on the back of the units until the LED on the front turns off When you release the power button the system will be off and can only be turned on by pressing the power button or removing the power cord and re inserting the power cord Daisy Chaining Multiple G SPEED Studio R Units Up to six G SPEED Studio R or Thunderbolt enabled devices can be connected to each other and to your Mac in a sequential Thunderbolt connection To daisy chain multiple Thunderbolt devices to your G SPEED Studio R follow these steps 1 Use a Thunderbolt cable to connect one of the Thunderbolt ports on the back of your computer to one of the Thunderbolt ports on your G SPEED Studio R 2 Use another Thunderbolt cable to connect the second Thunderbolt port on G SPEED Studio R with one of the Thunderbolt ports on a second device 3 Use additional Thunderbolt cables to link subsequent storage enclosures or Thunderbolt enabled devices into the daisy chain via available Thunderbolt ports G SPEED strupio Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Thunderbolt daisy chain connections l 7 1
52. er of the drive e Firmware Version Firmware version on the drive e Protocol Version ATA ATAPI protocol version 3 Click the Advanced Information tab Advanced information for physical drives includes e Write Cache Enabled or disabled e Read Look Ahead Cache Enabled or disabled e SMART Feature Set Yes or No e SMART Self Test Yes or No e SMART Error Logging Yes or No e Command Queuing Support TCQ or NCQ e Command Queuing Enabled or disabled e Queue Depth Number of commands e Power Saving Level Supported by this drive e Medium Error Threshold e Drive Temperature e Drive Reference Temperature Adjustable under Viewing Physical Drive Statistics Adjustable under Changing PDM Settings 4 Click the X icon to close the information panel G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Physical Drive Statistics To view physical drive statistics 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the View button 3 Click the Statistics tab Physical drive information includes e Data Transferred e Read Data Transferred e Write Data Transferred e Errors Number of errors e Non Read Write Errors e Read Errors e Write Errors e O Request Number of requests e Non Read Write Request Number of requests e Read I O Request Number of requests e Write I O Request Number of requests e Statistics Start Time Time and date e Statist
53. er statistics 1 Click the Dashboard icon then click the Controller link 2 Click the Statistics tab Controller statistics include Data Transferred Read Data Transferred Write Data Transferred Errors Non Read Write Errors Read Errors Write Errors I O Requests Non Read Write Requests Read I O Requests Write I O Requests Statistics Start Date and Time Statistics Collection Date and Time 3 Click the X icon to close the information panel Changing Controller Settings To change controller settings 1 From the Dashboard select Controller 2 Mouse over the controller then click the Settings button You may make any of the following settings changes e Enter change or delete the alias in the Alias field SMART Log Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable SMART Polling Interval Enter a value into the field from 1 to 1440 minutes 1440 minutes 24 hours SMART Log must be enabled to access this function Enable Coercion Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable Coercion Method Choose a method from the drop down menu e GBTruncate p 41 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e 10GBTruncate e GrpRounding e TableRounding Write Back Cache Flush Interval Enter a value into the field from 1 to 12 seconds Enclosure Polling Interval 15 to 255 seconds e Adaptive Writeback Cache Check the box to enable or uncheck to disable e Forced Read Ahead Check the bo
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55. f background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Redundancy Check then click the Pause or Resume button Stopping a Redundancy Check To stop or cancel the Redundancy Check 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Redundancy Check then click the Stop button Click the Confirm button G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Migrating a Logical Drive Migration means one or both of the following e Changing the RAID level of a logical drive e Expanding the storage capacity of a logical drive Before you begin a migration examine your current disk array to determine whether e The physical drives in your array can support the target RAID level e There is sufficient capacity to accommodate the target logical drive size If you need to add physical drives to your array be sure there are unassigned physical drives installed in your RAID system before you begin migration See RAID Levels and RAID Level Migration To migrate a logical drive 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Migrate then click the Start button 3 In the Select Disk Array drop down menu choose the source disk array 4 In the Select Physical Drives diagram click the drives you wish to add to your array The ID numbers of the chosen drives will appear in the field below the diagram 5 Click the Next but
56. for content creation professionals who use bandwidth intensive 2K and 4K media formats With two bidirectional ports a user can easily daisy chain up to six high speed Thunderbolt peripheral devices including external disk drives video capture devices and external displays Thunderbolt 2 is backward compatible with the previous first generation version of Thunderbolt G SPEED Studio supports the industry s most demanding professional content creation applications including Final Cut Pro Adobe Premiere and Avid Media Composer p 8 G SPEED stupo About Your G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt What s in the Box The following items are included in the box e G SPEED Studio R storage solution e Four removable enterprise class drive modules installed in unit e 1 Thunderbolt cable e Power Cord e Quick Start Guide If any items are missing please contact G Technology at www g technology com contact contact_support Download the latest G SPEED Studio R manual and utilities at www g technology com support gspeed_studio_r System Requirements G SPEED Studio R supports the following operating systems e Mac OS 10 9 2 or higher The solution is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS X systems and is formatted as HFS in a RAID 5 configuration p 9 G SPEED stupo 4 About Your G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Overview of the Drive G SPEED Studio R ships from the factory preconfigured
57. g the physical drives that make up a logical drive To locate a logical drive 1 Click the Logical Drive icon The list of logical drives will appear 2 Mouse over the logical drive you want then click the Locate button The drive power status LEDs for the physical drives that make up the logical drive will blink blue for one minute Running the Locate function to identify a disk array Drive power status LEDs blink blue p 84 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Deleting a Logical Drive Delete Logical Drive 0 WARNING ALL DATA on the logical drive will be LOST Please type CONFIRM to verify that you want to delete this logical drive Confirm Cancel This action requires administrator or superuser privileges To delete a logical drive 1 Perform one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear 2 Mouse over the disk array you want then click the Delete button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button Initializing a Logical Drive Initialization is normally done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array 808 6 C SPEED Studia A 3 Sasa wm S ne oe Dashboard Wizard Fhysical Drive Disk Asray Logical Drive System Infurmation Events Background Activities Fug eee Background Activities
