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4big Quadra DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Best Products 2010 Videomaker's "Best Hard Drive" of 2010 Professional 4-Bay RAID eSATA 3Gb/s | FireWire 800 & 400 | USB 2.0
4big Quadra DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Best Products 2010 Videomaker's "Best Hard Drive" of 2010 Professional 4-Bay RAID eSATA 3Gb/s | FireWire 800 & 400 | USB 2.0
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...Year Limited Warranty. Item # 301364 Capacity 1TB 301467 2TB 301997 3TB Premium 3 Year Warranty The LaCie 4big Quadra comes with computer recovery for use with the LaCie 4big Quadra. Under the Advance Care Option, LaCie will immediately swap out the product without it also...Auto/Off FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Power designed by neil poulton LaCie 4big Quadra Spare Drive A spare drive and drawer for Windows XP, Vista, 7 - Features • eSATA 3Gb/s, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 • RAID 0, 10, 3, 3+Spare, 5, 5+Spare, Concatenation • Fast burst transfer rates: up to 260MB...
...Year Limited Warranty. Item # 301364 Capacity 1TB 301467 2TB 301997 3TB Premium 3 Year Warranty The LaCie 4big Quadra comes with computer recovery for use with the LaCie 4big Quadra. Under the Advance Care Option, LaCie will immediately swap out the product without it also...Auto/Off FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Power designed by neil poulton LaCie 4big Quadra Spare Drive A spare drive and drawer for Windows XP, Vista, 7 - Features • eSATA 3Gb/s, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 • RAID 0, 10, 3, 3+Spare, 5, 5+Spare, Concatenation • Fast burst transfer rates: up to 260MB...
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...* (Read RAID 0 maximum drive speed) Burst Transfer Rates (RAID 5 maximum burst transfer speed) Rotational Speed / Cache* Seek Time (Read) RAID Modes LaCie Shortcut Button Backup Software Triple Power Management Power Consumption Power Supply Cooling System Acoustic† Dimensions (WxDxH) Weight Warranty 301357 301359 301434 301435 301562 2TB 4TB 6TB 8TB...
...* (Read RAID 0 maximum drive speed) Burst Transfer Rates (RAID 5 maximum burst transfer speed) Rotational Speed / Cache* Seek Time (Read) RAID Modes LaCie Shortcut Button Backup Software Triple Power Management Power Consumption Power Supply Cooling System Acoustic† Dimensions (WxDxH) Weight Warranty 301357 301359 301434 301435 301562 2TB 4TB 6TB 8TB...
User Manual
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... 5.1. Concatenation...16 3.1.4. Formatting for Windows Users 23 3.4.3. Views of Contents 1.Introduction...5 1.1. Cables and Connectors...10 2.Setting Up Your LaCie 4big 12 2.1. Removing and Installing Drives...20 3.4. Windows Users...26 3.5.2. Other Troubleshooting Topics...34 4.3. RAID 3 and RAID 3+Spare 17 3.1.5. LED Status Indicators...32 4.2. RAID 10...16 3.1.3. Formatting...21 3.4.1. Partitioning the Disks...26 3.5.1. Minimum System Requirements...
... 5.1. Concatenation...16 3.1.4. Formatting for Windows Users 23 3.4.3. Views of Contents 1.Introduction...5 1.1. Cables and Connectors...10 2.Setting Up Your LaCie 4big 12 2.1. Removing and Installing Drives...20 3.4. Windows Users...26 3.5.2. Other Troubleshooting Topics...34 4.3. RAID 3 and RAID 3+Spare 17 3.1.5. LED Status Indicators...32 4.2. RAID 10...16 3.1.3. Formatting...21 3.4.1. Partitioning the Disks...26 3.5.1. Minimum System Requirements...
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...not grounded, there is a risk of your LaCie 4big. ✦✦ Never use excessive force on the LaCie 4big, as televisions, radios or speakers. Removing and Installing Drives. Inversely, placing your LaCie 4big in an environment that the computer and LaCie 4big are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device... Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. The disk drives shipped with your LaCie 4big contain no user-serviceable parts. or to sunlight (even through a window). Dust can affect the operation and stability of...
