Cavalry CADA002U3A2 manual

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    CAD A -U3A2 2-Ba y USB 3.0 RAID EXTERN AL Instruction Manual Cavalry , the names of series and the Cavalry logo are registered trademarks of Cavalry Storage. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity , one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes, and one teraby[...]

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    T able of Cont ents CHAPTER 1. GETTING ST AR TED ............................................................................... 1 Features and Applications ......................................................................................... 1 Specications .....................................................................................[...]

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    CADA-U3A2 1 Thank you for purchasing the Cavalry 2-bay USB 3.0 RAID enclosure. The CADA-U3A2 was designed to deliver affordable RAID security and speed using the minimum amount of required setup. The multiple RAID modes allow users to choose between the most popular RAID formats with minimum RAID experience required. The hi-speed USB 3.0 interface [...]

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    CADA-U3A2 2 1. 2. POW E R H D D I HDD II 1. Power LED 2. Hard Drive LEDs 3. RAID Update Button 4. RAID Mode Switches 5. eSA T A Port 6. USB 3.0/2.0 Port 7. Power Port and Switch 8. Replaceable External Fan 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 7. PR ODUCT P AR T IDENTIFICA TION 1 CHAPTER GETTING ST AR TED DRIVE INST ALLA TION This CADA unit will also be sold as an enclos[...]

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    RAID modes and terminology can be a little confusing to the un-initiated. Rather than try to explain the exact mechanisms that underlie each mode, we will describe each one in terms of what they can do for you . Then, you can carefully choose the appropriate mode for your application. This mode continuously duplicates all of the data from one drive[...]

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    CADA-U3A2 4 2 CHAPTER SETTING Y OUR RAID MODE RAID SWIT CH SETUP (MA C Users or PC Users) Most users will select their RAID-mode during the initial setup only . After that, they will usually for get about the other RAID functions; which is probably for the best. RAID is a very powerful tool but can also easily erase all of your data! So, backup you[...]

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    CADA-U3A2 5 3 CHAPTER Y OUR DISK MANA GEMENT UTILITY In W indows, they call it “Disk Management”. In Mac, they call it “Disk Utility”. Despite having different names and appearances, both W indows Disk Management and Mac Disk Utility do basically the same thing: they allow you to create, modify and delete any storage volume connected to you[...]

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    CADA-U3A2 6 4 CHAPTER INITIALIZING AND FORMA TTING YOUR NEW ARRA Y Windows Cont’d: Let W indows select a drive letter , as well as the rest of the options. Then press “Finish”. Double-check that W indows assigned a drive-letter to your new drive(s). Otherwise, you will not see the drive(s) in (My) Computer . Now , look for your drive-letter(s[...]

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    5 CHAPTER SUPPOR T CADA-U3A2 7 Solid Green: A healthy , functioning HDD. Flashing Green/Red: The connected HDD is writing or formatting. Solid or Flashing Orange: The connected HDD is attempting to access the host PC. Solid or Flashing Red: The connected HDD is unhealthy or ofine. No LED: No HDD is connected, or the HDD is in-operational. HDD LE[...]

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    CADA-U3A2 8 Cavalry Storage Inc. (“Cavalry Storage”) warrants all new equipment manufactured by Cavalry Storage (including any accessories in- cluded with its products) and sold by an authorized distributor or authorized reseller against defects in material or workmanship for one (1) year from the product’ s original date of purchase as follo[...]