Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 0G01792 G-Technology
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T able of C onten ts Introduction Safety Pr ecautions System Requir ements What’ s in the Box G-SPEED Q Over view Optional G- T echnology PCIe RAID Contr oller O verview G-SPEED Q Audible Alarms Set.
The lightning ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product enclosure and may be of signi cant risk of electrical shock to persons.
Introduction Thank you f or purchasing G-SPEED™ Q fr om G- T echnology™, G-SPEED Q hard drives fr om G- T echnology are the ideal storage solutions f or content cr eation prof essionals.
Safety The disk drives and componen ts contained in your G-SPEED Q are delicate electronic instrumen ts and are susceptible to damage due to ex cessive ph ysical shock. Place the unit in a vented ar ea awa y from moisture or liquids . Please handle the unit with care .
A ttention Mac OS X Users G-SPEED Q is set up at the factor y for use with Mac OS X systems. If you ar e running Mac OS X, G-SPEED Q will mount on the OS X desktop right out of the box. If it becomes necessary to re - format G-SPEED Q f or Mac OS X, go here.
F or an explanation of supported RAID levels, please ref er to Appendix A, “RAID Levels Explained” . Note : Unlike the G-SPEED eS and G-SPEED eS P ro , you cannot include more than one unit in an y RAID con guration.
9. Select the R AID 0 radio button t o change the RAID level from RAID 5. Select RAID 5 if you wish the G-SPEED Q to be changed to RAID 0. Click the Con gur e button. 10. A dialog box will launch to w arn you that all data will be erased by completing this function.
14. A dialog box will then launch indicating tha t the RAID con guration is c omplete. Click the Exit button. 15. A Disk Inser tion warning dialog appears, warning you that the disk is not readable by the c omputer . I t’ s OK because you still must create a partition for the RAID in Apple Disk Utility .
17. Click the Options button to choose the pr oper par tition scheme. Click the radio butt on for GUID P artition T able, then click OK. 18. Rename the V olume: G-SPEED Q or an y other name you wish in the Name eld. 19. Click the Apply button. 20.
2. Once downloaded , select the icon for the G-SPEED Q in the G- T echnology Icons disk. 3. Pr ess Command + C to copy the ic on. 4. Select the G-SPEED Q USB icon on the Desktop and press Command + I. 5. Select the USB Icon in the “Get Info ” window (left) 6.
visual alarms. What T o Do In The Ev ent Of A Disk Drive F ailure The internal componen ts of the G-SPEED Q continually monitor the health of each of the disk drives .
Optimizing Data T ransfer Rat es G-SPEED Q can be connected to any Mac or PC equipped with an eSA T A, Fir eWir e 400, F ireW ire 800 or USB 2.0 por t.
What does this limited w arranty not co ver? The limited warran ty does not cover damage resulting fr om commercial use , misuse, acciden t, modi cation or alteration to hardwar e or software, tam.
JURISDIC TION TO JURISDICTION. G- T echnology , a division of Hitachi Global Stor age T echnologies T el: (310) 449-4599 F ax: (310) 449-4670 suppor t@g-technology .com G- T echnology by Hitachi Global Storage T echnologies © 2010. A ll rights reserved.
APPENDIX B: Notes It is recommended not to ex ceed the standard eSA T A cable length of 1 meter (3 feet). 15.
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