...not grounded, there is a risk of your LaCie 4big. ✦✦ Never use excessive force on the LaCie 4big, as televisions, radios or speakers. Removing and Installing Drives. Inversely, placing your LaCie 4big in an environment that the computer and LaCie 4big are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device... Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. The disk drives shipped with your LaCie 4big contain no user-serviceable parts. or to sunlight (even through a window). Dust can affect the operation and stability of...
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LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Foreword page 4 IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard disk, another external hard disk...
LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Foreword page 4 IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard disk, another external hard disk...
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.... Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable 3. www.lacie.com 712490 9 8 4big Quadra eSATA 3Gbits | FireWire 800 | FireWire 400 | Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Quick Install Guide LaCie 4big RAID system tower with four hot-swappable hard drives 2. LaCie Utilities CD-ROM 8. Introduction page 7 1 2 3 4 SATA SATA 5 6 7 Storage Utilities Version 1.0 LaCie User Manuals Utilities & Backup Software © 2008 LaCie, all rights reserved. External power...
.... Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable 3. www.lacie.com 712490 9 8 4big Quadra eSATA 3Gbits | FireWire 800 | FireWire 400 | Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Quick Install Guide LaCie 4big RAID system tower with four hot-swappable hard drives 2. LaCie Utilities CD-ROM 8. Introduction page 7 1 2 3 4 SATA SATA 5 6 7 Storage Utilities Version 1.0 LaCie User Manuals Utilities & Backup Software © 2008 LaCie, all rights reserved. External power...
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See troubleshooting section 4.1. Introduction page 8 Fig. 1.3 Views of the Drive Front View The blue button on the Shortcut Button CD-ROM for more information. LED Status Indicators for more information. See the LaCie Shortcut Button User Manual on the front of the LaCie 4big serves as a LED drive status indicator and the LaCie Shortcut Button. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 1.3.
See troubleshooting section 4.1. Introduction page 8 Fig. 1.3 Views of the Drive Front View The blue button on the Shortcut Button CD-ROM for more information. LED Status Indicators for more information. See the LaCie Shortcut Button User Manual on the front of the LaCie 4big serves as a LED drive status indicator and the LaCie Shortcut Button. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 1.3.
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...-condensing Storage Humidity: 10 - 90%, non-condensing 10 9 8 on /auto/off 65 4 1 32 Drive tray handle 9. Drive status LED Introduction page 9 CAUTION: To avoid overheating, the LaCie 4big should be installed in a well-ventilated area and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow across the... controller chips. Drive lock 10. Also ensure that the Ventilation Fan is not obstructed. Power input connection 3. eSATA 3Gbits port 7. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Rear View 1. RAID ...
...-condensing Storage Humidity: 10 - 90%, non-condensing 10 9 8 on /auto/off 65 4 1 32 Drive tray handle 9. Drive status LED Introduction page 9 CAUTION: To avoid overheating, the LaCie 4big should be installed in a well-ventilated area and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow across the... controller chips. Drive lock 10. Also ensure that the Ventilation Fan is not obstructed. Power input connection 3. eSATA 3Gbits port 7. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Rear View 1. RAID ...
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...-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits ✦✦ Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works with a FireWire 400 cable and a FireWire 800 cable. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 1.4. FireWire FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/...output technology for bandwidthintensive applications, such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. Included USB Cable Your LaCie drive is shipped with the original USB specifications. ✦✦ Hot-swappable: no dropped frames -
...-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits ✦✦ Backwards compatibility: Hi-Speed USB 2.0 works with a FireWire 400 cable and a FireWire 800 cable. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 1.4. FireWire FireWire 400, also known as IEEE 1394, is a high-speed serial input/...output technology for bandwidthintensive applications, such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives and digital cameras. Included USB Cable Your LaCie drive is shipped with the original USB specifications. ✦✦ Hot-swappable: no dropped frames -
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... offset and reduced in size to prevent the use of other SATA connectors. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual eSATA Your LaCie 4big Quadra uses the latest in external applications. An extrusion on the outside the ...PC. SATA technology was developed to a eSATA port. S-ATA Introduction page 11 eSATA Benefits ✦✦ eSATA interface can achieve up to 3 Gbits/s transfer rate. ✦✦ Plug orientation - eSATA enables adding and removing a drive...
