G-Technology G-Speed studio XL manual

g-technology .com G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ Hardwar e RAID 8-Bay Thunderbolt™ 2 S torage Solution PRODUCT MANU AL[...]

p. 2 T able of C onten ts G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ Safety & General Use Safety Precautions .......................................................................................... 5 Backup Y our Data ............................................................................................ 6 Make T wo Backups ...............[...]

p. 3 T able of C onten ts G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ Running Media Patr ol on Y our Physical Driv es ................................... 63 Managing Disk Arrays ................................................................................ 64 Viewing a List of Disk Arrays .............................................................[...]

Safety & General Use • Safety P recautions ........................................ p . 5 • Backup Y our Data ......................................... p . 6 • Make T wo Backups ......................................... p . 6[...]

Safety & General Use G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 5 Safety Precautions Y our G-SPEED Studio XL ’ s warranty may be voided as a result of failing t o respect the precautions listed below . If you detect a problem with y our drive, please contact our T echnical Suppor t depar tment . If the product is returned with damage caused [...]

Safety & General Use G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 6 Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G-SPEED Studio XL is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage from ex cessive ph ysical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the r ecovery or restoration of lost data. An y l[...]

About Y our G-SPEED Studio XL • Introduction .................................................... p. 8 • What ’ s in the Bo x .......................................... p . 9 • Syst em Requirements ................................. p. 9 • O ver view of the Drive ................................. p . 10[...]

About Y our G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 8 Introduction Thank you f or purchasing the G- T echnology G-SPEED Studio XL, featuring 20 Gb/s Thunderbolt 2 interface technology . Specifically designed for pr ofessional cont ent creation applications, the G-SPEED Studio XL storage syst em provides RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 1[...]

About Y our G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 9 What’ s in the B o x The follo wing items are included in the box: • G-SPEED Studio XL storage solution • Eight remov able Enterprise - class drive modules (installed in unit) • (1) Thunderbolt cable • P ower Cor d • Quick Star t Guide If any item[...]

About Y our G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 10 Overview of the Drive G-SPEED Studio XL ships from the factory preconfigured in RAID 5. The RAID contr oller also suppor ts Pr otected RAID modes on XL: RAID 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. For an explanation of these RAID lev els, please ref er to RAID Levels Explained . If [...]

U sing Y our Driv e • Drive Activity LED ..................................... p . 12 • W arning LED and Alarms ....................... p . 13 • Disconnect the Drive .............................. p . 14[...]

Using Y our Drive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 12 Drive A c tivity LED Under normal operation, each G-SPEED Studio XL drive module has an LED that glow s blue, indicating a connection to the RAID controller . The LED will flash when the drive is being ac cessed. Drive module power/ activity LED[...]

Using Y our Drive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 13 W arning LED and Alarms The G-SPEED Studio XL enclosure int egrates an audible alarm or buzzer that will sound when an y of the following c onditions exist: • Internal temperature ex ceeds a temperatur e of 60°C. • Main cooling fan fails • F an slow s to a state where [...]

Using Y our Drive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 14 Disconnect the Drive A great f eature of Thunderbolt technology and G-SPEED Studio XL is the ability to connect and disconnect the system while your comput er is running. T o prevent drive failures and/or data loss , it is impor tant to follo w the steps below when disconnecting or un[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL • G- T echnology Assistant ...................................................... p. 17 • Recommended Installation ............................................. p. 17 • G-SPEED Studio Software Utility ..................................... p. 18 • Po wer Modes on G-SPEED Studio XL .................[...]

