Glyph GT062E 8TB
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1. Formatting Instructions 1 Right click My Computer and click Manage 2 In the Computer Management window under Storage click Disk Management The Write Signature wizard pops up 3 Use the wizard to write a signature to the new drive If you want only one partition we suggest using a primary partition and selecting the maximum size In most cases you ll want to use NTFS volumes this is the default for most versions of Windows Choose FAT32 if you want to use the drives with Windows 98 or ME or if you want to use the drive with Windows and Mac OS 4 Formatting will take a few minutes after which your drive will be ready to use Windows 98 98SE Formatting Instructions 1 From your computer s task bar go to Start gt Programs gt MS DOS Prompt 2 At the prompt type fdisk and press Enter You ll see a long message about disk support 3 Enter Y type Y and press Enter 4 You are invited to make a choice Enter 5 to change the current fixed disk drive MS DOS displays the con nected disk drives 5 Enter the number of the disk that has no corresponding drive letter 6 You are invited to make a choice same list as in Step 3 Enter 1 to create a primary DOS partition Your computer verifies the drive s integrity after which you are asked to choose whether you want to use all the space available 7 Enter Y to opt for using the maximum available space Your computer again verifies the drive s integrity 8 When the drive s i2. the article Windows Write Performance on the Glyph web site http www glyphtech com docs 630012_ WinXP_Vista_write_performance pdf NOTE Glyph Manager does not however format your GT 062E After configuring your GT 062E in one of the three drive modes you must take further steps to format your GT 062E and prepare it for use These steps are explained in the next sections Array Information Displayed are the Serial number of the selected enclosure the volume name once the drive has been parti tioned and the connection type Configuration and Selected Configuration Normally the Configuration and Selected Configuration should match Configuration is the current disk ar ray configuration as it was last set Selected configuration is the new configuration that it s being changed to which is set using the Change Configuration utility These would be mismatched if you are in the process of changing from one drive mode to another such as changing from RAID 0 to RAID 1 If these are mis matched you can set them to match in one of 2 ways 1 Answer yes to initialize the disk question when Glyph Manager first detects the newly selected ar ray This changes to the Selected configuration 2 Use Glyph Manager to change Selected configuration to match Configuration This keeps the current configuration Fan Speed The Glyph Manager software controls the enclosure s internal fan rpm and it is
3. 6 pin FireWire 400 connector at the other end Frequently Asked Questions Q How do know if I have the correct version of Glyph Manager To get the latest version of Glyph Manager go to the support section of www glyphtech com and download the version for your operating system Q Do I need to have Glyph Manager installed to use the GT 062E No Glyph Manager is used for configuration and monitoring only It is required to change drive configura tion or monitor drive health It is not necessary to install Glyph Manager but it is recommended Q Do need any drivers to use the GT 062E No drivers are required to read and write to the drive using eSATA FireWire or USB A driver is required to use Glyph Manager to change configuration or monitor drive health All necessary drivers are installed as part of the Glyph Manager installation Q Do need RAID software 16 RAID software is not needed because the RAID intelligence is built into GT 062E hardware To configure as a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array use the Glyph Manager software to switch drive modes and format the drive Instruc tions for re initializing your drive are included in this manual Q My Windows computer doesn t show the drive in My Computer What s up The default format on the GT 062E is for the Macintosh and Windows doesn t recognize it Once you have connected the GT 062E to your Windows PC you have to re initialize it for use with Windows For Windows XP an