58. gical drive will appear on your desktop When you see the icon your logical drive is ready to use For more information see Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard and Creating a Logical Drive Manually G SPEED Studio R Utility With Custom Settings To use your own format settings you must create your logical drives using the Wizard s Advanced option or create your logical drives manually and you must un check the Format box See Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard and Creating a Logical Drive Manually To format your logical drives using the G SPEED Studio R Utility with your own settings 1 In the Logical Drive list mouse over the logical drive you want to format then click the Format button 2 Supply information as required e Optional Type a different name into the Volume Name field e Choose a partition from the Partition Type drop down menu e Choose a format type from the Format Type drop down menu p 96 G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e For Macintosh computers the default GPT Format partition and the default e Journaled HFS format are recommended 3 Click the Format button When the G SPEED Studio R Utility has finished the partition and format operation new removable drive icons each representing one logical drive will appear on your desktop When you see the icon your logical drives will be ready to use Disk Utility Fo
59. gy drive is the sole responsibility of the user Make Two Backups To help prevent the loss of your data we highly recommend keeping TWO copies of your data in separate storage locations When configured in RAID 1 5 or protected modes G SPEED Studio R will safeguard your data from individual hard drive failure However if any file system corruption occurs the data contained on G SPEED Studio R may be affected For critical data G Technology recommends keeping one copy on your G SPEED Studio R and at least one additional copy on another storage device p 6 G SPEED stupo with Thunderbolt About Your G SPEED Studio R AMOU tn E p 8 e What s in the BOX sesessesesesessssesesesessesesseses p 9 e System Requirements sceececeeesceeeeeees p 9 e Overview of the Drive uuu p 10 CEs Yel alate ore hv G SPEED stupo 4 About Your G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Introduction Thank you for purchasing the G Technology G SPEED Studio featuring 20 Gb s Thunderbolt 2 interface technology Specifically designed for professional content creation applications the G SPEED Studio R storage system provides RAID 0 1 5 and JBOD functionality for both application performance and data protection The drive supports Thunderbolt 2 technology which enables blazing fast concurrent data streams capable of data transfer rates over 1300 MB s This opens up incredible time saving and multi stream possibilities
60. ible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non revertible spare You must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger capacity and same media type as the revertible spare drive Also see Transition G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Running a Transition To run a Transition on a revertible spare drive 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Transition then click the Start button 3 Choose a Source Physical Drive The Source Physical Drive is the revertible spare drive that is now part of the disk array Source Physical Drives are identified by their disk array and sequence numbers within the disk array 4 Choose a Target Physical Drive The Target Physical Drive is the drive that replaces the revertible spare Target Physical Drives are identified by their physical drive ID number 5 Click the Confirm button Pausing and Resuming a Transition To pause or resume a Transition 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Transition then click the Pause or Resume button Stopping Pausing or Resuming a Transition To stop cancel a Transition 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Transition then click the Stop button 3 Click the Confirm
61. iccscsscecsscecesceceescscerecescsonsenses 90 SIEOCATING aAlOISK ANAV eee te cee scree 74 e Viewing Spare Drive Information ssseessssesssseesssseessssesssseessseees 10 Deleting a DISK ANIV ee nea ee 75 e Creating a Spare Drive Manually se sssessseesseesssesssserssessseeessees 91 e Preparing a Disk Array for Transport sssesssseesssseessseesssseessseees 76 e Changing Spare Drive SettingS sesesssessseesssessseessseessessseeessees 92 Aoa BIA TE te et ee nce 76 a ee spare CHECK eee ene tenes 93 e Pausing and Resuming a Rebuild s sesesssessssesssesssesssseessessseeessees 78 Deleting a Spare DVE ea E eee 93 STOPPING a REDUI es e e a e e seer tere ace tart 78 e Running a Transition on a Spare DriVe s sssesssesssseessesssseessees 93 Managing Logical Drives see mnt sre ta a 78 Running a Manston eee e tere ee a 94 Viewing a List Of Logical Drives seireeeeeirieresirecressreeess e 79 e Pausing and Resuming a Transition e sssessseesssessseesseesseessseessees 94 e Viewing Logical Drive Information s ssssesssseessssersssseessseessseees 79 e Stopping Pausing or Resuming a TransitiOn eens 94 e Viewing Logical Drive StatiStiCS se sesessssesseessserssseesseesseeessees 10 Formatting Logical Drives c ee cn e ee 95 e Changing Logical Drive Settings se sssessseesssessseessseessessseeessees 81 e G SPEED Studio R Software With Default Settings 95 e Viewing Logical Drive Check T
62. icing Your drive contains no user serviceable parts If it appears to be malfunctioning have it inspected by a qualified Technical Support representative e Moisture Place the device away from moisture or liquids To reduce the risk of damage do not expose this drive to rain or moisture Do not use it in damp or wet conditions Never place objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings e Ventilation Place the device in a vented area The drive should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat source e Temperature Do not expose this drive to temperatures outside the range of 5 C to 35 C 41 F to 95 F It should also not be exposed to operational humidity beyond 5 to 80 non condensing or non operating humidity beyond 10 to 90 non condensing Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat exposing it to sunlight even through a window or setting it in an environment that is too cold or humid e Physical Damage Do not place heavy objects on the drive Never use excessive force on your drive p 5 G SPEED stupo Safety amp General Use with Thunderbolt Backup Your Data The disk drive contained in your G SPEED Studio R is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage from excessive physical shock Under no circumstances will G Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data Any loss corruption or destruction of data while using a G Technolo
63. ics Collection Time Time and date To clear physical drive statistics see Clearing Statistics 4 Click the X icon to close the settings panel p 58 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information To view physical drive SMART Log information 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the View button 3 Click the SMART Log tab SMART Log information includes e Physical Drive ID e SMART Support Yes or No depending on the drive e SMART Status Enabled or disabled e SMART Health Status OK is normal Adjustable under Changing Controller Settings 4 Click the X icon to close the settings panel Locating a Physical Drive This feature causes the drive carrier LEDs to blink for one minute to help you locate the physical drive To locate a physical drive 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the Locate button The drive power status LED for the drive carrier holding that drive will blink blue for one minute G SPEED stupio 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Running the Locate function to identify a physical drive Drive power status LEDs blink Blue Changing Global Physical Drive Settings To change global physical drive settings 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Click the Global Physical Drive Settings button 3 Check the fol
64. ing Initialization Settings esessessssessseesseessseesseesseessseeossee 50 REDI ainean EE E E 50 Changing Rebuild SettingS se ssseessseessesssseesseesssessseesseessessseeessee 51 NIGP ON anae E ETA 51 Changing Migration Settings sesessseesesessseessseesseesseeosseesseessseosseee 52 PON es E step case cs eesti 52 Changing PDM SettinGS ccsscsssesscsssscsssessssssscssesscssseesssessessseees 53 NUS UC OM ea E E E E E EE TE 53 Changing Transition Settings seseseseeseseseseessseessessseeosseesseesssessseee 54 SY MACE OMIZAC OM ss aE 54 Changing Synchronization Settings sesesssseessessseessseesseesssesssees 55 Managing Physical Drives cssssssssessssssecssesscsssesscsesecsssesssssseees 55 Viewing a List of Physical DriV S ssse ssssesssseessseesssseesssseessseeossee 56 Viewing Physical Drive Information sssssssesessssssssseessssseeessseeees 56 Viewing Physical Drive Statistics esessseessseesseessseesseesssessseressesss 58 G SPEED stupio 4 with Thunderbolt Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ssssseessssee 59 Locating a Physical DriVe sssessseessseesseesssessseesssessseessseoneeossseossees 59 Changing Global Physical Drive SettingS csssssescseceeseseees 60 Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings essen 60 Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings cssseeseeees 61 Clearing a Stale Or PFA Condition ss sssesss