• Choosing Automatic C onfiguration............................... p. 68 • Choosing Express Configura tion .................................... p. 69 • Choosing Advanced C onfiguration ............................... p. 71 • F ormatting Y our Logical Drives ....................................... p. 73 • Changing Disk Ar[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 17 G- T echnology Assistant T o enhance your experience with G-SPEED Studio XL w e have developed the G- T echnology Assistant (GT A) utility . The utility provides notifications and details on G-SPEED Studio XL as wel l as a li nk to the configuration and management util[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 18 G-SPEED Studio Soft ware Utility G-SPEED Studio XL ships preconfigur ed in RAID 5 and is ready to use out of the box without configuration. How ever , G- T echnology recommends installing the bundled G- T echnology Assistant utility and the G-SPEED Studio Sof tware Uti[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 19 3. Double -click on the G-SPEED_Studio_Sof tware_Utility .pkg* file to begin the installation. The introduction window explains that software will be installed on the Mac®. Y ou can review the software license agreement. Onc e ready , click the Con tinue button to proc[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 20 4. The soft ware license ag reement will appear . Please read the statement and click C ontinue to proceed . 5. Click Agr ee if you agree t o the terms of the license. T o read the license, click Read License. Choose Disagree if y ou do not agree with the terms. This wil[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 21 6. Click I nstall to begin the installation proc ess. 7. The G-SPEED Studio Software Utility will install in a few moments. Onc e complete, a message will inform you tha t the installation was successful. Click Close t o complete the installation procedur e. The G-SPEED [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 22 P ow er Modes on G-SPEED Studio XL G-SPEED Studio XL introduces new po wer-saving and condition-r esponse featur es. The automatic po wer featur es are: • Sleep — W hen your Mac® computer goes to sleep , G-SPEED Studio XL automatically goes into standby mode afte[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 23 Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio XL Units Up to six G-SPEED Studio XL or Thunderbolt-enabled devices can be connected to each other and to your Mac® in a sequential Thunderbolt connec tion. T o daisy chain multiple T hunderbolt devices to your G-SPEED Studio XL, f[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 24 Thunderbolt daisy chain connections HDMI[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 25 Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio XL Units The G-SPEED Studio Software Utility displays a separate window f or each power ed up G-SPEED Studio XL unit connected by Thunderbolt. • T o view a list of the G-SPEED Studio XL units, click the V iew menu. • T o displ[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 26 The G-SPEED Studio Software Utility requires a Thunderbolt connection between your comput er an d your G-SPEED Studio XL. See Connect G-SPEED Studio XL to Y our Mac® . The G-SPEED Studio Software Utility must be installed onto your computer bef ore you can use it. See I[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 27 Y ou can also choose to place an alias into the dock. Closing There ar e two ways to close the G-SPEED Studio Software Utility : G-SPEED Studio Utility icon 12. Click the G-SPEED Studio Software Utility drop- down menu and choose Quit G-SPEED Studio Soft ware Utility . 1[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 28 Unlocking the UI By default, the user inter face (UI) is locked to prev ent unauthorized changes to your RAID syst em. When the UI is locked, y ou cannot create logical drives or change settings on y our G-SPEED Studio XL. T o unlock the UI: 1. At the lo wer-left of the [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 29 G-SPEED Studio Soft ware Utility Overview The G-SPEED Studio Software Utility inter face consists of menus and icons, each leading y ou to a specific function. The G-SPEED Studio Soft ware Utility inter face with the Dashboard displayed: • G-SPEED Studio Sof tware [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 30 T oolbar Icons • Dashboard – Displays the Dashboard and ov er view • Wizard – Display s the Wizard options f or quickly setting up R AID arrays • Physical Drive – Displa ys the physical driv e list, settings and func tions • D isk Arra y – Dis[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 31 C omponent List Click the Dashboard icon. F rom the S ystem Status list choose Contr oller to view the Component List option to display the device ID , operational status, enclosure type and status description of all enclosures. The Enclosure, C ontroller , Buzzer and F [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 32 Highlight Arr ay s F rom the Disk Array menu, select the Locate button to identify the phy sical drives assigned to a disk array . T he LEDs on the enclosure will appear purple and flash in sync. The bays/carriers con taining drives that do not belong to the chosen disk[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 33 Device: Front V iew display menu Click on the drive modules to view the status and identify the assig ned disk array . Managing Sy stem Information Enclosure management includes: • “ Viewing Sy stem Information ” • “Mak ing System Settings ” • “C[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 34 V iewing Sy stem Information T o view enclosure inf ormation, click the System Information icon. S ystem Information includes: • Alias * – (same as controller alias) • Model • WWN ( Worldwide Number) • V endor • Serial number • Revision nu[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 35 Clearing Statistics T o clear statistical data on the RAID contr oller , phy sical drives, and logical drives: 1. Click the System Information icon. 2. Click the Clear Statistics button. 3. T ype the word “ C ONFIRM ” in the field provided. 