4. GS GLY Fert PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES GT 062E Manual Tabletop FireWire 800 USB 2 0 and eSATA enclosure with RAID 1 RAID 0 and Spanning modes 610030 1 08 GT 062E Manual pdf August 23 2011 GT062E iD SED ED FERD D SED ESELYE 3 Se EP O az Proprietary Notice and Disclaimer Unless noted otherwise this document and the information herein disclosed are proprietary to Glyph Technologies 3736 Kellogg Road Cortland NY 13045 GLYPH Any person or entity to whom this document is furnished or having possession thereof by acceptance assumes custody thereof and agrees that the document is given in confidence and will not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part nor used or revealed to any person in any manner except to meet the purposes for which it was delivered Additional rights and obligations regarding this document and its contents may be defined by a separate written agreement with GLYPH and if so such separate written agreement shall be controlling The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by GLYPH Although GLYPH will make every effort to inform users of substantive errors GLYPH disclaims all liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of this manual or any software described herein including without limitation contingent special or inci dental liability 2002 2008 Glyph Technologies All rights reserved Specif
5. S X or generate an error balloon under Windows NOTE It is normal for the LED to flash red when the unit is powered on Since the drives inside the GT 062E take a few seconds to spin up they are offline for a moment when the controller looks for them and the red warning LED comes on When they fully spin up the controller sees that everything is normal and turns the red LED off 6 Init status In normal operation the status should be Success Possible error conditions are Disk too small Incorrect disk count Invalid RAID set Multiple RAID sets Disk erase fail and Unknown init error Any of these messages indicate a problem with the RAID array Individual drive information Port Status Indicates the condition of the drive within the array Active means the disk is in use in the array Hot standby means that a RAID mode has been selected that includes a standby drive that will be auto matically added to the array to replace a failed drive Spare and Unused mean that a RAID mode has been selected that does not require the drive Rebuilding indicates that the drive is in use in the array but that the data is being rebuilt Under normal operation this will not occur Occasionally after an improper shutdown for example if the unit was powered down while data was being written to the disk you may see a rebuild If you see repeated rebuilds please contact Glyph
6. Tools is limited to volumes that are 2TB or less in size If you attempt to record or play back from any locations on the disk above 2TB Pro Tools will give errors If you set your GT 062E to Spanning or RAID 0 mode it will work until it is filled to 2TB then it will give errors This is currently an open issue that we expect will be resolved in future releases of Pro Tools Using the GT 062E with Windows 2000 XP Older versions of Windows such as 2000 and XP 32 bit use Master Boot Record which doesn t support vol umes larger than 2TB When the total capacity of the RAID is 2TB or higher you must format the array using GPT in Windows GPT format is only supported by Windows XP 64 bit Edition Windows 2003 Server Win dows Vista Windows 7 and Mac OS X GPT format will not work with XP 32 bit or older Windows operating systems If you want to use Windows 2000 and or XP 32 bit you ll need to run the GT 062E in RAID 1 mode because RAID 1 creates a usable volume that is half the total capacity 1 5TB for the 3TB and 2TB for the 4TB GT 062E Ports The fastest interface on the GT 062E is eSATA and there is one eSATA port on the rear panel In RAID 0 mode the GT 062E can sustain over 200MB sec read speed when connected via eSATA to a fast eSATA card such as a Sonnet E4P card FireWire 800 is the next fastest and there are two FW800 ports on the rear panel Official ly these IEEE 1394b ports run at up to 800Mbits sec If using FW800 one o
7. al Glyph Manager Operation in Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 Glyph Manager will start automatically and qa 5 Sox will display a Glyph icon in the lower right 2 Oph Disk Manager E afi corner of the system tray Right clicking on File Tools Help this icon and then selecting Show will invoke i Glyph Manager to the screen a SEREIA Volumes H NOTE With Vista Windows Defender will block Ara corfiqurelion RAID 0 2 dives the automatic launch of Glyph Manager Right Serial number 850001 click on the Windows Defender icon in the Connected by Firewire system tray to unblock Glyph Manager With Policy quick removal BAD Windows 7 it is necessary to launch Glyph Array status fully functional Manager manually using Start All Programs Selected configuration RAID 0 2 drives Glyph Manager init status success Bridge temperature 40 C When a GT 062E is connected to the computer Fan speed 3157 mm either by USB eSATA or FireWire 800 informa Rebuild status success tion about the drives within the 062E will be Disk 1 displayed Port state active Disk errors state no emors Disk init state success Disk SMART status good Temperature 32 C Rebuild status success Disk 2 To change the mode of the drives click the Change Drive Configuration button and select the desired configuration on the following screen Change Drive Configuration No Glyph RAID array errors O 10 Sel
