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    用户手册 ユ ー ザ ー マ ニ ュ ア ル manual de instrucciones guída utente handbuch gebruikershandleiding manuel utilisateur user manual 용자 설명서 2big triple P rofessional 2- disk RAID USB 2.0 | FireWire 400 | F ireWire 800[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 T able of Con tent s T able of Contents Health and Safet y P recautions 3 General Use Pr ecautions 3 1. Introduction 5 1.1. Minimum System Requirements 6 1.2. Box Content 7 1.3. Views of the D rive 8 1.3.1. F ront View 8 1.3.2. 2big T riple Rear V iew 9 1.4. Cables and Connectors 10 1.4.1. Hi-Speed USB [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 F orw ard Copyrights Copyright © 2007 LaCie. All rights reser ved. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sy stem, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, me- chanical, photocopying, recording or other wise, without the prior written consent of LaCie. T r[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 F orw ard is sy mbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equip ment by handing it over to a designed col lec- tion point for the recyc ling of waste elec[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 4 F orw ard ImpOrT ANT INfO: Any loss, corruption or destr uction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user , and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recover y or restoration of this data. T o help prevent the loss of your data, L aCie highly recommends [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 5 In trod uct ion Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie 2big T riple. is high-per formance, extremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Disks) subsystem is ideally suited f or integration with databases, imaging sy stems and e-mail and W eb ser v- ers. RAID technolo[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 6 In trod uct ion 1.1. Minimum System R equirements TeChNICAl NOTe: T o achieve USB 2.0 speeds, your drive must be connected to a USB 2.0 host port. If it is connected to a USB 2.0 port, your drive will operate at USB 2.0 speeds. *Most computers do not come f rom the fa ctor y with F ireWire 800 ports, so[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 7 In trod uct ion 1.2. Bo x Content ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease save your pack- aging. In the e vent that the dr ive should need to be repaired or ser viced, it must be returned in its original packaging. Y our LaCie 2big package contains the system tower and an accessories box containing the items listed be[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 8 In trod uct ion Fig . 1.3.1 1.3. Views of the Drive e blue button ( A ) on the f ront of the L aCie 2big ser ves as an LE D dr ive status indic ator and the LaCie Shor tcut Button. See the LaCie Shortcut Button User Manual o n the Shor tcut Button CD-R OM for more information. See troubleshooting sec[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 9 In trod uct ion fast jbod big safe100 off auto on Fig . 1.3.2 1 6 5 3 2 CAUTION : T o avoid overheating, the LaCie 2big should be installed in a well-ventilated area and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow across the controller chips. Also ensure that the V entilation Fan is not obstructed.[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 0 In trod uct ion 1.4. Cables and Connectors 1.4.2. FireWire ■ TeChNICAl NOTe: T o achieve USB 2.0 speeds, your drive must be connected to a USB 2.0 host port. If it is connected to a USB 2.0 port, y our drive will operate at USB 2.0 speeds. USB is a serial input/output tec hnology for connect- ing pe[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 1 Se tup 2. Setting Up Y our LaCie 2big is section covers the installation and configuration of your LaCie 2big . F ollow the steps below to power on and configure y our L aCie 2big: Step 1 2.1. Connecting the Interface Cable P age 12 Step 2 2.2. T urning the Dr ive On P age 13 Step 3 2.3. F ormatt[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 2 Se tup Plug one end of the interface cable (USB or F ireW ire) into the corresponding port on your host computer (F ig. 2.1-A). Connect the other end of the cable to the matching port on the 2big (F ig. 2.1-B). If two interfaces are connected at the same time, the first one connected remains active a[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 3 Se tup 2.2. T urning the Drive On e po wer supply kit is composed of two cables: one cable ( A ) connects to the L aCie drive; and the other cable ( B ) connects to a power outlet, such as a wall out- let or a surge protector . Connect Cable A to your LaCie Drive. Connect Cable B to the power suppl[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 4 Se tup Windows Users e 2big T riple comes pre-formatted in HFS+ (op- timized for Mac OS X). F or use with both Mac and PC, you will need to reformat to F A T 32. FA T 32 F A T is an acr onym for F ile Allocation T able, which dates back to the beginnings of D OS programming. Originall y , F A T was[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 5 Se tup Mac Users e LaCie 2big T riple comes preformatted in HFS+ for optimum perfor mance with Mac OS X. Mac OS X Users: Y ou may customiz e the dr ive by r eformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file system formats. F or optimal perf ormance in Mac OS environments, for- mat and p[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 6 Se tup e process of formatting a dr ive on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP or W indows V ista consists of t wo steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) for matting the dr ive. ese steps will erase anything that is on the disk. Connect the dr ive to the computer via the[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 7 Se tup ImpOrT ANT INfO: P lease refer to section 2.3.1. F ile Sy stem Formats , for a more detailed comparison of the various file system for mats. Fig . 2.3.2.C Fig . 2.3.2.D Click Next . Click Next . Click Next . Click Next . On the F ormat P artition window , select Quick Format . Click Next . 