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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ High-P er formanc e RAID S olutions f or HD/2K Pr oduc tion PRODUCT MANU AL g-technology .com[...]

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    p.2 T able of C ontents G SPEE D eS PRO ™ T able of Conten ts Safety & General Use Safety Pr ecautions ......................................... 4 Backup Y our Data .......................................... 5 About Y our G-SPEED eS Pro Introduction .................................................... 7 What’ s in the B o x ................[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Safety & General U se • Saf ety Precautions ................................................................ p .4 • Backup Y our Data ................................................................. p .5[...]

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    p.4 Safety & General Use G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Safety Precautions G-SPEED eS Pr o ’ s warranty may be void as a r esult of the failure to respect the precautions list ed here. If you detect a problem with your driv e, please contact our T echnical Suppor t department. If the product is returned with damage caused by impr oper handling, the warr[...]

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    p.5 Safety & General Use G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Backup Y our Data The disk drive con tained in your G- SPEED eS Pr o device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to ex cessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G- T echnology be held liable for the recov er y or r estoration of lost data. An y loss, corrupti[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ About Y our G-SPEED eS Pro • Introduction ............................................................................ p. 7 • What’ s in the Box .................................................................. p .8 • Syst em Requirements ........................................................... p .8 • O verview of [...]

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    p.7 About Y our G-SPEED eS Pr o G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Introduction Thank you f or purchasing G-SPEED eS Pro fr om G- T echnology . Specically designed for pr ofessional con tent creation applica tions, G-SPEED eS P ro featur es a high-speed mini-SAS interface. The storage system pr ovides RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and JBOD functionalit y when used in conjun[...]

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    p.8 About Y our G-SPEED eS Pr o G SPEE D eS PRO ™ What’ s in the Box The follo wing items are included in the bo x: • G-SPEED eS Pr o storage syst em • 4 remov able SA T A drive modules (installed in unit) • (2) disk module keys • 2-meter mini-SAS cable • AC P ower cable • Quickstar t Guide Optional purchase: A T TO R680 PCIe x8 RAI[...]

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    p.9 About Y our G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Overview of the Drive G-SPEED eS Pr o ships from the factor y congur ed in RAID 0 for use with the A T TO R680 RAID controller . The RAID controller also supports R AID 1, 5, 6 and JBOD congur a- tions. If you wish to change the RAID mode , please refer t o Change the RAID Mode . F or an expl[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ U sing Y our Drive • Drive LED Operation ......................................................... p .11 • W arning LED and Alarms ................................................ p.11 • Disc onnec t the Driv e ......................................................... p .12 • Window s Use ................................[...]

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    p.11 Using Y our Drive G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Drive LED Opera tion Under normal operation, each G-SPEED eS P ro drive module has an LED that glow s blue indicating a connection to the RAID controller . The LED will ash brighter when the drive is being accessed . W arning LED and Alarms The G-SPEED eS P ro enclosure is equipped with an audible alarm[...]

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    p.12 Using Y our Drive G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Disconnect the Drive It is not recommended to disconnect G-SPEED eS Pr o while your system is running . First power o y our system, and when it is complet ely power ed down, turn o the G-SPEED eS Pr o . I t is then saf e to unplug the drive fr om your system. W indows U se G-SPEED eS Pr o is set up a[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ U sing A T T O R680 R AID C ontroller • Download A T TO RAID Soft war e .................................. p.14 • Install A T TO Driv er & Cong T ool ................................ p .14 • Install A T T O Contr oller ..................................................... p.15 • Attach eS P ro to A T T O Contr oll[...]

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    p.14 Using the A T T O R AID C ontroller G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Download A T T O RAID Sof tware T o use the A T TO R680 RAID con troller , you rst need to install drivers and software on your syst em. Visit ww w .g-technology .com/support/gspeed_es_pro/ Here you will nd a special link t o the A T T O website wher e you can download G- T echnolog[...]

