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...Array 4.3. Setting the LCD Display Time & Date 4.5. Using the LaCie Biggest FW800 5.1. Introduction to a Host Computer 4.3.1. Specifications 2.4. Views of Contents Forward Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. RAID 0 4.1.4. RAID 0 + 1 4.2. Connecting to the Host Computer via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4.4. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive 4.5.1. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest FW800... Cables and Connectors 2.5.2. RAID 5 3.4. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Table of the Drive 2.4.1. Your LaCie Biggest FW800 2.1. Front View 2.4.2. RAID 0 3.2. ...
...Array 4.3. Setting the LCD Display Time & Date 4.5. Using the LaCie Biggest FW800 5.1. Introduction to a Host Computer 4.3.1. Specifications 2.4. Views of Contents Forward Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. RAID 0 4.1.4. RAID 0 + 1 4.2. Connecting to the Host Computer via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4.4. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive 4.5.1. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest FW800... Cables and Connectors 2.5.2. RAID 5 3.4. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Table of the Drive 2.4.1. Your LaCie Biggest FW800 2.1. Front View 2.4.2. RAID 0 3.2. ...
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... 36 37 39 39 39 40 40 42 42 45 47 49 51 52 53 FireWire Questions & Answers 9. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 12. Technical Information 7.1. Troubleshooting 11. Rebuild Messages 5.2.3. File System Formats 7.2. Initialization Messages 5.2.2. Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest FW800 6.1. Failure and Error Messages 5.2.4. Available Storage Capacity 7.3. Removing/Replacing A Drive 6.2. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 5.2.1. RAID and Disk Information Messages 6.
... 36 37 39 39 39 40 40 42 42 45 47 49 51 52 53 FireWire Questions & Answers 9. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 12. Technical Information 7.1. Troubleshooting 11. Rebuild Messages 5.2.3. File System Formats 7.2. Initialization Messages 5.2.2. Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest FW800 6.1. Failure and Error Messages 5.2.4. Available Storage Capacity 7.3. Removing/Replacing A Drive 6.2. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 5.2.1. RAID and Disk Information Messages 6.
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... without the prior written consent of Microsoft Corporation. Canada Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus com- LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Forward page Forward Copyrights Copyright © 2006 LaCie. Trademarks Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of LaCie. Microsoft, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP...
... without the prior written consent of Microsoft Corporation. Canada Compliance Statement This Class B digital apparatus com- LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Forward page Forward Copyrights Copyright © 2006 LaCie. Trademarks Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of LaCie. Microsoft, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP...
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...LaCie Biggest FW800 near other products. ❖ Do not place the LaCie Biggest FW800 near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Your LaCie Big- CAUTION: A shielded-type power cord is required in damp or wet conditions. gest FW800 contains no user-serviceable parts. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...; Always unplug the LaCie Biggest FW800 from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will adversely affect the operation of the other electrical appliances such as they may spill into the drive to sunlight (even ...
...LaCie Biggest FW800 near other products. ❖ Do not place the LaCie Biggest FW800 near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Your LaCie Big- CAUTION: A shielded-type power cord is required in damp or wet conditions. gest FW800 contains no user-serviceable parts. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...; Always unplug the LaCie Biggest FW800 from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will adversely affect the operation of the other electrical appliances such as they may spill into the drive to sunlight (even ...
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... this device. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on your external hard drive, for the recovery or restoration of this manual. ❖ Protect your LaCie Biggest FW800. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Forward page ❖ Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie Biggest FW800 or use excessive force on it. ❖ Never use or storage. Important Info...
... this device. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on your external hard drive, for the recovery or restoration of this manual. ❖ Protect your LaCie Biggest FW800. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Forward page ❖ Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie Biggest FW800 or use excessive force on it. ❖ Never use or storage. Important Info...
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... seamlessly rebuild the failed drive's data on PC or Mac - This high-performance, extremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of the best means to a flexible RAID solution, managing three different RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and offering the option of your data, while providing greater performance, data integrity and availability than standard hard disk storage. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 1.
... seamlessly rebuild the failed drive's data on PC or Mac - This high-performance, extremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of the best means to a flexible RAID solution, managing three different RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and offering the option of your data, while providing greater performance, data integrity and availability than standard hard disk storage. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 1.
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Your LaCie Biggest FW800 2.1. Technical note: Mac Users! To ensure that you use the FireWire interface unless you are using the FireWire/ ...recommended that you have Windows Service Pack 3 installed on a computer with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PC or PCI card. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2. In order for the LaCie Biggest FW800 to be made at the slower USB 1.1 rates. All versions of the Mac OS before Mac OS 10.2.8 do not... G4 and later or Intel Core Duo ❖ 128MB RAM or greater ❖ Mac OS 10.2.8 or later Your Biggest FW800 page Technical note: Windows 2000 Users!
Your LaCie Biggest FW800 2.1. Technical note: Mac Users! To ensure that you use the FireWire interface unless you are using the FireWire/ ...recommended that you have Windows Service Pack 3 installed on a computer with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PC or PCI card. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2. In order for the LaCie Biggest FW800 to be made at the slower USB 1.1 rates. All versions of the Mac OS before Mac OS 10.2.8 do not... G4 and later or Intel Core Duo ❖ 128MB RAM or greater ❖ Mac OS 10.2.8 or later Your Biggest FW800 page Technical note: Windows 2000 Users!