8. ames or by their PCBA serial numbers which are located on a sticker on the bottom of each unit The serial number in Glyph Manager should match the PCBA serial number on the sticker NOTE To change drive modes the GT 062E must be connected via FireWire or USB Glyph Manager will monitor an eSATA connected GT 062E but will not allow you to change drive modes Glyph RAID Arrays Status Model OK GT 062e System status Serial Number 850001 All Glyph RAID arrays healthy Array information Serial number Volume Glyph Manager 850001 Mirror GT 062 Connected by Firewire Configuration RAID 1 Selected Configuration RAID 1 Status Fully operational Init status Success Bridge temp 37C nmen 5153 rpm Drive 1 port status Active Drive 1 init status Successfully added to array Drive 1 smart status Disk OK Drive 1 errors No errors Drive 1 tem il r e 39C Drive 1 rebuild status No rebuild failures Drive 2 port status Active Drive 2 Wat status Successfully added to array Drive 2 smart status Disk OK Drive 2 errors No errors Drive 2 tem A 40 C Drive 2 rebuild status No rebuild failures Drive 3 init status DriveSportstatus j lt lt EE eee Drive 3 smart status Drive 3 errors itt Drive 3 temp f_n Drive 3 rebuild status ________ Drive 4 port status Drive 4 init status SS e o S Drive 4 tem
9. d 2000 that s going to be NTFS format for Win98 SE that will be FAT32 format Instructions for re ini tializing your drive are included in this manual Q I m using Windows 2000 and or XP 32 bit and my volume is bigger that 2TB Why does my GT 062E not show up correctly Older versions of Windows such as 2000 and XP 32 bit use Master Boot Record which doesn t support vol umes larger than 2TB If you want to use Windows 2000 and or XP 32 bit you ll need to use RAID 1 which will present a volume that is less than 2TB Q I m still running Mac OS 9 or Win ME Can I still use the GT 062E Yes You can connect the USB port on the drive to your OS 9 or Win ME machine You cannot run Glyph Man ager to change configuration or monitor drive status however the GT 062E will run in the last drive mode that it was set to Q What are the differences between FireWire 800 and FireWire 400 Speed and Protocol FireWire 800 has a max transfer rate of 800 Mb sec about 100 MB sec peak FireWire 400 has a max transfer rate of 400 Mb sec about 50 MB sec peak The higher bus speed helps with things like large file copies and RAID where FireWire 400 bus speed can be a limiting factor FireWire 800 uses IEEE 1394b Beta protocol FireWire 400 uses IEEE 1394a DS protocol For more information be sure to check out the Glyph website at www glyphtech com There is information posted there concerning FireWire 800 1394B as well as informa
10. ect the desired configuration on the fol change Drive Configuration I lowing screen and click the Select button i aa Note that the top selection single drive is not selectable at this time Select Configuration Single Drive not selectable Spanning RAID 0 striping RAID 1 mirroring Select l Cancel fi figuration ch i T s So Waming Changing drive configuration will destroy all data on the drive This drive is currently not mounted Warming If you continue you will destroy all data on the drive All data should be backed up before you continue Continue with configuration change Conca _ Confirm the changed configuration by clicking Con This drive is currently not mounted i tinue on the following screen UserPrompt gt Finally click Initialize to initialize the drive array with Glyph ForteRAID unit 850001 the new configuration Do you want to initialize the RAID set to RAID 1 Note After changing drive mode it is necessary to utilize the Windows Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Disk Management to format the drives in their new configuration before they will be usable The Glyph Manager menu options are as follows File contains the method to close the program Tools contains Options with four settings involving the starting and stopping of Glyph Manager Help contains About Glyph Manage