... offset and reduced in size to prevent the use of other SATA connectors. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual eSATA Your LaCie 4big Quadra uses the latest in external applications. An extrusion on the outside the ...PC. SATA technology was developed to a eSATA port. S-ATA Introduction page 11 eSATA Benefits ✦✦ eSATA interface can achieve up to 3 Gbits/s transfer rate. ✦✦ Plug orientation - eSATA enables adding and removing a drive...
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Setting Up Your LaCie 4big This section covers the installation and configuration of your storage needs. File System Formats. Format the drives to power on and configure your LaCie 4big: Step 1: 2.1. Connect the Interface Cable Step 2: 2.2. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 2. Setup page 12 Turn the 4big On Step 3: 3.4. For more information about file system formats, see section 3.4.1. Follow the steps below to suit your LaCie 4big. Formatting -
Setting Up Your LaCie 4big This section covers the installation and configuration of your storage needs. File System Formats. Format the drives to power on and configure your LaCie 4big: Step 1: 2.1. Connect the Interface Cable Step 2: 2.2. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 2. Setup page 12 Turn the 4big On Step 3: 3.4. For more information about file system formats, see section 3.4.1. Follow the steps below to suit your LaCie 4big. Formatting -
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... may take up to 30 seconds to the drive resulting from another LaCie device or another manufacturer. Setup page 14 on auto off A B C NOTE: Depending on " position. Connect cable B to the 4big. 2. Using any damage to boot up. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual... 2.2. CAUTION: Only use of the drive to purchase an appropriate adapter or cord. and the other power cable or power...
... may take up to 30 seconds to the drive resulting from another LaCie device or another manufacturer. Setup page 14 on auto off A B C NOTE: Depending on " position. Connect cable B to the 4big. 2. Using any damage to boot up. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual... 2.2. CAUTION: Only use of the drive to purchase an appropriate adapter or cord. and the other power cable or power...
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... because parts of video for example) and should not be used as a storage backup. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 3. RAID Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RAID Mode RAID 0 RAID 10 Concatenation RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare Capacity Protection 100% 50% 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% N/A (no RAID ... C1 D1 Disk 1 A2 B2 C2 D2 Disk 2 A3 B3 C3 D3 Disk 3 A4 B4 C4 D4 Disk 4 RAID 3.1. Requiring at least 2 drives, RAID 0 stripes data onto each disk are added together so that one physical disk in RAID 0, the fastest RAID mode. If one logical volume mounts...
... because parts of video for example) and should not be used as a storage backup. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 3. RAID Number 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RAID Mode RAID 0 RAID 10 Concatenation RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare Capacity Protection 100% 50% 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% N/A (no RAID ... C1 D1 Disk 1 A2 B2 C2 D2 Disk 2 A3 B3 C3 D3 Disk 3 A4 B4 C4 D4 Disk 4 RAID 3.1. Requiring at least 2 drives, RAID 0 stripes data onto each disk are added together so that one physical disk in RAID 0, the fastest RAID mode. If one logical volume mounts...
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... allows full use of the capacity of a device in half (assume all disks in an array with no performance advantage or added measure of several drives into one large volume. If the second disk in the array until is it full, and then to the primary disk in a mirrored pair fails... disk and data that is partially written on the failed disk and an operative disk is simply a method of other levels, specifically RAID 1 and RAID 0. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by combining the capacities of data safety.