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    p.15 Using the A T T O R AID C ontroller G SPEE D eS PRO ™ A ttach eS Pro t o A T T O Controller Attaching G-SPEED eS P ro to the A T TO R680 RAID contr oller takes a few easy steps. 1. Shut do wn your system. 2. Attach one end of the supplied mini-SAS cable to the mini-SAS por t locat ed on the back of G-SPEED eS Pro . 3. Attach the other end of[...]

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    p.16 Using the A T T O R AID C ontroller G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Add Sec ond G-SPEED eS Pro Unit Y ou can add an additonal G-SPEED eS P ro as either a stand-alone volume , or combine it with another unit to cr eate a very fast 8- drive RAID array . Add as a stand alone v olume: T o add as a stand-alone volume, simply r epeat the steps in the previous s[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro • R AID C onguration Scripts for Mac ........................... p .18 • Use the A T TO C ong T ool ............................................... p .19 • Change the RAID Mode ................................................... p .21 • Congure T wo RAID Units .......................[...]

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    p.18 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ RAID Congur ation Scripts for Mac G- T echnology provides RAID Congur ation Scripts so you can quickly congure/recon- gure the RAID mode of G-SPEED eS P ro . Download the scripts from ww w .g-technolo - gy .com/support/gspeed_es_pro/ . These scripts will congure ALL G-SPEED eS P r[...]

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    p.19 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Use the A T T O Cong T ool The A T TO Cong T ool application is used to congure the many paramet ers of the A T T O R680 RAID controller . Y ou will nd Cong T ool in the Applications/A T TO C ongT ool folder . 1. Double -click to launch the application. 2. The scr een shown bel[...]

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    p.20 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 5. S elect the RAID tab to display the currently a ttached drives and RAID groups . The follo wing sections will explain how to Change the RAID Mode of G-SPEED eS Pro , and how to C ongure T wo RAID Units for maximum performance. Y ou can also see RAID Congura tion Scripts for Mac for easy[...]

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    p.21 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Change the RAID Mode The G-SPEED eS P ro/A T T O R680 RAID controller combina tion is congured at the factor y in RAID 0 mode. RAID 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD modes are a vailable and the A T T O Cong T ool is used to change the mode of operation. NO TE: There ar e Mac OS X RAID conguration s[...]

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    p.22 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 4. The f ollowing dialog box will appear , aler ting that y ou about to delete the RAID group . Click ‘ Y es’ to continue. W ARNING: THIS WILL DELETE ALL D A T A ST ORED ON GSPEED eS P ro! 5. Click on the RAID M anagement menu item and select ‘Creat e Group> Customiz ed’ . (Keyboar[...]

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    p.23 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 6. The ‘C reate New RAID Group ’ panel will open in Cong T ool. Make the following choices , then click the ‘Nex t’ button. A. Name: Enter a name f or the RAID group (like GTECHR5) B. L evel: Select RAID 5 C. Interleave: Select 512KB D . I nitialize: Select Advanced 7. S elect all the[...]

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    p.24 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 8. The ‘Cr eate New RAID Group ’ pane will display the congur ation options. Make the following choices , then click the ‘Nex t’ button. E. Sector Size: Select 512 bytes F . SpeedRead: Selec t Adaptiv e G. Rebuild Priority : Same H. Auto Rebuild: Selected 9. Conrm the RAID Group co[...]

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    p.25 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 11. R ight-click on the RAID group in the low er panel. Fr om the dropdown menu , select ‘Pr oper ties ’ . 12. I n the popup window tha t opens, select a Pref etch value of 2 and check Auto-Rebuild. 13. Click ‘ Accept’ to close the window . 14. The RAID initialization pr ocess will conti[...]

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    p.26 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ C ongure T wo RAID Units Combining two G-SPEED eS P ros on the A T TO RAID Contr oller can produce incredible per formanc e. In order to combine two units , both units will need to be rec ongured, which deletes all data on the drives . If you currently hav e one G-SPEED eS Pr o and you wis[...]