4. Click the Confirm but[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 36 Saving a Ser vice Repor t A ser vice report can be useful to technical support for troubleshooting or diagnosing device issues . T o save a service report to your Mac®, click on the Syst em Information menu link, then click on the Save Service Repor t button. A prompt w[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 37 2. Click on the padlock icon to unlock the menu, then type in the password f or your Mac® when the prompt appears. 3. Click the Choose File button and loca te the .img file you downloaded fr om G- T echnology. 4. Click the Submit button. 5. In the Confirmation box, ty[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 38 Enclosure inf ormation includes: • Enclosure ID • Enclosure W arning T emperature T hreshold • Contr oller Warning T emperature Thr eshold • SEP Firmw are V ersion • Max Number of Controllers • Max Number of F ans • Max Number of Po wer[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 39 Locating an Enclosur e If you have multiple G-SPEED Studio XL units and y ou want to verify which unit y ou are accessing in the G- T echnology U tility , use the Locate function. T o locate an enclosure: 1. From L ogical Drive Icon Click the Locate button. The Drive P o[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 40 Con troller information includes: Contr oller ID V endor Operational Status Cache Usage – P ercen tage P ar t Number Hardwar e Revision SCSI Pr otocol Supported Single I mage V ersion Host Driver V ersion Alias * (same as enclosure alias) Model P ower On Time Dir ty Ca[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 41 V iewing C ontroller Sta tistics T o view controller sta tistics: 1. Click the Dashboard icon, then click the Contr oller link. 2. Click the Statistics tab. Con troller statistics include: Data T ransferred Write Data T ransferred Non-Read/Write Errors Write Err ors Non-[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 42 Writ e Back Cache Flush Interval – Enter a value int o the field from 1 to 12 seconds . Enclosure P olling Interval – 15 to 255 seconds. • Adaptive Writeback Cache – Check the bo x to enable or uncheck to disable. • F orced Read Ahead – Check the box t[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 43 Managing Background A ctivities Background activity management includes: • “ Viewing Current Backg round Activities” • “ Adding a Scheduled Background A ctivit y ” • “Changing a Backg round Activity Schedule” • “Enabling or Disabling a S[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 44 V iewing Scheduled Background A ctivities T o view a list of scheduled background activities: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S cheduler button. The list of scheduled backg round activities will appear . Adding a Scheduled Back ground Activity T [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 45 Choose an End On option: • No end date or perpetual • End after a specific number of activit y actions • Run until date fr om the drop- down menus F or Redundanc y Check, choose: • Auto Fix option – A ttempts to repair the pr oblem when it finds a[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 46 Choose a Start Time from the drop-down menus. The menus hav e a 24-hour clock . Choose a Recurrence P attern option: daily , week ly or monthly . • F or the Daily option, enter an interval in the Every field. • F or the W eekly option, enter an inter val in th[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 47 Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background A c tivity Background activity schedules are enabled by default when you cr eate a schedule. If you wan t to stop a background activity now but plan to use it again in the futur e, disable the scheduled activity rather than de[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 48 Media Pa trol Media Pa trol is a routine maintenanc e procedure that checks the mag netic media on each disk drive. Media P atrol checks ar e enabled by default on all disk arrays and spar e drives. Media P atrol is concerned with the media itself , not the data rec orde[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 49 Changing Redundancy Check Settings T o change Redundancy Check settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the Redundanc y Check R ate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are requir ed[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 50 Changing Initialization Settings T o change initialization settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the Logical Driv e Initialization Rate drop- down menu and choose a rat e: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 51 Changing Rebuild Settings 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the Rebuild R ate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are allocated t o the rebuild, leaving mor e resources f or data read/[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 52 Changing Migration Settings T o change migration settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the M igration Rate dr op- down menu and choose a rate: • Low : Few er system resour ces are available f or migration, leav[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 53 Changing PDM Settings T o change PDM settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the PDM R ate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are allocated t o PDM, leaving more resour ces for da[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 54 Changing T ransition Settings T o change T ransition settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the T ransition Rate drop-down menu and choose a rate: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are available t o T ransition,[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 55 Changing S ynchronization Settings T o change Synchronization settings: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Click the S ettings button. 3. Click the Background Synchroniza tion Rate drop- down menu and choose a rate: • Lo w : Few er system resour ces are [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 56 V iewing a List of Ph ysical Driv es T o view a list of physical driv es in your G-SPEED Studio XL, click the Phy sical Drive icon. Phy sical drive information includes: • ID – ID number of the physical drive • Status - Normal, Stale, or PF A or Dead icon •[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 57 • D rive Interface – SA T A 1.5, 3 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s • S erial Number – Serial number of the drive • Firmw are V ersion – F irmware v ersion on the drive • Protocol V ersion – A T A/A T API protocol version 3. Click the Advanced Information tab .