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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign b y N eil P ou l t on T able of Contents User Manual page 1 T able of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 1.1. Minimum System Requirements .........................................................[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D esi gn b y N ei l P oul t on F oreword User Manual page 2 Copyrights Copyright © 2011 LaCie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro - duced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans - mitted in any form or by any means, elec - tronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, wi[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D esi gn b y N ei l P oul t on F oreword User Manual page 3 Health and Safety P recautions ✦ Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this de - vice. ✦ Read this User Manual carefully and follow the correct procedure when set - ting up the device. ✦ Do not open a disk drive or a[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 4 1. Introduction The LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise class is a highly flexible two-disk RAID subsystem ideally suited for integration with databases, imag - ing systems and e-mail and Web servers. Its convenient 128-bit AES hardware encryption, easily[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 5 1.1. Minimum System R equirements Operating System Interface Port Disk Space The latest versions of Microsoft Win - dows XP*, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 eSATA**, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, and/or USB 2.0 Minimum of 600MB recommended The latest ver[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 6 © 2 0 0 8 L a C i e , a l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . w w w . l a c i e . c o m 7 1 2 4 9 0 Stor ag e U t i liti es V e rsio n 1. 0 LaCi e Use r M an ua ls Utilities & Backup Software Quick Install Guide 2big Quadra ENTERPRISE CLASS eSATA 3[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 7 F ig. 01 1.3. Views of the Drive Front View The blue button on the front of the LaCie 2big serves as a LED drive status indicator and the LaCie Shortcut Button. See the LaCie Desktop Manager User Manual on the CD-ROM for more information. See troubl[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 8 Rear View 1. RAID selection switch 2. on/auto/off power switch 3. eSATA 3Gb/s port 4. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port 5. FireWire 800 ports 6. FireWire 400 port 7. Power input connection 8. Drive lock 9. Drive tray handle 10. Drive status LED CAUTION: To avoi[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 9 1.4. Hard Drive Heat Management Heat Dissipation Design The LaCie 2big’s metal body is ideal for naturally dissipating inter - nal drive heat. Its unique design actually draws heat away from the internal drives toward the external casing. This fea[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 10 1.5. Cables and Connectors 1.5.1. USB 2.0 USB is a serial input/output technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary bandwi[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Introduction User Manual page 11 1.5.3. eSA T A Your LaCie 2big Quadra uses the latest in SATA technology, allow - ing interface (or bus) transfer rates of up to 3 Gb/s. SATA technol - ogy was originally developed to serve as an internal interface, de - livering improved performan[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Setup User Manual page 12 This section covers the installation and configuration of your LaCie 2big Enterprise Class. Follow the steps below to power on and con - figure your LaCie 2big: TECHNICAL NOTE: The LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class comes with no encryption configured.[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Setup User Manual page 13 2.1. Connect the Interface Cable 1. Plug one end of the interface cable (USB, FireWire or eSATA) into the corresponding port on your host computer. 2. Connect the other end of the cable to the matching port on the 2big. TECHNICAL NOTE: If two interfaces a[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Setup User Manual page 14 2.2. T urn On the 2big The power supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable ( A ) con - nects to the LaCie drive; and the other cable ( B ) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall outlet or a surge protector ( Fig. 06 ). 1. Connect cable A to the [...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 15 3. RAID 3.1. About RAID Modes This section will help you decide which RAID mode is right for your application. 3.1.1. RAID 0 The 2big Quadra Enterprise class is pre-configured in RAID 0, the fastest RAID mode. Requiring at least 2 drives, RAID 0 stripes d[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 16 3.1.2. Concatenation When disks are concatenated, their capacities are combined and data is written to the primary disk in the array until is it full, and then to successive disks ( Fig. 08 ). Concatenation provides no per - formance advantage or added mea[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 17 3.1.4. Mixed (RAID 1 and RAID 0) In Mixed mode, the two physical disks are combined so that two logical volumes mount simultaneously on the desktop ( Fig. 10 ): ✦ One Safe volume (RAID 1) where data is automatically mir - rored on each physical disk. Thi[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 18 3.2. Changing the RAID Mode Before you change the RAID mode of the LaCie 2big, familiarize yourself with the 2big’s RAID modes. See section 3.1. About RAID Modes . T o change the RAID mode: 1. Unmount or safely remove the 2big Quadra volumes from your co[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 19 3.3. R emoving and Installing Drives In the event that an individual hard disk fails in the LaCie 2big En - terprise Class, please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Customer Support. Please replace a defective hard drive only with a new drive provided b[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 20 3.4. Formatting and P artitioning The 2big Quadra comes pre-formatted in HFS+ (optimized for Mac OS X). Please read the following information on file system formats for Windows and Mac operating systems to determine if you need to reformat the 2big’s di[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 21 Mac OS X Users TECHNICAL NOTE: The LaCie 2big Quadra comes preformatted in HFS+ for optimum performance with Mac OS X. You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal performance in [...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 22 3.4.2. Windows Users The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything that is on th[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 23 9. Click Next . 10. Click Next . 11. Click Next . 12. Click Next . 13. On the Format Partition window, select Quick Format . Click Next ( Fig. 16 ). 14. Click Finish to begin the formatting process. 15. Windows Disk Management will format and partition the[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on RAID User Manual page 24 3.4.3. Mac Users CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the 2big, including encrypted data. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps. 1. Connect the drive[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on T roubleshooting User Manual page 25 4. T roubleshooting In the event that your LaCie 2big is not working correctly, please refer to the table on the following page to identify the status of your device. If you have gone through all of the points in the table and your drive is sti[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on T roubleshooting User Manual page 26 4.1. LED Status Indicators Use the 2big’s front and rear LEDs and the chart below as a reference to determine the status of your 2big: If the front LED is: And the rear LED is: And the RAID mode is: Then: Solid blue Blinking blue All The 2big[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on T roubleshooting User Manual page 27 4.2. Other T roubleshooting T opics Problem Solutions The 2big is not recognized by the computer. If there is no icon for the 2big on the desktop (Mac users) or in My Computer (Windows users): ✦ Check the interface cable connection. Check bot[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Contacting Customer Support User Manual page 28 Before Y ou Contact T echnical Support 1. Read the manuals and review section 4. Troubleshooting . 2. Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure that all of the cables a[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on Contacting Customer Support User Manual page 29 5.1. LaCie T echnical Support Contacts LaCie Asia Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact/ LaCie Australia Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Franç[...]

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    LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • D e sign by N eil P o ul t on W arranty Information User Manual page 30 LaCie warrants your LaCie 2big Enterprise Class against any de - fect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the war[...]