11. en a prob lem is detected Glyph Manager alerts the user by animating in the Mac OS X dock or displaying an error balloon from the Windows System Tray Data can then be backed up before any is lost due to drive failure NOTE Glyph Manager requires special configurations to communicate with the GT 062E over eSATA Below are the two conditions in which Glyph Manager will function over eSATA 1 On Mac laptops running OS X when connected to the FirmTek SeriTek 2SM2 E ExpressCard Adapter 2 On Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 machines with motherboards that include onboard eSATA The Glyph Manager screen display When installed in the MAC OS X the left hand pane of the Glyph Manager screen displays general informa tion regarding all Glyph enclosures that can be monitored GT 062 GT 062E Each will be displayed with a status state Model and Serial number The status of all the enclosure states will be displayed in the System Status box below The right hand pane will display information specific to whichever of the enclosure units is highlighted In both Windows and Mac OS X Glyph Manager monitors several functional parameters of your Glyph GT 062E drive arrays including Serial number Volume name connection type configuration selected con figuration fan speed enclosure and individual drive temperatures array and drive health Additionally in Windows Glyph Manager monitors the Quick Removal Policy For how to change this policy please see
12. f these ports should be connected to your computer and the other should be connected to other downstream FireWire devices It doesn t mat ter which port you connect to the computer they are functionally identical If your computer has a FireWire 400 port only you can use a FW400 to FW800 adapter cable which is available from Glyph If your computer doesn t have any FireWire ports you can either purchase an eSATA or FireWire adapter card recommended or use the USB 2 0 port on the back of the GT 062E Front panel LED The GT 062E front panel has a single bi color LED The LED will display solid blue when power is on The LED will flash blue when there is disk activity The LED will flash or display a solid red color when error conditions exits with the drives inside the array Those error conditions are discussed in greater detail below NOTE It is normal for the LED to flash red when the unit is powered on Since the drives inside the GT 062E take a few seconds to spin up they are offline for a moment when the controller looks for them and the red warning LED comes on When they fully spin up the controller sees that everything is normal and turns the red LED off Setting up the GT 062E NOTE It is advisable that the Glyph Manager software be installed prior to following the instructions below 1 Position the GT 062E by placing the unit on a flat level surface or install the unit into a rack with one of Glyph s rack kits Ca
13. ications are subject to change without notice Glyph and the Glyph logo are registered trademarks of Glyph Technologies All other brands and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective holders Contacting Glyph Please use the following contact information to contact Glyph and its distributors Glyph USA offers phone support Monday through Friday 8 00 am to 5 00 PM Eastern Time Note DO NOT ship any return goods to the mailing addresses below unless you have a valid RMA number All goods will be refused delivery unless a valid RMA number is displayed on the outside of the package United States of America Glyph Technologies 3736 Kellogg Rd Cortland NY 13045 USA Phone 1 607 275 0345 Fax 1 607 275 9464 www glyphtech com Sales Contact sales glyphtech com Technical Support tech glyphtech com Unpacking Your GT 062E Your Glyph GT 062E and accessories are packaged in a sturdy shipping container Please inspect the con tainer for evidence of shipping damage and mishandling If the container is damaged file a report with the carrier or dealer immediately Do not attempt to unpack and operate your GT 062E until the carrier or dealer confirms the damage If the container is in good condition proceed with unpacking the GT 062E Verify that all of the items described in the next section are present and in good condition If any of the items you expect to find in your container is missing or damaged contact the deale
14. ing Raid 0 l O Mirroring Raid 1 Cancel Warning Change in configuration will destroy all data on the disks Backup data before you continue Unmount the drive to avoid the Unsafe removal error message Continue with configuration change Currently configured as RAID 0 2 disks ALL DATA ON THE DISKS WILL BE DESTROYED gt Cancel ox Drive configuration changed It will take a few seconds for the system to update Glyph Manager will display the new configuration after system update OK Glyph drive question This Glyph ForteRAID requires your attention Serial number g50001 Volume Mirror GT 062 Initialize the RAID set to RAID 0 2 disks WARNING data currently on the disks will be lost IMPORTANT if you initialize the disk you MUST repartition The old partition will be corrupted Yes gt No Disk Insertion ow The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer Initialize 9 Power off the GT 062E unplug the FireWire or eSATA cable plug the cable back in then power it back on again This is important to force Mac OS to forget any current drive information 10 If you get the Disk Insertion dialog box this time click Initialize which will open Disk Utility If not open Disk Utility from your System Volume gt Applications Folder gt Utilities Folder and format the new volumes Mac OS X formatting instructions can be found later in this manu