65. ing a Stale or a PFA Condition Forcing a Physical Drive Offline G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing a List of Physical Drives To view a list of physical drives in your G SPEED Studio R click the Physical Drive icon Physical drive information includes ID ID number of the physical drive e Status Normal Stale or PFA or Dead icon e Model Number e Type SATA HDD or SSD e Location Enclosure number and slot number e Configuration Array number and sequence number spare number unconfigured or stale configuration e Media Capacity In terabytes Viewing Physical Drive Information To view physical drive information 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the View button Physical drive information includes e Physical Drive ID ID number of the physical drive e Location Enclosure number and slot number e Alias If assigned e Physical Capacity Total capacity in TB e Configurable Capacity Usable capacity in TB e Used Capacity Capacity actually used in TB e Block Size Typically 512 Bytes e Operational Status OK normal Stale PFA Dead e Configuration Status Array number and sequence number spare number e Model Number Make and model of the drive G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e Drive Interface SATA 1 5 3 Gb s or 6 Gb s e Serial Number Serial numb
66. ious section you can restore the icon with the following easy steps NOTE This process is not required for G SPEED Studio R operation However it will make your drive s appearance on the computer desktop look more attractive and intuitive 1 To get the G SPEED Studio R icon package go to www g technology com support and navigate to your product There will be a link to download the drive icon 2 Once downloaded double click the ZIP file to open Next double click the DMG file to open the G Technology Icons package 3 Click to select the drive icon for G SPEED Studio R in the package window Press Command C to copy the icon see below e OG 3 C SPEED Studio RAID Icons Ta L lt i gt EA jim Erjar ejl G SPEED Studio RAID Icons G SPEEDstudio_0214 icns G SPEEDstudio 0214 ico p 107 G SPEED stupo 6 Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 4 Select the G SPEED Studio R icon on your desktop and press Command l This will open its Get Info window below left 5 Select the default icon in the Get Info window below left 6 Press Command V to paste the G SPEED Studio R custom icon into the Get Info window below right eNO E C SPEED Studio R Info 6 S5PEED Studio R _ Modified Today 2 54 PM Add Tags g G SPEED Studio R T General Kind Volume Created Saturday May 24 2014 at 9 34 PM Modifie Today 2 54 PM Format Mac OS Extended journaled Capacin 18
67. is application is located on your hard drive under Applications gt Utilities gt Disk Utility The window shown below will appear p 104 G SPEED stupio with Thunderbolt Maintenance for Your Drive 2 Select G SPEED Studio R by clicking its drive icon in the left column Information about the drive will be displayed at the bottom of the window 3 Select the Erase tab to view formatting options Select Mac OS Extended on the Format menu and enter G SPEED Studio R for the name 20200 E y W Burr M t Exel Enable Journaling E Macintosh HDO jy Elnatcin r TH TE AGS G SPEED Studio A Menia E S SPEED Studio A HGST G SPEED Studie A Media PF z ra New Image Carvort Leg First Aid Partition RAID Astor Te oraso all data on a digk or volume i Saleci then disk r volume in thi lisi an thi lafi E city l ni ond wimi a If you want to preveni the recovery of the disk s arased data click Security Options 4s Glick Erase To prevent the recovery of previously deleted files without erasing the volurne select a volume in the list on the left ard click Erase Fred Gpi a Mac OS Extenchec a Mac OS Extended Jounnaled Encrypted Mac OS Extended Case sensilive Journaled Mac OS Extended Casa ceneitive Joumaled Ener pied ExXFAT Security Options Erne 4 Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G SPEED Studi
68. l drive See Migrating a Logical Drive G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Migration Settings To change migration settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Migration Rate drop down menu and choose a rate Low Fewer system resources are available for migration leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between migration and data read write operations e High More system resources are available for migration fewer for data read write operations 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel PDM Predictive Data Migration PDM is the migration of data from the suspect disk drive to a spare drive PDM is similar to rebuilding a disk array but unlike in rebuilding PDM automatically copies your data to a spare drive before the drive fails and your logical drive goes critical PDM can be triggered automatically by Media Patrol Also see Running PDM on a Logical Drive p 52 G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing PDM Settings To change PDM settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the PDM Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are allocated to PDM leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium
69. lity limited HGST AND ITS AFFILIATES SUPPLIERS DISTRIBUTORS AND RESELLERS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING 1 THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU FOR DAMAGES OTHER THAN BODILY INJURY INCLUDING DEATH AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY 2 LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO YOUR DATA OR 3 SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OR FOR ANY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATION OF LIABILITY INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU How do local laws apply THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION p 118 G SPEED stupio Support amp Warranty O gt with Thunderbolt CAPACITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER For G Technology products 1TB or greater 1 gigabyte GB is equal to 1 billion bytes and 1 terabyte TB equals 1 000 GB 1 trillion bytes Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive the computer s operating system and other factors For G Technology products less than 1TB One gigabyte GB is equal to 1 billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity Accessible capacity will vary depending on the operating environment and formatting Copyright 2014 G TECHNOLOGY Inc All Rights Reserved G TECHNOLOGY the G TECHNOLO
70. lowing boxes to enable functionality uncheck them to disable e Enable Write Cache e Enable Read Look Ahead Cache e Enable Command Queuing 4 Click the Save button 5 Click the X icon to close the settings panel Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings Ge Physical Drive List Global Physical Oriri Seaniegs Physical drives senlings were changed successfully 10 Status Model Member Typa La i Conbguraizon Media Capacity Physical Drive Settings G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt To change individual physical drive settings 1 Click the Physical Drive icon Physical dave 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the Settings button 3 Make changes as needed e Enter change or delete the alias in the Alias field e Choose Unconfigured or PassThru Configuration e Unconfigured drives are not visible to your computer You will use these to make disk arrays PassThru drives are visible to your computer and are configured as individual drives They cannot be used to make a disk array 4 Click the Save button 5 Click the X icon to close the settings panel Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings To change physical drive SMART log settings 1 Click the Physical Drive icon 2 Mouse over the physical drive you want then click the Settings button 3 Click the SMART Log Settings tab 4 Check the box to enable the SMART log 5 Click the Save button 6 Click th