[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 58 V iewing Ph ysical Driv e Statistics T o view physical driv e statistics: 1. Click the Physical Driv e icon. 2. M ouse -over the physical drive y ou want, then click the V iew button. 3. Click the Statistics tab. Phy sical drive information includes: • Data T ransfe[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 59 V iewing Ph ysical Driv e SMART Log Information T o view physical driv e SMART Log information: 1. Click the Physical Driv e icon. 2. M ouse -over the physical drive y ou want, then click the V iew button. 3. Click the SMART Log tab. SMART Log inf ormation includes: •?[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 60 Running the L ocate function to identify a physic al drive: Drive power/sta tus LEDs blink blue and orange Changing Global Ph ysical Drive Settings T o change global physical driv e settings: 1. Click the Physical Driv e icon 2. Click the Global Physical Drive Settings b[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 61 T o change individual physical driv e settings: 1. Click the Physical Driv e icon. 2. M ouse -over the physical drive y ou want, then click the Settings button. 3. M ake changes as needed: • Enter , change or delete the alias in the Alias field. • Choose Uncon[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 62 Clearing a Stale or PF A C ondition Stale – The ph ysical drive contains obsolet e disk array information. P FA – The ph ysical drive has errors resulting in a pr ediction of failure. Be sure you ha ve first corrected the condition by r eplacing the physical drive a[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 63 Running Media Pa trol on Y our Phy sical Drives Media Pa trol is a routine maintenanc e procedure that checks the mag netic media on each disk drive. Media P atrol checks ar e enabled by default on all disk arrays and spar e drives. Media P atrol is concerned with the me[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 64 Managing Disk Arra ys Disk array management includes: • “ Viewing a List of Disk Array s” • “ Viewing Disk Array Inf ormation” • “Cr eating a Disk Array Manually ” • “Cr eating a Disk Array and Log ical Drive With the Wizard” • ?[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 65 V iewing Disk Arr ay Informa tion T o view disk array information: 1. Do one of the following actions: • F rom the Dashboard window , click the Disk Array link. • F rom the Storage menu, choose Disk Arr ay . 2. M ouse -over the disk array you want, then click t[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 66 T o create a disk arra y : 1. From the Dashboar d menu, click the Disk Arra y link . 2. Click the Cre ate Disk Array button. 3. Accept the defaults or make changes: • Enter an alias in the Alias field with a maximum of 32 characters (letters , numbers and spaces be[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 67 Crea ting a Disk Array and L ogical Drive With the W izard A disk array is a method of organizing data acr oss hard disks or solid state drives . One or more logical drives can be crea ted on a disk array . Y our computer saves files within log ical drives on G-SPEED St[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 68 Choosing Aut omatic C onguration T o use the Automatic C onfiguration W izard: 1. From the St orage menu, choose W izard . 2. Click the Automatic button. The Aut omatic Configuration dialog bo x will appear . Automatic Congur ation dialog b ox: 3. Do one of the f[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 69 Choosing Express C ongura tion T o use the Express Configur ation Wizard: 1. From the St orage menu, choose W izard . 2. Click the Express button. The Express C onfiguration dialog box will appear . Express Conguration dialog box: 3. Check the boxes to choose an [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 70 5. F rom the Application T ype drop- down menu, choose an application that best describes your intended use f or the logical drives.  •FileServer(default)  • VideoStream  • T ransactionData  • T ransactionLog  •O the[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 71 Choosing Adv anced C onguration This option enables you t o specify additional parameters for a new disk array , logical drives and spare drives . T o use the Advanced C onfiguration W izard: 1. F rom the Storage menu, choose W izard . 2. Click the Advanc ed button. [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 72  •Enteravalueforcapacityandchoosetheappropriat esizeunitofmeasurement (MB, GB or TB)  •ChooseaStripesize:64KB,128KB,256KB ,512KBand1MBareavailable .  •Choose[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 73 T ask 4 – Summar y 1. Review your choices of disk array , logical drives and spare drive .  • T omakeanychanges,clickthe Back button t o reach the appropriate scr een.  • T oaccept,clickthe Submit button. Cr eating the disk[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 74 3. Make the following setting changes as r equired:  •Enterchange,ordeletethealiasintheAliaseld.Analiasmustbeamaximum of 32 charac ters (letters, numbers and spac es between characters).  • Enable Media P[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 75 2. M ouse -over the disk array you want t o identify , then click the Locat e button. The drive pow er/ status LEDs for the ph ysical drives that comprise the array will blink blue f or one minute. Running the Loc ate function to identif y a disk array: Drive power/sta t[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 76 Preparing a Disk A rray f or T ranspor t This fea ture prepares the ph ysical drives that make up the disk array t o be removed fr om the enclosure and installed in a differ ent G-SPEED Studio XL enclosure. T o prepare a disk array f or transpor t: 1. Perform one of the[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 77 Performing a Manual Rebuild T o per form a manual rebuild: 1. Click on the Background Activities icon. 2. Mouse- over Rebuild , then click the Start button. 