15. less we can t guaran tee we ll always be successful 15 About eSATA e eSATA is an external interface technology that grew from the internal SATA interface e The GT 062E s eSATA port supports speeds up to 3 Gb sec 300 MB sec much faster than FireWire 400 or FireWire 800 e Shielded eSATA cables up to 2 meters in length are available eSATA cables are different than SATA I cables they are shielded and cannot be used with internal SATA connectors e eSATA uses a point to point connection therefore each eSATA drive needs to be connected to its own eSATA port e Most computers do not have built in eSATA so you ll need a PCI card to connect your drive with eSATA Glyph sells various eSATA cards About FireWire 800 e FireWire 800 supports speeds up to 800 Mb sec twice as fast as FireWire 400 If your computer does not have built in FireWire 800 you ll need a PCI card to achieve a true FireWire 800 connection e Most 800 ports are Bi Lingual which means they speak both FireWire 400 and FireWire 800 e If you connect a 400 device to an 800 device you will be running at 400 speed maximum e FireWire is forward compatible and back compatible but the bus always runs at the speed of the slowest link e Beta cables are used to connect 800 devices to 800 devices e Bi Lingual cables are available to connect 400 devices to 800 devices e Bi Lingual cables have a 9 pin Bi Lingual connector at one end and a 4 pin or
16. normal for it to vary It is pos sible at times for the software to turn the fan off so a speed of 0 is also a normal condition The fan speed display is used in helping to diagnose problems relating to excessive temperatures Temperature Individual drive temperatures are monitored as well as the temperature of the bridge the internal circuits Drive temperatures over 68 Cis detrimental to continued proper operation of the drives Status Indicates array functionality A properly functioning array condition is Fully operational Other states are Initialized Degraded operation and Halted Degraded operation means that a drive has failed Due to the redundant nature of a RAID 1 array no data has been lost and operation can continue However the fail ure of another drive will result in data loss The failed drive should be replaced as soon as possible Halted means that the RAID array cannot continue operation due to drive failure and that data has been lost A drive failure is catastrophic when the array is configured as either Spanning or RAID 0 A loss of a single drive will result in the loss of all data LED behavior relating to Glyph Manager Any error that results in the system state Halted generates a solid red LED on the front panel of the drive All other errors including RAID state mismatch result in the blinking red LED All errors will animate the Glyph ball in the dock under O
17. ntegrity has been verified press ESC Escape three times to exit fdisk 9 At the prompt type exit 10 Restart your computer Your new drive is now ready to use 13 Mac OS X Formatting Instructions Since your GT 062E comes pre formatted for Macintosh you don t need to format them on installation If you decide to reformat or partition your drive at a later date use Disk Utility supplied with the Mac OS X operat ing system Caution This procedure will destroy any data currently on the drive Before formatting a drive save any important data it contains 1 Open Disk Utility Double click on your internal hard drive mounted on the desktop Open Applications Folder gt Utilities Folder gt double click on Disk Utility 2 Select your GT 062E drive from the list on the left The top entry represents the device and the entry un derneath it represents the volume associated with that device Click on the top device which will say some thing like XXXGB Glyph Technologies 3 Click the Erase tab on the right side of the screen 4 Choose the desired volume format from the drop down list Glyph recommends the default Mac OS Ex tended Journaled 5 Click in the Name field and type the desired name for the drive This name will identify the drive on the desktop 6 Click the Install Mac OS 9 Disk Driver button if you would like your drive to be compatible with OS 9 7 Click the Erase bu