71. menu This is the same menu obtained by clicking the Physical Drive menu button at the top of the G SPEED Studio R Utility window or by clicking the Physical Drive menu link under System Status in the Dashboard See Managing Physical Drives for more information G SPEED Studio R Utility View Dashboard Storage Admin Window Help E00 G 5PEED Studia R eTa Fai E3 wer San Dashboard Wizard Physical Orive Disk Array Logical Drive System Information Events Background Activities Ge Physical Drive List Global Physical Drive Settings Physical drives settings were changed successfully Ip Status Model Number Type Location Configuration Media Capacity 1 i HGST HUS 26060AL SATA HDD Shot 1 Pass Thru 6 TE View Locate Settings 2 G HGST HUS 260604AL SATA HDD Shot 2 Uncontigured 6 TB wiew Locate Settings 3 E HGST HUS 260604AL SATA HDO Slot 3 Unconfigured 6 TE View Locate Settings 4 HGST HUS 26060AL SATA HDD Slot 4 Unconfigured 6 TE wiew Locate Settings p 31 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Highlight Arrays From the Disk Array menu select the Locate button to identify the physical drives assigned to a disk array The LEDs on the enclosure will appear purple and flash in sync The bays carriers containing drives that do not belong to the chosen disk array will not be highlighted Back View Add Back View to the Toolbar by going to the View pulldown
72. n 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Initialization then click the Pause or Resume button Stopping an Initialization To stop cancel the Initialization 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Initialization then click the Stop button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button p 86 G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive Redundancy Check is a routine maintenance procedure for fault tolerant disk arrays those with redundancy that ensures the redundant copies of data still match the original source data Redundancy Check can also correct inconsistencies To run Redundancy Check on a logical drive 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over Redundancy Check then click the Start button 3 Check the boxes to the left of the logical drives on which to run Redundancy Check 4 Check the option you want e Auto Fix Attempts to repair the problem when it finds an error e Pause on Error The process stops when it finds a non repairable error 5 Click the Confirm button Pausing and Resuming a Redundancy Check To pause or resume a Redundancy Check 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list o
73. ndin LAE Ph Pinni Fa Siraghe krig fo Bueld Dati age 18 oo14 Local Flash File Hamme Cheeee File eo file selected p 36 G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 2 Click on the padlock icon to unlock the menu then type in the password for your Mac when the prompt appears 3 Click the Choose File button and locate the img file you downloaded from G Technology 4 Click the Submit button 5 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided and click the Confirm button 6 The process will take several seconds When complete you will be prompted to restart your Mac Restart your Mac and continue using your G SPEED Studio R Managing Enclosures Enclosure management includes the following functions Viewing System Information Viewing Temperature Sensor Information Locating an Enclosure Viewing the Enclosure Information Enclosure management includes the following functions e Click the Dashboard icon then click the Controller link e Mouse over the Enclosure then click the View button e Close the Controller View page by clicking the x icon at the top right p 37 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Enclosure information includes e Enclosure ID e Enclosure Warning Temperature Threshold e Controller Warning Temperature Threshold e SEP Firmware Version e Max Number of Controllers e Max Number of Fans e Max Number of
74. ng scheduled background activity 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Scheduler button The list of scheduled background activities will appear 3 Mouse over the background activity then click the Settings button 4 Uncheck the Enable This Schedule box to disable this particular schedule Check the box to enable it 5 Click the Save button To return to currently running background activities click the Background Activities button Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity To delete a scheduled background activity 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Scheduler button The list of scheduled background activities will appear 4 Type the word CONFIRM in the field provided 5 Click the Confirm button To return to currently running background activities click the Background Activities button G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Media Patrol Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk drive Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives Media Patrol is concerned with the media itself not the data recorded on the media If Media Patrol encounters a critical error it triggers Predictive Data Migration PDM if PDM is enabled on the disk array See Making Disk Array Settings Changing Media Patrol Settings To change Media Patrol settings 1 Click on the Background
75. o R Software Standard Inssall on Macintosh HD This will take 5 2 MB of space on your computer Click Install to perform a standard installation of this software for all users of this computer All users of this computer will be able to use this software et co tack p 20 G SPEED stupo 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 6 Click Install to begin the installation process 7 The G SPEED Studio R utility software will install in a few moments Once complete a message will inform you that the installation was successful Click Close to complete the installation procedure AN0A Install G SPEED Studio R Software 5 The installation was completed successfully Introduction License Destination Sel Installation T Installation The installation was successful Summary The software was installed a D k Close The G SPEED Studio R Utility is now available to help manage your G SPEED Studio R Use this tool if you need to modify the array configuration retrieve system information or update the enclosure firmware The utility tool is also useful for monitoring the storage system status as well as troubleshooting For more information on using the G SPEED Studio R including instructions on how to use the Wizard menu or install a different RAID array configuration please visit Manage With G SPEED Studio R Utility p 21 G SPEED stupo 4 Configuring G SPEE
76. o R partition WARNING THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE 5 Click on the Erase button to continue A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show your reformatting progress Formatting diskis as Mac OS Extended Journaled with name G SPEED Studio R qe Total Capacity 18 TB 18 000 000 000 000 Bytos Write Status Read Write 5 M_A R T Status Not Supported supporte Partition Map Scheme GUID Partition Table p 105 G SPEED stupo 6 Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 6 After the drive is reinitialized you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box Click the Don t Use button if you do not want to your G SPEED Studio R as a Time Machine backup target Time Machine Time Machine keeps an up to date copy of everything on your Mac It not only keeps a spare copy of every file it remembers how your system looked so you can revisit your Mac as it appeared in the past D Do you want to use G SPEED Studio A 18 TB to back up with Encrypt Backup Disk Decide Later Don t Use Use as Backup Disk r 7 Quit Disk Utility After reinitializing the drive the custom icon for G SPEED Studio R will be erased You can optionally restore this icon with the steps on the following page p 106 G SPEED stupo Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt Restore the Drive Icon If your G SPEED Studio R drive icon was erased during the reinitializing process see prev