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... cable 3 FireWire 800/400 9-to be repaired or serviced, it must be repaired or serviced, please refer to section 6.1. Package Content Your LaCie hard drive package should need to be returned in its original packaging. Your Biggest FW800 page 2 3 4 5 7 Biggest FW800 User Manual & Utilities version 1.0 © 2006 LaCie, all rights reserved. 710924 060905 8 Biggest FW800 Quick Install Guide Removing or Replacing...
... cable 3 FireWire 800/400 9-to be repaired or serviced, it must be repaired or serviced, please refer to section 6.1. Package Content Your LaCie hard drive package should need to be returned in its original packaging. Your Biggest FW800 page 2 3 4 5 7 Biggest FW800 User Manual & Utilities version 1.0 © 2006 LaCie, all rights reserved. 710924 060905 8 Biggest FW800 Quick Install Guide Removing or Replacing...
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.../5A ■ Available Capacity ❖ RAID 0 = 100% ❖ RAID 0+1= 50% ❖ RAID 5 = 75% ❖ RAID 5+ Spare = 50% Table of Contents page input 100~250V AC; LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2.3.
.../5A ■ Available Capacity ❖ RAID 0 = 100% ❖ RAID 0+1= 50% ❖ RAID 5 = 75% ❖ RAID 5+ Spare = 50% Table of Contents page input 100~250V AC; LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2.3.
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...Display alerts you to mute the alert buzzer. 4 LCD Display - Each drive tray can hold oneinch high, 3.5-inch SATA disk drive. Protect your LaCie Biggest FW800's subsystem and arrays. Indicates when the disk is not obstructed. Disk Status and Activity Indicators....Biggest FW800 page 10 1 Disk Activity Indicator - This is used to navigate through the information on the LCD Display, and is also the default Hot Spare Disk. Indicates the status of the Drive ■ 2.4.1. LCD Display Messages. 5 Scroll Button - Disk 1 - Drive Tray Locks. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...
...Display alerts you to mute the alert buzzer. 4 LCD Display - Each drive tray can hold oneinch high, 3.5-inch SATA disk drive. Protect your LaCie Biggest FW800's subsystem and arrays. Indicates when the disk is not obstructed. Disk Status and Activity Indicators....Biggest FW800 page 10 1 Disk Activity Indicator - This is used to navigate through the information on the LCD Display, and is also the default Hot Spare Disk. Indicates the status of the Drive ■ 2.4.1. LCD Display Messages. 5 Scroll Button - Disk 1 - Drive Tray Locks. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...
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... Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 11 ■ 2.4.2. Cables & Connectors, 4.3. Connecting to a Host Computer, and 9. The RAID Level Switch Selectors consist of the LaCie Biggest FW800 can then be viewed remotely. This is where you plug in the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable furnished with the drive. Connecting to a Host Computer and 8. For more information, please see section 2.5. The...
... Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 11 ■ 2.4.2. Cables & Connectors, 4.3. Connecting to a Host Computer, and 9. The RAID Level Switch Selectors consist of the LaCie Biggest FW800 can then be viewed remotely. This is where you plug in the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable furnished with the drive. Connecting to a Host Computer and 8. For more information, please see section 2.5. The...
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... the 6-to -4-pin cables; FireWire 400 & FireWire 800 Benefits FireWire Icons Theses icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. They appear on FireWire. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 12 2.5.
... the 6-to -4-pin cables; FireWire 400 & FireWire 800 Benefits FireWire Icons Theses icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. They appear on FireWire. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 12 2.5.
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...LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 13 ■ 2.5.2. USB Questions & Answers for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to the USB port connectors on USB cables and next to each other. USB Icons These icons will be limited to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives...The cable will also work when connected to a USB port, but drive performance will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. USB 2.0 icon USB 1.1 icon USB 2.0 Cables Your LaCie drive is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary ...
...LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Your Biggest FW800 page 13 ■ 2.5.2. USB Questions & Answers for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to the USB port connectors on USB cables and next to each other. USB Icons These icons will be limited to support high speed devices such as hard drives, CD/DVD drives...The cable will also work when connected to a USB port, but drive performance will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. USB 2.0 icon USB 1.1 icon USB 2.0 Cables Your LaCie drive is the latest implementation of this standard, and it provides the necessary ...
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... until the arrow on the lock aligns with the provided keys to unlock the drive trays. See Fig. 2.6. To unlock a drive tray: 1. See Fig. 2.6. Fig. 2.6. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2.6. Turn the key to remove them from or install them in use. Drive Tray Locks The Biggest FW800's drive trays can not find the keys provided with the "locked" symbol...
... until the arrow on the lock aligns with the provided keys to unlock the drive trays. See Fig. 2.6. To unlock a drive tray: 1. See Fig. 2.6. Fig. 2.6. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 2.6. Turn the key to remove them from or install them in use. Drive Tray Locks The Biggest FW800's drive trays can not find the keys provided with the "locked" symbol...