18. ons Part Number Interfaces Bridging Chip Maximum Transfer Rate Sustained Transfer Rate Dimensions Configuration Weight GT062E1F xxx xxx is equal to total capacity 2 9 pin FW800 rear ports 1 eSATA rear port 1 USB 2 0 Hi speed rear port Oxford 936 eSATA 300MB sec 3Gb sec eSATA gt 200MB sec H 1 7 x W 8 6 x D 9 5 Desktop enclosure rack mount optional 5 9 Ib 2 7 kg Universal 100 240v 50 60 Hz Mac OS 8 6 9 X 10 X Microsoft Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Vista 7 Modern Unix based Linux or BSD 3 Years 2 Years Free Basic Data Recovery 1 Year Overnight Advance Replacement in USA Continental 48 states Internal Power Supply OS Compatibility Warranty Content Creation Applications Qualified with Final Cut Pro Avid Media Composer Adobe Premiere Qualified with all major audio production packages that support FireWire storage including Digidesign Pro Tools Steinberg Nuendo and Cubase Apple Logic MOTU Digital Performer Cakewalk Sonar Sony Vegas and more Configuration The GT 062E can be rack mounted in a standard 19 inch rack with Glyph s optional rack kits There is a single kit part GT RACKEAR for mounting one drive and a dual kit part GT RACKEAR2 for mounting two drives The dual kit allows any two of Glyph s GT Series tabletop drives to be mounted in a single rack space While Glyph is not obligated to recover lost data we always give it our best effort Nonethe
19. p Drive 4 rebuild status Change Configuration 3 Un mount the volume s associated with the unit you are configuring by dragging them to the trash in the Finder This is very important to ensure successful drive mode change because it forces Mac OS to forget the current configuration 4 Click the Change Configuration button 5 Select the desired configuration on the following screen and click the Change button Note that the top selection single drive is not selectable at this time 6 The next window requires that you verify the change request Click OK to change the drive configuration NOTE ALL DATA ON THE DRIVES WILL BE DESTROYED 7 The next window reports that the drive con figuration has changed After a few seconds the system will update and Glyph Manager will dis play the new drive configuration Click OK in this window 7 The next window prompts you to finalize the new configuration Click YES to accept the configuration change 8 At this point you may see the Mac OS Disk Inser tion window Now that the drive configuration has changed Mac OS has re discovered the GT 062E and prompts you to format the newly configured device If you see the window below click Eject If you do not see this message simply go to step 9 Change Configuration Serial number 850001 Volume Mirror GT 062 Select configuration O Single Drive not selectable O Spanning Change Strip
20. pecific to the Account name selected It is necessary to perform these same steps for each Account name desired to have Glyph Manager automatically load at login Note We recommend that you set Glyph Manager to run in the background because it will alert you to any prob lems with your GT 062E and allow you to backup your data before any is lost Glyph Manager Installation in Windows XP Vista 7 Insert the Glyph Manager CD or to get the latest version of Glyph Manager go to the support section of www glyphtech com and download the version for your operating system The Windows version of Glyph Manager 4 supports Windows XP and above Windows Vista must be patched with Service Pack 1 to allow installation of Glyph Manager If your installation of Vista is configured for automatic updates Service Pack 1 is automatically downloaded If it is not you must download Service Pack 1 from Microsoft Double click the file called setup exe and then accept the End User Licensing Agreement Next accept or change the target install folder The installation will create a Start Menu folder by default Check the box marked Don t create a Start Menu folder if a Start Menu folder is not desired The install routine will NOT create a desktop icon by default check the box marked Create a desktop icon if one is desired Since there are options to disable this automatic launch of Glyph Manager it is recommended that at least one of the above option
21. r before proceeding any further In any case do keep the shipping container and all packing materials in a safe place The GT 062E package includes GT 062E External Hard Drive Glyph Manager software installer CD 9 Pin FireWire 800 Cable USB 2 0 Cable A to Mini B IEC Power Cable About the GT 062E and Drive Modes The GT 062E enclosure contains two hard disk drives which function as one single volume Through the use of the Glyph Manager software utility it supports three drive modes RAID 1 mirroring RAID 0 striping and Spanning Each drive mode has its own advantages depending upon the application RAID 1 mirroring offers data redundancy and real time backup by writing the same data to the two hard drives at the same time Should a drive failure happen data is still available on the remain ing drive In RAID 1 mode the two drives are seen by the computer as one volume but with half the capacity For example a 1TB GT 062E will be seen as a 500GB drive Reading and writing occurs on both drives simultaneously so that each of the drives contains exactly the same data mirroring each other If either of the drives should fail the other is there to seamlessly continue to provide operation RAID 0 striping increases the performance of the drive system by spreading the data across two drives RAID 0 is a proven technology for editing video working with huge graphics files sound libraries and streaming instruments that play h