77. o zero This action is useful because there may be residual possibly sensitive data on logical drives left from earlier configurations For this reason initialization is recommended whenever you create a logical drive Note You cannot access a logical drive while it is initializing See Initializing a Logical Drive p 49 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Initialization Settings To change initialization settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Logical Drive Initialization Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are allocated to initialization leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between initialization and data read write operations e High More system resources are allocated to initialization fewer to data read write operations 4 Click the Confirm button 5 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Rebuild When you rebuild a disk array you are actually using redundant data to rebuild the lost or inaccessible data on one physical drive e When a physical drive in a disk array fails and a spare drive of adequate capacity is available the disk array begins to rebuild automatically using the spare drive e If there is no spare drive of adequate capacity but the Auto Rebuild function is ENABLED the disk array will begin to reb
78. onitoring managing and creating disk arrays e Logical Drive Displays the logical drive list settings and functions e System Information Displays G SPEED Studio R information and settings e Events Displays the Event logs e Background Activity Display or run background tasks The above Icons are the default icons You can add additional icons such as Top View Back View and Component List Customizing the Toolbar You can customize the toolbar by adding or removing icons To add remove toolbar icons 1 From the G SPEED Studio R Utility window click the View menu and choose Customize Toolbar The toolbar options dialog box will appear 2 Do one or both actions as needed e Click and drag an icon from the dialog box to the toolbar to add the icon e Click and drag an icon from the toolbar to delete the icon 3 When finished click the Done button G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Component List Click the Dashboard icon From the System Status list choose controller to view the device ID operational status enclosure type and status description of all enclosures The Enclosure Controller Buzzer and Fan menus are described in relevant sections of this chapter See Viewing Controller Information Viewing the Enclosure Information and Changing Buzzer Settings for more information Physical Drive Menu Click on the Physical Drive icon in the toolbar to display the Physical Drive
79. originally purchased To determine the warranty specifically for your product visit www g technology com A valid proof of purchase may be required to prove eligibility If you do not have a valid proof of purchase the limited warranty period will be measured from the date of sale from HGST to the authorized distributor What does this limited warranty not cover The limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from commercial use misuse accident modification or alteration to hardware or software tampering unsuitable physical or operating environment beyond product specifications improper maintenance or failure caused by a product for which HGST is not responsible There is no warranty of uninterrupted or error free operation There is no warranty for loss of data you must regularly back up the data stored on your product to a separate storage product There is no warranty for product with removed or altered identification labels HGST DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU HGST is not responsible for returning to you a product that is not covered by this limited warranty p 117 G SPEED stupo 6 Support amp Warrant with Thunderbolt What must you do If you are having tr
80. ou in locating the physical drives that make up a given disk array To locate a disk array 1 Perform one of the following actions e From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link e From the Storage menu choose Disk Array p 74 G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 2 Mouse over the disk array you want to identify then click the Locate button The drive power status LEDs for the physical drives that comprise the array will blink blue for one minute Running the Locate function to identify a disk array Drive power status LEDs blink Deleting a Disk Array Delete Logical Drive 0 WARNING ALL DATA on the logical drive will be LOST Please type CONFIRM to verify that you want to delete this logical drive Confirm Cancel To delete a disk array 1 Perform one of the following actions e From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link e From the Storage menu choose Disk Array 2 Mouse over the disk array you want then click the Delete button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided then click the Confirm button p 75 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Preparing a Disk Array for Transport This feature prepares the physical drives that make up the disk array to be removed from the enclosure and installed in a different G SPEED Studio R enclosure To prepare a disk array for transport 1
81. ouble with a product before seeking limited warranty service first follow the troubleshooting procedures that HGST or your reseller provides To obtain limited warranty service you must first obtain a Return Materials Authorization RMA and ship to address by contacting G Technology at www g technology com support Please follow theinstructions found on this website You must return the covered hard disk drive using approved packaging to our logistics center You must pay any associated transportation charges duties and insurance in shipping the drive to our logistics center You should remove all personal information from the product prior to its return What will HGST do HGST will replace the drive with a functionally equivalent replacement product transportation prepaid HGST may replace your product with a product that was previously used repaired and tested to meet HGST specifications You receive tile to the replaced product at delivery to carrier at HGST s shipping point You are responsible for importation of the replaced product if applicable HGST will not return the original drive to consumers therefore the consumer is responsible for moving data to another media before returning Data recovery is not covered under this warranty and is not part of the warranty returns process HGST warrants that replaced products are covered for the remainder of the original product warranty or 90 days whichever is greater How is our liabi
82. ows No until synchronizing is completed See Synchronization e Parity Pace Pertains to some RAID levels e WWN Worldwide Number a unique identifier assigned to this logical drive e RAID 5 and 6 Algorithm Pertains to RAID 5 and 6 e Codec Scheme Pertains to some RAID levels e Serial No Serial number assigned to this logical drive Viewing Logical Drive Statistics To view logical drive statistics 1 Do one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear G SPEED stupi 43 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 2 Mouse over the logical drive you want then click the View button 3 Click the Statistics tab Logical Drive statistics will display including e Data Transferred In megabytes e O Requests e Read Data Transferred In megabytes e Non Read Write I O Requests e Write Data Transferred In megabytes e Read I O Requests e Errors e Write I O Requests e Non Read Write Errors e Statistics Start Time e Read Errors e Statistics Collection Time e Write Errors 4 Click the X icon to close the statistics panel To clear the check tables see Clearing Statistics Changing Logical Drive Settings To change logical drive settings 1 Do one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear 2 Mouse ove
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85. r Settings Viewing Controller Information To view controller information you can access the Controller info page from the Dashboard panel under System Status You can also select the Component List from the View pull down window and navigate to Customize Toolbar where you can add Component List The Information tab will be displayed p 39 G SPEED stupo 3 with Thunderbolt Controller information includes Controller ID Vendor Operational Status Cache Usage Percentage Part Number Hardware Revision SCSI Protocol Supported Single Image Version Host Driver Version Configuring G SPEED Studio R Alias same as enclosure alias Model Power On Time Dirty Cache Usage Percentage Serial Number WWN Worldwide Number BIOS Version Single Image Build Date To view advanced information click the Advanced Information tab Advanced controller information includes Memory Type19 Flash Type NVRAM Type Preferred Cache Line Size Coercion SMART Write Back Cache Flush Interval Enclosure Polling Interval Forced Read Ahead Cache Memory Size Flash Size NVRAM Size Cache Line Size Coercion Method SMART Polling Interval Through Mode Adaptive Write Back Cache Adjustable under Changing Controller Settings Click the X icon to close the information panel G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Controller Statistics To view controll