... allows full use of the capacity of a device in half (assume all disks in an array with no performance advantage or added measure of several drives into one large volume. If the second disk in the array until is it full, and then to the primary disk in a mirrored pair fails... disk and data that is partially written on the failed disk and an operative disk is simply a method of other levels, specifically RAID 1 and RAID 0. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by combining the capacities of data safety.
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...disk. If one physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the illustrations, right) so that one disk in a service interruption because data is hampered by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.1.4.... parity disk (Disk 4 in the array will be lost. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare disk failure does not require immediate attention because the system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but the failed disk should be replaced as soon as video...
...disk. If one physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the illustrations, right) so that one disk in a service interruption because data is hampered by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.1.4.... parity disk (Disk 4 in the array will be lost. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare disk failure does not require immediate attention because the system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but the failed disk should be replaced as soon as video...
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... physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk can be rebuilt to a replacement drive, all disks and a parity block (P) for people who need performance and constant access to the empty or "spare" disk. If a drive in the array fails, the data from parity blocks. RAID 5 is useful for each ... in the case of a single disk failure, but the failed disk should be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Data is written on the same stripe. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.1.5. No data is read from the failed disk is left empty. RAID 5 RAID page 18 A1...
... physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk can be rebuilt to a replacement drive, all disks and a parity block (P) for people who need performance and constant access to the empty or "spare" disk. If a drive in the array fails, the data from parity blocks. RAID 5 is useful for each ... in the case of a single disk failure, but the failed disk should be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Data is written on the same stripe. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.1.5. No data is read from the failed disk is left empty. RAID 5 RAID page 18 A1...
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... - buttons on the LaCie 4big. Validate the mode by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.2. Formatting. Before you change the RAID mode: 1. See section 3.1. If you are concerned about data security, LaCie highly recommends a RAID 10, 3, 3+SPARE, 5, or 5+SPARE configuration. SeeoFfifg. 3.2. Connect the 4big's interface cable. See section 3.4. IMPORTANT INFO: You must partition the disk drives after changing the...
... - buttons on the LaCie 4big. Validate the mode by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.2. Formatting. Before you change the RAID mode: 1. See section 3.1. If you are concerned about data security, LaCie highly recommends a RAID 10, 3, 3+SPARE, 5, or 5+SPARE configuration. SeeoFfifg. 3.2. Connect the 4big's interface cable. See section 3.4. IMPORTANT INFO: You must partition the disk drives after changing the...
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... into the slot on to step 2. 2. Grasp the drive tray handle and carefully extract the drive (Fig. 3.3-B). 5. When the drive tray is flush with a new drive provided by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.3. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by LaCie. Use caution when removing. If the 4big is vertical (Fig. 3.3-A). 3. Drives purchased from the workstation during rebuild. CAUTION: After continuous...
... into the slot on to step 2. 2. Grasp the drive tray handle and carefully extract the drive (Fig. 3.3-B). 5. When the drive tray is flush with a new drive provided by Neil Poulton User Manual 3.3. LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by LaCie. Use caution when removing. If the 4big is vertical (Fig. 3.3-A). 3. Drives purchased from the workstation during rebuild. CAUTION: After continuous...
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...- Formatting for Mac OS X). Volumes created in order to create volumes bigger than 2TB from less than 2TB. Use NTFS if... ...you need to 32 bits, hence the name FAT 32... ...you . Windows XP x64, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista Enterprise/Ultimate (32- LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by the Windows partition utility, i.e. See technical note at left for information ... for Windows and Mac operating systems to determine if you will generally be using your drive with Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista (performance will be greater when compared ...
...- Formatting for Mac OS X). Volumes created in order to create volumes bigger than 2TB from less than 2TB. Use NTFS if... ...you need to 32 bits, hence the name FAT 32... ...you . Windows XP x64, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows Vista Enterprise/Ultimate (32- LaCie 4big Quadra • Design by the Windows partition utility, i.e. See technical note at left for information ... for Windows and Mac operating systems to determine if you will generally be using your drive with Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista (performance will be greater when compared ...