3. F rom the Sour ce Phy sical Drive drop-down menu, choose a So urce disk array and phy sical drive. Arrays ha ve[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 78 P ausing and Resuming a Rebuild T o pause or resume a Rebuild: 1. Click on the Background A ctivities icon. 2. Mouse - over Rebuild , then click the P ause or Resume button. Stopping a Rebuild T o stop or cancel a Rebuild: 1. Click on the Background A ctivities icon. 2. [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 79 V iewing a List of Logical Driv es T o view a list of logical drives , per form one of the following actions:  • Clickthe Logical Drive ic on.  • F romtheStoragemenu,choose L ogical Drive . The list of logical drives will appear . Log[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 80  • Capacity – Data capacity of the logical drive  • Number of Axles – For RAID 10, two axles  • Physical C apacity – Data capacity of the physical drives  • Number of Physical Driv es – The number of physical driv es in the disk ar[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 81 2. Mouse - over the logical driv e you want, then click the Vie w button. 3. Click the Statistics tab . Logical Driv e statistics will display , including:  •Data T ransferr ed–Inmegabytes  •ReadData T ransferr ed–Inmegabyte[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 82 V iewing Logical Driv e Check T ables This fea ture allows you t o view error tables. Use this inf ormation to evaluate the int egrity of a logical drive and determine whether corrective action is needed. T o view logical drive check tables: 1. Do one of the following ac[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 83 1. One of the following actions:  •Clickthe Logical Drive icon.  •Fr omtheStoragemenu,choose Log ical Drive . 2. Click the Creat e Logical Drive button. 3. Click the radio butt on of the disk array you want t o use, then click the Nex t [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 84 F ormatting Y our Logical Drives If you left the Forma t box checked when you crea ted your logical drives , they will be formatted automatically . If you Unchecked the F ormat box, you must f ormat your logical drives manually . See Formatting Logical Driv es . When the[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 85 Deleting a Logical Drive This action requires administra tor or superuser privileges. T o delete a logical drive: 1. Perform one of the following actions: • Click the Logical Drive icon. • F rom the Storage menu , choose Logical Drive . The list of logical driv[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 86 T o initialize a logical drive: 1. Click on the Background A ctivities 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 y ou want to initialize . 4. Choose[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 87 Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive Redundancy Check is a routine maintenance procedur e for fault-toler ant disk arrays (those with redundancy) that ensures the redundant c opies of data still match the original sourc e data. Redundancy Check can also correc t inconsist[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 88 Migrating a L ogical Drive Migration means one or both of the follo wing: • Changing the RAID level of a logical driv e • Expanding the storage capacity of a logical drive Before y ou begin a migration, examine y our current disk array to determine whether: •[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 89 Running PDM on a Logical Drive Pr edictive Data Migration (PDM) is the migration of data fr om the suspec t disk drive to a spare driv e, similar to rebuilding a disk arra y . But unlike rebuilding, PDM aut omatically copies your data to a spar e drive before the drive f[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 90 Managing Spare Drives Spare drive management includes:  •V iewingaListofSpareDrives(seebelo w)  • “Crea tingaSpareDriveManually ”  • “Mak ingSpareDriveSettings ”  • “RunningSpareChe[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 91 Spare Drive inf ormation will display , including: • Spare Drive ID – Spar e0, Spare1, etc.  • Physical Driv e ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen f or this spare  • Location – Enclosure number and slot number  • Model Number ?[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 92 3. F or each of the following items , accept the default or change the settings as requir ed:  •Checkthe Rever tible box if you w ant a revertible spare drive. A r evertible spare drive returns to its spare drive assig nment after you replace the failed ph [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 93 Running Spare Check Spare Check verifies the status of y our spare drives. T o run Spare Check: 1. From the Dashboar d window , click the Spare Drive link. The list of spar e drives will appear . 2. Mouse - over the spare driv e you want, then click the Spare Check butt[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 94 Running a T ransition T o run a T ransition on a revertible spare drive: 1. Click on the Background A ctivities icon. The list of background activities will appear . 2. Mouse - over T ransition, then click the Start button. 3. Choose a Source Ph ysical Drive. The Source [...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 95 F ormatting Logical Driv es A RAID logical drive must also be formatt ed to be compatible with your c omputer . In this User Manual, the term “format” includes both partition and format operations. Y ou can format your logical drives using the:  •G-SPEEDSt[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 96 When the G- SPEED Studio Software Utility finishes the format operation, new remov able drive icons, each represen ting one logical drive, will appear on y our desktop. When you see the icon, your logical drive is ready to use . F or more information, see Cr eating a Di[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 97 • F or Macintosh® computers , the default GPT Format partition and the default. • Journaled HFS+ format are r ecommended. 3. Click the F ormat button. When the G-SPEED Studio Software Utility has finished the par tition and format operation, new removable dri[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 98 4. Change your V olume Scheme, V olume Information and Options settings, then click the Apply butt on. F or Macintosh® computers , the default GPT Format partition and the default Journaled HFS+ format are rec ommended. 5. I n the Confirmation dialog box, click the P a[...]