86. r information on using your computer s Disk Utility application see the online help or the computer s user manual To format your logical drives using the computer s Disk Utility you must create your logical drives using the Wizard s Advanced option or create your logical drives manually and you must un check the Format box See Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard and Creating a Logical Drive Manually To format your logical drives using the computer s Disk Utility 1 Click the Go menu and choose Utilities from the drop down list 2 Double click the Disk Utility icon to open the utility 3 In the drive list highlight the logical drive you want to format then click the Partition button p 97 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 4 Change your Volume Scheme Volume Information and Options settings then click the Apply button For Macintosh computers the default GPT Format partition and the default Journaled HFS format are recommended 5 In the Confirmation dialog box click the Partition button When Disk Utility has finished the partition and format operation new removable drive icons each representing one logical drive will appear on your desktop and your logical drives will be ready to use Spare Drives A spare drive is a physical drive that you designate to automatically replace the failed physical drive in a disk array See Creating a Spare Drive Manually
87. r the logical drive you want then click the Settings button 3 Make setting changes as required e Enter change or delete the alias in the Alias field Aliases must have a maximum of 32 characters letters numbers and spaces between characters e Choose a Read cache Policy Read Cache Read Ahead and No Cache are available e Choose a Write cache Policy Write Back and Write Through Thru are available 4 Click the Save button For more information see Read Cache Policy and Write Cache Policy p 81 G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables This feature allows you to view error tables Use this information to evaluate the integrity of a logical drive and determine whether corrective action is needed To view logical drive check tables 1 Do one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear 2 Mouse over the logical drive you want then click the Check Table button 3 Choose an option e All All errors default e Read Check Read errors for this logical drive e Write Check Write errors for this logical drive e Inconsistent Block Inconsistent blocks for this logical drive meaning that mirror data for RAID levels 1 1E and 10 and or parity data for RAID levels 5 and 6 may contain errors Inconsistencies are identified by the Redundancy Check The Check Table
88. ray ID ID number of the disk array where this logical drive was created Viewing Logical Drive Information To view logical drive information 1 Do one of the following actions e Click the Logical Drive icon e From the Storage menu choose Logical Drive The list of logical drives will appear 2 Mouse over the logical drive you want then click the View button Logical Drive information will display including e Logical Drive ID LDO LD1 etc e Alias If assigned e Array ID ID number of the disk array where this logical drive was created e RAID Level Set when the logical drive was created e Operational Status OK Critical or Offline G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt e Capacity Data capacity of the logical drive e Number of Axles For RAID 10 two axles e Physical Capacity Data capacity of the physical drives e Number of Physical Drives The number of physical drives in the disk array e Stripe size Set at logical drive creation e Read Policy ReadCache ReadAhead or None e Sector size Set at logical drive creation e Write Policy WriteThru or WriteBack e Current Write Policy May change from WriteBack to WriteThru under certain conditions e Preferred Controller ID Not applicable e Tolerable Number of Dead Drives Per Axle Number of physical drives that can fail without the logical drive going offline e Synchronized A new logical drive sh
89. re Choose the best method for your needs as per the following table Automatic New to data storage Express General parameters Familiar with data storage Individual parameters Data storage professionals p 67 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Choosing Automatic Configuration To use the Automatic Configuration Wizard 1 From the Storage menu choose Wizard 2 Click the Automatic button The Automatic Configuration dialog box will appear Automatic Configuration dialog box leoo G SPEED Studio R fm O amp o D Frar Dathboard wizard Pirysical Drive Dick Array Logical Orive Syitem Information fivents Sackground Activities Automatic Configuration gt Disk Array information Number of Logical Drives Number of Paypal Orives Physical Drive IDs 1 2 3 4 Total Com gurable Cagacty 16 Te Media Type HDO Disk Array Logical Drives RAID Level Media Capacity Sector Strnpe RAIDS 1278 512 Byes 1MB Spare Drives PD ID Type Revertble Media Type Submit Cancel m Click the lock to prevent further changes 1 Do one of the following actions e If you agree with the proposed configuration click the Submit button The Wizard will create your disk array and logical drive The Wizard can also create a spare drive e If you do NOT agree with the proposed configuration click the Cancel button to return to the original Automatic Configuration menu
90. re information To create a spare drive 1 Perform the following action e From the Dashboard window click the Spare Drive link 2 Click the Create Spare Drive button G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 3 For each of the following items accept the default or change the settings as required e Check the Revertible box if you want a revertible spare drive A revertible spare drive returns to its spare drive assignment after you replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition function e Type choose spare type e Global Can be used by any disk array e Dedicated to the specific disk array noted by the checked radio button e Media Type If you have more than one type of physical drive installed SSD and HDD for example choose the type of drive for the spare 4 In the Create Spare Drive diagram click a drive to choose as your spare The drive carrier will turn blue when you click this The physical drive s ID number will appear in the field below the diagram 5 Click the Submit button to continue If you are done creating spare drives click the Finish button To create another spare drive click the Create More button Changing Spare Drive Settings For more information on settings options see Spare Drives To change spare drive settings 1 From the Dashboard window click the Spare Drive link The list of spare drives will appear 2 Mouse over the spare drive you want
91. rtible Yes or No e Spare Type Global or Dedicated e Dedicated to Array ID number of the disk array to which the spare is dedicated Viewing Spare Drive Information To view spare drive information 1 Perform the following action e From the Dashboard window click Spare Drive 2 Mouse over the spare drive you want then click the View button G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Spare Drive information will display including e Spare Drive ID Spare0 Spare1 etc e Physical Drive ID ID number of the physical drive chosen for this spare e Location Enclosure number and slot number e Model Number Make and model of the physical drive e Operational Status OK Rebuilding Failed or Missing e Spare Type Global or Dedicated e Physical Capacity Total data capacity of the spare drive e Revertible Yes or No e Configurable Capacity Usable capacity of the spare drive e Spare Check Status Not Checked or Healthy e Media Patrol Enabled or Not Enabled e Dedicated to Array ID number of the disk array to which the spare is dedicated Adjustable under Making Spare Drive Settings For Soare Check see Running Spare Check 3 Click the X icon to close the information panel Creating a Spare Drive Manually This feature creates a spare drive only You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical drives and spare drives concurrently See Spare Drives for mo