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    p.27 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 4. The f ollowing dialog box will appear , aler ting that y ou about to delete the RAID group . Click YES to continue . W ARNING: THIS WILL DELETE ALL D A T A ST ORED ON GSPEED eS Pro DRIVES ! 5. Click on the RAID M anagement menu item and select ‘Creat e Group> Customiz ed’ . (Keyboar[...]

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    p.28 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 6. The ‘C reate New RAID Group ’ panel will open in Cong T ool. Make the following choices , then click the ‘Nex t’ button. A. Name: Enter a name f or the RAID group (like GTECHR5) B. L evel: Select RAID 5 (or RAID 0, or RAID 6 if desired) C. Interleave: Select 512KB D . I nitialize: [...]

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    p.29 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 8. The ‘Cr eate New RAID Group ’ pane will display the congur ation options. Make the following choices , then click the ‘Nex t’ button. E. Sector Size: Select 512 bytes F . SpeedRead: Selec t Adaptiv e G. Rebuild Priority : Same H. Auto Rebuild: Selected 9. Conrm the RAID Group co[...]

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    p.30 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 11. R ight-click on the RAID group in the low er panel. Fr om the dropdown menu , select ‘Pr oper ties ’ . 12. I n the popup window tha t opens, select a Pref etch value of 2 and check Auto-Rebuild. 13. Click ‘ Accept’ to close the window . 14. The RAID initialization pr ocess will conti[...]

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    p.31 C onguring G-SPEED eS Pro G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Set Up Aler t Notications The A T TO Cong T ool can notify you when events oc cur on the RAID system. Open the Cong T ool and selec t ‘localhost ’ in the lef t bar . The screen belo w will appear . The Cong T ool has four types of Aler ts: A udbile Aler t, Visual Alert, System L [...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Maintenanc e for y our Drive • Replace a F ailed Disk Drive ........................................... p .33 • Initialize Drive f or Mac .................................................... p .36 • Restor e the Drive Icon ...................................................... p .39 • Reformat with P ar titions .........[...]

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    p.33 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Replace a F ailed D isk Driv e The A T TO R680 RAID contr oller continually monitors the health of each of the disk drives in G-SPEED eS Pr o . In the event of a disk failure, y ou will be notied based on the noti- cations settings you ent ered in Set Up Alert Notications . The A T TO[...]

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    p.34 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 1. Launch the A T T O Cong T ool. Y ou will nd the Cong T ool in the Applications/A T TO Cong T ool folder on your comput er . 2. Double click on ‘localhost ’ , click on ‘ExpressSAS R680’ , and login to the application. 3. S elect the ‘R AID’ tab and the top pane should[...]

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    p.35 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ W ARNING: Make absolutely sure that y ou remov e the correct drive as indicated in the steps below . REMOVING THE WRONG DRIVE CAN RESUL T IN THE L OSS OF THE ARRA Y AND ALL OF THE C ONTENT ST ORED ON GSPEED ES PRO . 5. The failed drive ’ s LED will begin to blink in the G-SPEED eS Pr o en[...]

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    p.36 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ initialize Initialize Drive f or M ac G-SPEED eS Pr o was factor y-f ormatted for use or ‘initializ ed’ for Mac OS X. Y ou can reini- tialize if you¹d like t o quick ly erase the c ontents of the drive , or if you recongure the RAID mode. Here ar e the steps. 1. First, open the Disk Ut[...]

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    p.37 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 4. Click the Erase button in the lower right corner of the windo w . A dialog box will ap- pear asking if you want to erase the G-SPEED eS P ro partition. W ARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL D A T A ON Y OUR DRIVE. 5. Click on the Erase button to continue . A Pr ogress bar in the low er ri[...]