C onguring G-SPEED Studio XL G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 99 Requirements The spare driv e must have adequate capacity to r eplace the largest physical driv e in your disk arrays . Additionally , it must be the same media t ype as the physical drives in y our disk arrays. A r evertible spare drive requir es you to replac e the fai[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our Drive • R e p l a ce a F a i l e d Di s k D r i v e ....................... p . 101 • Initialize Drive for Mac® .............................. p . 103 • Restore the Drive Ic on ............................ p . 106 • Reformat with P ar titions ........................ p . 108[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 101 Replace a F ailed Disk Drive The G-SPEED Studio RAID Contr oller continually monitors the health of each disk drive in G-SPEED Studio XL. In the event of a disk failure , you will be aler ted based on the notification s e t t i ng s y o u entered in Set Up Alert Notific[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 102 1. Launch the G-SPEED Studio S oftware Utility. 2. S elect the Physical Driv e . 3. The Ph ysical Drive List will show all of the driv es and nex t to its name the status will indicate Dead . 4. R ight-click on the failed drive and select Locate. W ARNING: Make absolutely[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 103 5. The failed drive’ s LED will begin to blink in the G-SPEED Studio XL enclosure , making it easy to identify which drive needs to be r eplaced. Be certain to remov e the correct drive, as r emoving the wrong drive could cause da ta loss. NO TE : I t is possible for th[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 104 2. S elect G-SPEED Studio XL by clicking its dr ive icon in the left column. Information about the drive will be display ed at the bottom of the window . 3. S elect the Erase tab to view formatting options. Select Mac OS® Extended on the Format menu and enter “G-SPEED [...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 105 6. After the drive is r einitialized, you should aut omatically see the Time Machine dialog box. Click the Don ’t Use button if y ou do not want to your G-SPEED Studio XL as a Time Machine backup target. 7. Quit Disk Utilit y : After reinitializing the drive, the cust o[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 106 Restore the Driv e Icon If your G-SPEED Studio XL drive icon was erased during the r einitializing process (see previous section ), you can rest ore the icon with the follo wing easy steps. NO TE: This process is not r equired for G-SPEED Studio XL oper ation. However , i[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 107 4. S elect the G-SPEED Studio XL icon on your desktop and press C ommand+I. This will open its Get Info window (below left). 5. S elect the default icon in the Get Info window (below left). 6. Press Command+V t o paste the G-SPEED Studio XL custom icon into the Get Info w[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 108 Reforma t with Partitions Hard drive partitioning is the process of dividing a hard driv e into discrete sections called volumes . Each volume works like a separa te disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 different partitions on a hard drive in OS X, and each par tition can be [...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 109 2. Select the appropriate icon — not the G- T echnology drive icon — by clicking it in the left column. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window . 4. S elect the number of par titions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu. Below , we have selected “2[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 110 5. Click on the first par tition in the V olume S cheme area. Y our par tition will be highlighted by a blue bounding box. • In the Name field, type a name for the partition. • F rom the F ormat menu, choose your desir ed disk format. If you will use your driv[...]