92. rtitions to create two partitions 40400 ferify Info Burn amp Macintosh HD amp Macintosh HD 18 TB HGST G SPEED S E G SPEED Studio R Diek Description HGST G SPEED Studio R Media Connection Buse SAS Connection Type External HGST G SPEED Studio R Media Mount Eject Enable Journaling New Image Convert Resize image ng n E Log First Aid Frasa Partition RAID ss Restore Partition Layout Partition Information Name G SPEED Studio R 1 Partition 2 Partitions Format Mac OS Extended Journalecd 3 Partitions 4 Partitions Size 18 1B 5 Partitone G Partitions To erase and partition the selected disk choose a 7 Partitions layout from the Partition Layout pop up menu set 8 Partitions options for cach partition and click Apply ofan To resize a partition on the selected disk drag its resize control and click Apply 11 Partitions 12 Partitions 13 Partitions The selected partition won t be changed 14 Partitions 15 Partitions 16 Partitions Total Capacity 18 TB 16 000 000 000 000 Bytes Write Status Read Write S M A R T Statue Not Supported p 110 G SPEED stupo 4 Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 5 Click on the first partition in the Volume Scheme area Your partition will be highlighted by a blue bounding box e In the Name field type a name for the partition e From the Format menu choose your desired disk format If you will use your drive primaril
93. s for illustration purposes G SPEED stupo 4 with Thunderbolt Configuring G SPEED Studio R 3 Double click on the G SPEED_Studio_R_Utility pkg file to begin the installation ESEE Install G SPEED Studio R Software Welcome to sec SPEED Studio R Software Installer 8 Introduction License Destination Sele Installation Typ Installation Summary You will be guided through the steps necessary to install this software a Go Back Continue The version number of the dmg file and pkg file will change as it is updated The version number used in this example is for illustration purposes The introduction window explains that software will be installed on the Mac You can review the software license agreement Once ready click the Continue button to proceed ena Introduction License Destination Selec Installation Ty Installation Summary T Install G SPEED Studio R Software amp Scope of Agreement IMPORTANT READ THIS CAREFULLY This End User License Hansa EULA is a legally binding contract between G Technology a division of HGST Inc G Technology and you You the recipient of canain G Technology licensed software for use with oartaln products of G Technology This EULA sets forth terms and conditions for Your use of that software IT CONTAINS WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMERS BY INSTALLING COPYING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE DEFINED
94. s of the week e For the Monthly option choose the Day of the Month option or a sequential and specific day from the drop down menu Also choose which months should apply Choose a Start From date from the drop down menus G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Choose an End On option e No end date or perpetual e End after a specific number of activity actions e Run until date from the drop down menus For Redundancy Check choose e Auto Fix option Attempts to repair the problem when it finds an error Check to enable e Pause on Error option The process stops when it finds a non repairable error Check to enable Select LD Check the boxes for which logical drives should run the redundancy check Check at least one logical drive Click the Save button To return to currently running background activities click the Background Activities button Changing Background Activity Schedule To change an existing scheduled background activity 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Scheduler button The list of scheduled background activities will appear 3 Mouse over the background activity then click the Settings button 4 Make settings as needed Choose the option for the activity you want e Media Patrol e Redundancy Check e Spare Check G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Choose a Start Time from the drop down menus The menus have a 24
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96. ssible failure Source Physical Drives are identified by their disk array and sequence numbers in the disk array 4 Choose a Target Physical Drive The Target Physical Drive is the replacement drive Target Physical Drives are identified by their physical drive ID number 5 Click the Confirm button Pausing and Resuming PDM To pause or resume PDM 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over PDM then click the Pause or Resume button Stopping PDM To stop or cancel PDM 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over PDM then click the Stop button 3 Click the Confirm button G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Managing Spare Drives Spare drive management includes e Viewing a List of Spare Drives see below Creating a Spare Drive Manually Making Spare Drive Settings Running Spare Check Deleting a Spare Drive Running a Transition Viewing a List of Spare Drives To view a list of spare drives perform the following action e From the Dashboard window click Spare Drive Spare Drive information will display including e ID SpareO Spare etc e Status Normal Rebuilding or Failed Missing icon e Configurable Capacity Usable capacity of the spare drive e Physical Drive ID ID number of the physical drive chosen for this spare e Reve
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98. te The failed drive should be replaced as soon as possible to avoid data loss Follow the steps on the next page to identify and replace a failed drive p 102 G SPEED stupo 4 Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 1 Launch the G SPEED Studio R Utility 2 Select the Physical Drive Cm Physical Drive 3 The Physical Drive List will show all of the drives and next to its name the status will indicate Dead G 5PEED Studio R Utility View Dashboard Storage Admin Window Help 8oe G SPEED Studio R x a 6 m B KAPAN p p P 1 Dashboard Wizard Physical Drive Disk Array Logical Drive System Information Events Background Activities Ge Physical Drive List Global Physical Drive Settings Physical drives settings were changed successfully Io Status Model Number Type Location Configuration Media Capacity 1 w HGST HUS7Z260604L SATA HOD Slot 1 PassThru 6 TE View Locate Settings Clear Force Offline 2 A HGST HUS 726060AL SATA HDD Slot 2 Unconfigured 6 TB View Locate Settings Clear Force Offline 3 E HGST HUS726050AL SATA HDD Slot 3 Unconfigured 6 TE Yew Locate Settings Cheat Force Ofle 4 HGST HUS 726060AL SATA HDD Slot 4 Unconfigured 6 TB View Locate Settings Clear Force Offline 4 Right click on the failed drive and select Locate WARNING Make absolutely sure that you remove the correct drive as indicated in the steps below REMOVING THE WRONG DRIVE CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF
99. tem date and time e Firmware version Adjustable under Making System Settings below Making System Settings To make enclosure settings 1 Click the System Information icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Make changes as required Enter an alias or change the existing alias in the field provided 4 Click the Save button G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Clearing Statistics To clear statistical data on the RAID controller physical drives and logical drives 1 Click the System Information icon 2 Click the Clear Statistics button 3 Type the word CONFIRM in the field provided 4 Click the Confirm button Restoring Factory Default Settings To restore all settings to their factory default values From the Admin drop down menu in the menu bar at the top of your desktop choose Restore Factory Default 1 In the Restore Factory Default settings screen check the boxes beside the settings you want to reset to default value e Background activity settings e Controller settings e Physical drive settings e System settings 2 Click the Submit button 3 In the Confirmation box type the word CONFIRM in the field provided and click the Confirm button A Confirmation Please type CONFIRM to verify that you want to restore factory default settings CONFIRM Confirm Cancel p 35 G SPEED stupo Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Saving a Servic