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    p.38 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 6. After the drive is reinitialized, y ou should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. Click the ‘Don ’t Use ’ button if you do not wan t to use G-SPEED eS Pr o as a Time Machine backup target. 7. Quit the Disk U tility Pr ogram. After reinitializing the drive , the custom icon [...]

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    p.39 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Restore the Driv e Icon If the G-SPEED eS Pro driv e icon was erased during the reinitializing pr ocess (see previous section ), you can rest ore the icon with the f ollowing easy steps. NO TE: This P rocess is not r equired for the oper ation of G-SPEED eS Pr o. Ho wever , it will make your d[...]

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    p.40 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 4. S elect the G-SPEED eS Pr o icon on your deskt op and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window . (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get I nf o window . (below left) 6. Press C ommand+V to paste the G-SPEED eS P ro custom icon int o the Get Info window . (below right) The [...]

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    p.41 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ format Reforma t with Partitions ‘P ar titioning ’ a hard drive is the P rocess of dividing a har d drive into separat e, discrete sections called ‘volumes’ . Each volume works like a separat e disk. Y ou can create up t o 16 dier ent par titions on a hard driv e in OS X and each pa[...]

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    p.42 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 2. S elect the F ireW ire or USB icon – not the G- T echnology dr iv e icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the Partition button in the main window . 4. S elect the number of par titions y ou would like from the V olume S cheme menu . Below , we have selected ‘2 Par[...]

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    p.43 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 5. Click on the rst par tition in the Volume Scheme area. Y our par tition will be highlight - ed by a blue bounding bo x. • In the Name eld, type a name for the partition. • From the F ormat menu, choose your desir ed disk format. If you will use your drive primarily on Mac OSX, it [...]

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    p.44 Maintenanc e for Y our D riv e G SPEE D eS PRO ™ 8. Click on the Partition button to continue. A P rogress bar in the low er r ight corner of the window will show y ou the Pr ogress of the disk’ s reformatting . 9. When partitioning is complete, the multiple partitions will be displayed in the left-hand panel of Disk Utility . 10. Quit the[...]

  • Page 45

    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Appendix • R AID L evels Explained ....................................................... p .46[...]

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    p.46 Appendix G SPEE D eS PRO ™ RAID Lev els Explained raidlevels[...]

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    G SPEE D eS PRO ™ Suppor t & W arranty • T echnical Suppor t ............................................................ p.48 • Limited W arranty ............................................................ p .49 • Cop yright ............................................................................. p .51[...]

  • Page 48

    p.48 Suppor t & W arranty G SPEE D eS PRO ™ T echnical Suppor t Thank you f or purchasing G-SPEED eS Pro . If you have an y comments or questions about this manual or the Pr oduct, please let us k now! G- T echnology appreciates and values its cust omers, striving to giv e you the nest service and suppor t. If you enc ounter any diculti[...]

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    p.49 Suppor t & W arranty G SPEE D eS PRO ™ warrant y Limited W arran ty HGST , a Western Digital C ompany (“HGST ”) Including G- T echnology for External Hard Disk Drives What does this limited w arranty co ver? This Limited Warran ty applies to new HGST products purchased from an authorized HGST dealer by the original purchaser f or nor[...]

  • Page 50

    p.50 Suppor t & W arranty G SPEE D eS PRO ™ What must y ou do? If you are having tr ouble with a product, before seeking limited warranty service, rst follow the tr oubleshooting procedur es that HGST or your reseller pr ovides. T o obtain limited warranty ser vice, y ou must rst obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and ship-to[...]

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    p.51 Suppor t & W arranty G SPEE D eS PRO ™ copyright CAP A CITY DEFINITION AND DISCLAIMER F or G- T echnology products 1TB or greater: “One gigabyt e (GB) is equal to one billion byt es and one terabyte (TB) equals 1,000 GB (one tr illion byt es). Accessible capacity will vary from the stated ca- pacity due to formatting and partitioning o[...]