Maintenanc e for Y our D rive G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 111 8. Click on the Partition button to continue. A pr ogress bar in the low er-right corner of the window will show you the disk’ s reformatting pr ogress. 9. When par titioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the Disk Utility ’ s left panel. 10[...]

Appendix • RAID Levels Explained ........................... p . 113[...]

Appendix G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 113 RAID Lev els Explained Description 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 Advan tage Offers the highest per formance [...]

Suppor t & W arranty • T echnical Suppor t ................................... p . 115 • Limited W arranty .................................... p . 116 • Copyright ................................................... p . 118[...]

Suppor t & W arranty G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 115 T echnical Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-SPEED Studio XL. If you hav e any comments or questions about this manual or the product, please let us know! G- T echnology appreciates and values its customers. We striv e to give you the finest service and suppor t. If you en[...]

Suppor t & W arranty G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 116 Limited W arranty Limited W arranty HGST , a W estern Digital Company (“HGST”) including G- T echnology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited w arranty cov er? This limited warranty applies to new HGST pr oducts purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by th[...]

Suppor t & W arranty G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 117 insurance in shipping the drive t o our logistics center . Y ou should remove all personal inf ormation from the product prior to its return. What will HGST do? HGST will replace the drive with a functionally equivalent r eplacement product, transportation prepaid. HGST ma y r[...]

Suppor t & W arranty G SPEED S T UDIO XL with Thunderbolt ™ p. 118 Capacity Denition and Disclaimer F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: 1 gigabyt e (GB) is equal to 1 billion byt es and 1 terabyt e ( TB) equals 1,000 GB (1 trillion bytes). Acc essible capacity will var y from the st ated capacity due to formatting and partitioning[...]

One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity . 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. Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are tr ademarks of Intel[...]