22. r information as well as help files Glyph Manager also tells you the Windows policy settings for your GT 062E If the line reads quick removal BAD then you may experience slow write speeds to the Glyph drive This setting only applies when us ing FireWire 800 The default Windows settings for FireWire connected drives can reduce your Glyph drive performance by as much as 90 This problem is easily corrected just follow the instructions in the Glyph document 630012_WinXP_Vista_write_performance pdf This document is available on the support pages of our website and also on the Glyph Manager CD Known Restrictions in Glyph Manager 4 Windows Vista requires Service Pack 1 11 Glyph Manager Installation Glyph Manager Installation in Mac OS X Insert the Glyph Manager CD or to get the latest version of Glyph Manager go to the support section of www glyphtech com and download the version for your operating system The Mac version of Glyph Man ager 4 supports Mac OS 10 4 and above It is a Universal Binary supports both Intel and PowerPC Macs You can find your operating system version by going to the Apple Menu and clicking on About This Mac Glyph Manager can run in the background automatically under OS X by using System Preferences System Accounts Login Items Add then selecting Glyph Manager from the Applications folder Check the Hide box to load the Glyph Manager on the Dashboard at login The above actions are s
23. s icon or Start Menu folder be used to provide a manual way to launch Glyph Manager NOTE Glyph Manager will start automatically when the computer is booted except with Vista and Win dows 7 With Vista Windows Defender will block the automatic launch of Glyph Manager Right click on the Windows Defender icon in the system tray to unblock Glyph Manager With Windows 7 it is necessary to launch Glyph Manager manually using Start All Programs Glyph Manager The final step of the installation provides three options View readme doc Launch Microsoft NET Framework Version 2 0 and Launch Glyph Manager The readme doc contains support contact information and should be reviewed Glyph Manager requires Microsoft INET Framework Version 2 0 to be installed It is recommended that this option be allowed If NET Framework Version 2 0 is already installed the Glyph Manager installation will not attempt to overwrite what s already there If the installation does detect an existing NET Framework Version 2 0 already installed a Maintenance Mode dialog box will appear offering the choice to Repair or Unin stall Neither of these options should be selected and the Cancel button should be clicked Taking this ac tion will require confirmation by clicking Yes in response to the Are you sure message that follows Lastly click Finish in the Setup Cancelled dialog box 12 Formatting Instructions Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows 7
24. support Failed means that the drive has been removed from the array due to failure Missing means that no drive is detected likely due to disk failure Drive errors and rebuild status Persistent and recoverable errors Recoverable errors are write errors that required a retry to complete Persistent errors indicate a disk area that cannot be read from or written to These should normally be zero Non zero numbers indicate a drive that is starting to fail Drive smart status For Active drives smart status should normally be Disk OK Disk failing DANGER and SMART not en abled indicate a drive problem which requires the drive be replaced Glyph Manager Operation In Mac OS X The GT 062E ships in RAID 0 mode and drive mode changes are done by using the Glyph Manager software utility not the OS X Disk Utility Disk Utility is used to format the new device after drive mode changes are made READ THIS FIRST Changing drive modes with Glyph Manager will require you to re format the GT 062E and result in erasing all of the current data on the drive Make sure you backup all data before doing so To change the drive mode follow these steps 1 Install Glyph Manager software 2 Connect the GT 062E via FireWire or USB and open Glyph Manager software If you have more than one GT 062E connected choose the desired unit from the list on the left You can identify the units by their vol ume n