8. [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 8 Se tup Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the drive. Select Utilities f rom the Go menu in the F inder menu bar . In the Utilities folder , double-c lick Disk Utility . e Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume labeled LaCie Hard Disk f rom the list of available hard disks on th[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 1 9 Se tup LaCie may per iodically offer firmware updates for the 2big. V isit LaCie’ s W eb site, www .lacie.com , for the latest firmware update. F or the pr ocedure, please contact LaCie technical suppor t. 2.4. Installing New Firmware (Upgrade)[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 0 RA ID is section will help you decide which RAID mode is right for your application. F ast (RAID 0), S ection 3.1.1 Big, S ection 3.1.2 JBOD, S ection 3.1.3 Safe 100 (RAID 1), S ection 3.1.4 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ 3. RAID TeChNICAl NOTe: Capacity varies depend- ing upon RAID mode. Big, Fast and JBOD = tot[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 1 RA ID In Big mode, the two physical disks are combined (concatenation) so that one single y et larger logic al vol- ume mounts on the desktop, offering maxim um possible capacity (the available capacities of each disk are cumu- lated). ImpOrT ANT INfO : If one physical disk fails, the data of both di[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 2 RA ID In Safe 100 mode, the two physical disks are mirrored together (RAID 1) so that one single logical volume mounts on the desktop . All of the data (100%) ar e saved simultaneously on each disk (the available c apacity c annot exceed the available capacity of the lowest-capacit y single disk). Imp[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 3 RA ID Before you change the RAID mode of the LaCie 2big, familiariz e yourself with the 2big’ s RAID modes. See section 3.1. About 2big T r iple RAID Modes . ImpOrT ANT INfO : Changing the R AI D mode de- stroys data stored on the L aCie 2big . If you have saved data on the dr ives, bac k up data be[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 4 RA ID Y ou must partition the drives af ter changing the 2big configuration mode (SAFE, F AST , BIG, etc). D uring this pro- cess, you will format the drives. F or more information about file system for mats, see section 2.3.1. F ile S ystem F or mats . ImpOrT ANT INfO : e disks shipped with the [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 5 RA ID Right c lick the configured disk’ s unallocated space and select New Partition . If the N e w P artition op- tion is not available, select the disk and initialize it first (F ig. 3.3.1-C). 3. Click Next to star t the P artition W izard (F ig. 3.3.1-D). 4. Select the Primary or Extended optio[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 6 RA ID Specify the par tition size. By default, the partition occupies the entire volume. Click Next (F ig. 3.3.1- F). 6. Assign a drive letter or mount path and clic k Next (F ig. 3.3.1-G). 7. Name and f ormat the par tition and c lick Next (F ig. 3.3.1-H). 8. Fig . 3.3.1-F Fig . 3.3.1- G Fig . 3.3.1-[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 7 RA ID Review the settings and c lick Finish to create the logical partition (Fig . 3.3.1-I). 9. Fig . 3.3.1-I[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 8 RA ID Fig . 3.3.2- C ImpOrT ANT INfO : Do not par tition the virtual disk that initially mounts on your OS . is example illustrates the JBOD R AI D mode, which optimiz es the L aCie 2big f or performance when configured as a software RAID 0 on the host computer . Launch Disk Utility f rom the Appl[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 2 9 RA ID In the event that an individual hard disk fails in the LaCie 2big, please contact your L aCie reseller or LaCie Customer S upport. P lease replace a defec- tive hard dr ive only with a new drive provided by LaCie. F or drive removal and replacement process, please follow the steps below . CAUTIO[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 0 T ro ubl esh ooti ng In the event that your LaCie 2big is not working correctly , please refer to the f ollowing chec klist to find out where the problem is coming f rom. If you have gone thr ough all of the points on the checklist and y our drive is still not wor king correctly , please have a look [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 1 T ro ubl esh ooti ng 4.2. LED Indicators e LaCie 2big T riple has three LE D indicators – one on the f ront of the dr ive and two on the back (one for each drive) which can indic ate the current state of the 2big or pr oblems it may be experiencing. In normal use: F ront L ED is solid blue. Rear [...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 2 T ro ubl esh ooti ng Problem ■ Solution ■ e LaCie 2big is not recognized when USB is plugged-in. V erify the Sy stem L ED status to confirm pow er . V erify HBA BIOS r ecogniz es empty 2big. T urn off PCI bus power save mode in the host BIOS. V erify the USB connection and tr y a different U[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 3 Co ntac tin g Cu sto mer Sup port Before Y ou Contact T echnical Support ■ Read the manuals and review section 4. T roubleshooting . T r y to isolate the problem. If possible, make the dr ive the only external device on the CPU , and make sure that al l of the cables are correctly and firmly attach[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 4 Co ntac tin g Cu sto mer Sup port LaCie Asia, S ingapor e, and Hong Kong 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/ (F rançais) LaCie Canada Contact us at: http://ww[...]

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    L aCi e 2 big T ri ple Us er M anu al pa ge 3 5 W arra nty In form ati on LaCie warrants your LaCie 2big against any defect in material and w orkmanship, under normal use , for the period designated on your warrant y certificate. In the event this product is f ound to be defective within the warranty per iod, L aCie will, at its option, repair or [...]