LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Health and Safety Precautions

  5
  • General Use Precautions

    5
• 1. Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra

  7
• 2. About the LaCie Biggest Quadra

  8
  • 2.1. Minimum System Requirements

    8
  • 2.2. Package Content

    9
  • 2.3. Specifications

    10
  • 2.4. Views of the Drive

    11
    • 2.4.1. Front View

      11
    • 2.4.2. Rear View

      12
  • 2.5. Cables and Connectors

    13
    • 2.5.1. FireWire 400 and 800 Cables and Connectors

      13
    • 2.5.2. Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables and Connectors

      14
    • 2.5.3. eSATA Cables and Connectors

      15
  • 2.6. Drive Tray Locks

    16
• 3. Understanding RAID

  17
  • 3.1. RAID 0

    17
  • 3.2. RAID 0 + 1

    18
  • 3.3. RAID 5

    19
  • 3.4. RAID 5 + Hot Spare

    20
• 4. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest Quadra

  21
  • 4.1. Setting the RAID Level

    22
    • 4.1.1. RAID 5

      23
    • 4.1.2. RAID 5 + Hot Spare

      23
    • 4.1.3. RAID 0

      24
    • 4.1.4. RAID 0 + 1

      24
  • 4.2. Creating an Array

    25
    • 4.2.1. Initializing the Disks

      25
    • 4.2.2. Managing Volumes over 2TB in Windows

      27
  • 4.3. Connecting to a Host Computer

    28
    • 4.3.1. Connecting to the Host Computer via FireWire

      29
    • 4.3.2. Connecting to the Host Computer via Hi-Speed USB 2.0

      30
    • 4.3.3. Connecting to the Host Computer via eSATA

      31
  • 4.4. Setting the LCD Display Time & Date

    32
  • 4.5. Formatting and Partitioning

    33
    • 4.5.1. Windows Users

      33
    • 4.5.2. Mac Users

      35
• 5. Using the LaCie Biggest Quadra

  36
  • 5.1. Disk Status and Activity Indicators

    36
  • 5.2. LCD Display Messages

    37
    • 5.2.1. Initialization Messages

      37
    • 5.2.2. Rebuild Messages

      38
    • 5.2.3. Failure and Error Messages

      39
    • 5.2.4. RAID and Disk Status Messages

      40
    • 5.2.5. RAID and Disk Information Messages

      41
• 6. Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest Quadra

  43
  • 6.1. Removing/Replacing A Drive

    43
  • 6.2. Firmware Updates

    43
• 7. Technical Information

  44
  • 7.1. File System Formats

    44
  • 7.2. Available Storage Capacity

    46
  • 7.3. Optimizing Data Transfers

    46
• 8. FireWire Questions & Answers

  49
• 9. USB Questions & Answers

  51
• 10. eSATA Questions & Answers

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• 11. Troubleshooting

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• 12. Contacting Customer Support

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  • 12.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts

    58
• 13. Warranty Information

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