25. tion about the rest of Glyph s product line Q How can I make my drive work across Windows and Mac platforms The only file system that works well between Mac OS and Windows is FAT 32 otherwise known as MS DOS file system This is a native Windows file system but Mac OS 9 and X will mount FAT 32 volumes Mac OS 9 and 10 1 x would only work with FAT 32 partitions less than 32GB While Mac OS 10 2 x increased that limita tion to 128GB it wasn t until Mac OS 10 3 x that you could use FAT 32 partitions of any size Mac OS 10 3 x can additionally read NTFS volumes but cannot write to them See next question for information specific to Pro Tools software Q How can use my drive with Windows and Mac Pro Tools systems If you are trying to use a hard drive between Windows and Mac Pro Tools systems FAT 32 will not work for you because a Mac running Pro Tools can only work with HFS formatted volumes Your best option is to in stall MacDrive www mediafour com on your Windows machine to mount your Mac formatted volumes 17
26. tton to erase your drive Your new drive should automatically mount on the desktop as a Glyph volume Mac OS 9 Formatting Instructions Since Glyph drives come pre formatted for Macintosh you don t need to format them on installation If you decide to reformat or partition your drive at a later date you can use the Erase Disk command in the Mac OS 9 operating system This command will erase all the data on a volume and create a new file system Erase disk will not allow you to re partition a FireWire drive or create a different volume structure than what was previously there Caution This procedure will destroy any data currently on the drive Before formatting a drive save any important data it contains 1 Select the volume by clicking on it once in the Finder 2 Go to the Special menu and select Erase Disk The Erase Disk dialog box opens to verify your decision to erase the disk 3 In the Name field enter the new name for the disk or leave the name as it is 4 In the Format drop down menu choose an Extended volume and click Erase 14 More Information GT 062E Features Brushed stainless steel face plate 1 8 thick 3MM Scratch resistant black powder coated aluminum chassis Engineered to support professional audio and video Supports three software selectable drive modes RAID 1 RAID 0 and Spanning 200MB sec sustained transfer rate Internal power supply no wall wart internal quiet fan GT 062E Specificati
27. undreds of samples simultaneously RAID 0 is the de fault shipping drive mode In RAID 0 striping mode the two drives are seen by the computer as one large drive and reading and writing occurs on both drives simultaneously It is designed to increase the performance and data throughput of the drive system The GT 062E s built in RAID controller splits each piece of data across both of the drives in segments and distributes the I O burden Since data is written without any form of parity data checking it allows for the fastest data transfer of all other RAID levels However if one drive becomes damaged the data on both drives can become cor rupted RAID 0 is not redundant or fault tolerant like RAID levels 1 3 and 5 but the trade off is that it s the fastest of all RAID levels MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR DATA OFTEN In Spanning mode the two drives are seen as one large drive and data is written sequentially across them When the first drive fills to the limit data is then written to the second drive This mode is use ful for applications requiring large volumes but not requiring the speed of RAID 0 Spanning does not provide any performance or redundancy benefits Using the GT 062E with Pro Tools Software The 3TB and 4TB GT 062E models only support Pro Tools when they are configured in RAID 1 mode This is because RAID 1 shows to the operating system as half the total capacity 1 5TB for the 3TB and 2TB for the 4TB Currently Pro
28. ution Speakers are magnetic devices they can harm your data if they re too close to your hard drives or tapes 2 Connect the power cable Make sure that the power is off on all of your computer equipment and the GT 062E Connect the power cable to the back of the GT 062E Plug the three prong plug into an appropriate power receptacle preferably with surge and spike protection 3 Connect the FireWire 800 USB or eSATA cable Plug one end of the cable into your computer s port and the other into the back of the GT 062E Both FireWire 800 ports are functionally identical so it doesn t matter which one you use 4 4 Power up the GT 062E and power up your computer 5 If you re using Mac OS X the icon should mount on your desktop If you re using Windows please follow the formatting instructions for Windows later in this manual Understanding Glyph Manager Software NOTE For information on installing Glyph Manager see installation instructions later in this manual The Glyph GT 062E ships with Glyph Manager 4 software a utility for Mac OS X and Windows When a GT 062E is connected to the computer either by USB eSATA or FireWire 800 information about the drives con tained within the GT 062E will be displayed Glyph Manager essentially does two things 1 Configures the GT 062E in one of the three drive modes RAID 1 RAID 0 and Spanning 2 Constantly monitors the health of the drives and fan and displays the health status Wh
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