100. ter and your G SPEED Studio R See Connect G SPEED Studio R to Your Mac The G SPEED Studio R Utility must be installed onto your computer before you can use it See Installing G SPEED Studio R Utility Accessing the G SPEED Studio R Utility Accessing the G SPEED Studio R Utility includes e Opening and closing G SPEED Studio Utility e Unlocking the UI Opening To open the G SPEED Studio R Utility double click the G SPEED Studio R Utility icon in the Applications folder The G Technology Utility window will open and display the Dashboard See G SPEED Studio R Utility Overview G SPEED Studio R Utility K Macintosh HD Applications G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt You can also choose to place an alias into the dock G SPEED Studio R Utility Closing There are two ways to close the G SPEED Studio R Utility G SPEED Studio Utility icon G SPEED Studio R Utility 12 Click the G SPEED Studio R Utility drop down menu and choose Quit G SPEED Studio R Utility 13 Press Command Q G SPEED stupo 6 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Unlocking the UI By default the user interface UI is locked to prevent unauthorized changes to your RAID system When the Ul is locked you cannot create logical drives or change settings on your G SPEED Studio R To unlock the Ul 1 At the lower left of the G SPEED Studio R Utility window click the closed lock icon
101. the Format box checked under Task 2 Logical Drive Creation your logical drives will be formatted automatically If you unchecked the Format box you must format your logical drives manually When the G Technology Utility finishes the partition and format operation new removable drive icons each representing one logical drive will appear on your desktop When you see these icons your new logical drive s will be ready to use Changing Disk Array Settings To make disk array settings 1 Do one of the following actions e From the Dashboard window click the Disk Array link e From the Storage menu choose Disk Array 2 Mouse over the disk array you want then click the Settings button G SPEED stupio Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt 3 Make the following setting changes as required e Enter change or delete the alias in the Alias field An alias must be a maximum of 32 characters letters numbers and spaces between characters e Enable Media Patrol Check to enable or uncheck to disable on this array e Enable PDM Check to enable or uncheck to disable on this array 4 Click the Save button eoo G SPEED Studio R a 7 fe Dashboard Wirard Pirysical Orive Disk Array Logical Drive a Srs System Information Everts Background Activities Disk Array 10 Alias es Disk Array Settings Locating a Disk Array This feature causes the drive carrier LEDs to flash for one minute to assist y
102. ton 6 Check the box next to the logical drive you want to modify 7 From the drop down menu choose a target RAID level The choice of RAID levels will depend in part on the number of physical drives in the disk array See the note below 8 In the Capacity field either accept the current capacity or check the Expand Capacity box and enter a greater capacity in MB GB or TB If any capacity remains you can create an additional logical drive 9 Click the Next button The logical drive ID numbers with their original and target RAID levels and capacities are shown 10 To accept the proposed target values click the Confirm button Start Migration ease type CONFIRM to verify that you want to start array migration CONFIRM Confir m Cancel p 88 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Running PDM on a Logical Drive Predictive Data Migration PDM is the migration of data from the suspect disk drive to a spare drive similar to rebuilding a disk array But unlike rebuilding PDM automatically copies your data to a spare drive before the drive fails and your logical drive goes critical PDM can be triggered automatically by Media Patrol See PDM To run PDM on a logical drive 1 Click on the Background Activities icon The list of background activities will appear 2 Mouse over PDM then click the Start button 3 Choose a Source Physical Drive The Source Physical Drive is the drive suspected of po
103. uild automatically as soon as you remove the failed physical drive and install an unconfigured physical drive in the same slot See Making Rebuild Settings e If there is no spare drive of adequate capacity and the Auto Rebuild function is DISABLED you must replace the failed drive with an unconfigured physical drive then perform a Manual Rebuild See Rebuilding a Disk Array and Managing Spare Drives Also see Disk Array Degraded Logical Drive Critical and Disk Array Offline Logical Drive Offline p 50 G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Changing Rebuild Settings 1 Click on the Background Activities icon 2 Click the Settings button 3 Click the Rebuild Rate drop down menu and choose a rate e Low Fewer system resources are allocated to the rebuild leaving more resources for data read write operations e Medium Balances system resources between the rebuild and data read write operations e High More system resources are allocated to the rebuild and fewer for data read write operations 4 Check the Enable Auto Rebuild box to enable Auto Rebuild This will initiate a rebuild when you swap out the failed drive with a new one 5 Click the Confirm button 6 Click the X icon to close the background activities panel Migration The term Migration means that you are doing one or both of the following e Changing the RAID level of a logical drive e Expanding the storage capacity of a logica
104. x to enable or uncheck to disable e Pilot LED Brightness High Medium Low Off e Enable HDD Park Ahead Level 1 e HDD Park Ahead Interval 10 1440 e Enable HDD Low Rotation Speed Level 2 e HDD Low Rotation Speed Interaval 10 1440 e Enable HDD Idle Spin Down Level 3 e HDD Idle Spin Down Interval 10 1440 3 Click the Save button 4 Click the X icon to close the settings panel Changing Buzzer Settings To change buzzer settings 1 From the Dashboard icon select Controller 2 Mouse over the buzzer then click the Settings button 3 Check the Enable Buzzer box to enable the buzzer or uncheck the box to disable 4 Click the Save button G SPEED stupo 3 Configuring G SPEED Studio R with Thunderbolt Managing Background Activities Background activity management includes Viewing Current Background Activities Adding a Scheduled Background Activity Changing a Background Activity Schedule Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity Media Patrol Redundancy Check Initialization Rebuild Migration PDM Background activities perform a variety of preventive functions on your physical drives disk arrays logical drives and other components You can run a background activity immediately or schedule it to run at a later time Scheduling options are described below Setting options for ea
105. y on Mac OSX it is recommended to use Mac OS Extended or Mac OS Extended Journaled e In the Size field type in a size for the partition Alternately you can drag the bar between each partition to quickly change partition sizes 6 Repeat this process for each partition you have created 7 Click the Apply button in the lower right corner of the window A dialog box will appear asking if you want to erase the G Technology drive partition WARNING THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE First Aid Erase cele RAID Restore Partition Layout Partition Information _2 Partitions Name My Media Format Mac OS Extended lournaled Size 9 00 TB My Media Are you sure you want to partition the disk HGST G SPEED Studio R Media Partitioning this disk will delete all the data on this dis To erase and partition the sele Layout pop up menu set optig This partition will be erased G SPEED Studia R The selected partition will be c These partitions will be added My Backup Eaa re My Backup Options Revert Apply p 111 G SPEED stupo 6 Maintenance for Your Drive with Thunderbolt 8 Click on the Partition button to continue A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show you the disk s reformatting progress Formatting dickis as Mac OS Extended Journaled with name G SPEED Studie R Total Capacity 1

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