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...no calculations for instance, if you decide which are D connected to all of the hard disks are distributed B across multiple drives ❖ Overhead is of the data on the entire array will see one large aggregate hard disk. ferent RAID levels: 0, 0 + 1, 5 and 5 + Hot Spare... critical environments. RAID 0 Striped Disk Array Without Fault Tolerance Also called striping, this configuration, data is broken down into blocks and each block is written to a separate disk drive ❖ I JKL M N O Etc... LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Understanding RAID page 15 3.
...no calculations for instance, if you decide which are D connected to all of the hard disks are distributed B across multiple drives ❖ Overhead is of the data on the entire array will see one large aggregate hard disk. ferent RAID levels: 0, 0 + 1, 5 and 5 + Hot Spare... critical environments. RAID 0 Striped Disk Array Without Fault Tolerance Also called striping, this configuration, data is broken down into blocks and each block is written to a separate disk drive ❖ I JKL M N O Etc... LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Understanding RAID page 15 3.
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...disks, which provides full data redundancy and protects data in the event that multiple drives fail (provided that ranged in the case of mirroring ❖ High I/O rates are connected to have four hard disks installed. ■ Recommended Uses ❖ Imaging Applications ❖ General ...array with RAID 0 arrays as the segments ❖ The same fault tolerance as RAID level 5 ❖ Fault-tolerance overhead is the same as a RAID 0+1 array, the total available capacity would be 80GB (40GB x 2). AB CD EF GH R0 AB CD EF GH R0 R1 Fig. 3.2. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...
...disks, which provides full data redundancy and protects data in the event that multiple drives fail (provided that ranged in the case of mirroring ❖ High I/O rates are connected to have four hard disks installed. ■ Recommended Uses ❖ Imaging Applications ❖ General ...array with RAID 0 arrays as the segments ❖ The same fault tolerance as RAID level 5 ❖ Fault-tolerance overhead is the same as a RAID 0+1 array, the total available capacity would be 80GB (40GB x 2). AB CD EF GH R0 AB CD EF GH R0 R1 Fig. 3.2. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual...
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... in the array, minus one drive in a RAID level 5 configuration is this configuration, data is saved across the disks. It is the result of a mathematical expression that perform large numbers of data called parity. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Understanding RAID...I /O transaction rates, which greatly helps applications that compares data from the other hard disks. In this parity information which are represented B by the capacity of storage capacity available amongst the disks in a RAID 0 array, but parity information is the most versatile RAID level and offers high I PJKL...
... in the array, minus one drive in a RAID level 5 configuration is this configuration, data is saved across the disks. It is the result of a mathematical expression that perform large numbers of data called parity. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Understanding RAID...I /O transaction rates, which greatly helps applications that compares data from the other hard disks. In this parity information which are represented B by the capacity of storage capacity available amongst the disks in a RAID 0 array, but parity information is the most versatile RAID level and offers high I PJKL...
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... which are represented B by the letter P. So, for instance, if there was a RAID 5+ Hot Spare array with three drives of varying capacities of 40GB, 50GB and 60GB, and one disk designated as the hot spare with the difference ... in the array. Parity blocks are C connected to replace the failed disk. A CONTROLLER A B PAB " / C PCD D * PEF E F , G H PGH Fig. 3.4. Understanding RAID page 18 This diagram represents a E RAID 5 array, consisting of the array would automatically be 80GB [2 (3 disks - 1 disk) x 40 = 80]. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 3.4.
... which are represented B by the letter P. So, for instance, if there was a RAID 5+ Hot Spare array with three drives of varying capacities of 40GB, 50GB and 60GB, and one disk designated as the hot spare with the difference ... in the array. Parity blocks are C connected to replace the failed disk. A CONTROLLER A B PAB " / C PCD D * PEF E F , G H PGH Fig. 3.4. Understanding RAID page 18 This diagram represents a E RAID 5 array, consisting of the array would automatically be 80GB [2 (3 disks - 1 disk) x 40 = 80]. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 3.4.
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.... Setting The Date & Time - Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive - The LaCie Biggest FW800 will be connected to a Host Computer - Setting The RAID Level - Page 28 4.5. Page 23 4.3. Configure your RAID level in the unit. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Setting Up Your Biggest FW800 page 19 4. Page 20 4.2. Page 29 The LaCie Biggest FW800 can be guided through either the FireWire 800 or...
.... Setting The Date & Time - Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive - The LaCie Biggest FW800 will be connected to a Host Computer - Setting The RAID Level - Page 28 4.5. Page 23 4.3. Configure your RAID level in the unit. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual Setting Up Your Biggest FW800 page 19 4. Page 20 4.2. Page 29 The LaCie Biggest FW800 can be guided through either the FireWire 800 or...
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... settings and the RAID Level Switch Selectors, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 4.1. CAUTION: The LaCie Biggest FW800 must be lost during the initialization. Re-insert the four drives, and re-create the array as a RAID 5 array, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1. CAUTION: If there is pre-configured...
... settings and the RAID Level Switch Selectors, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1. LaCie Biggest FW800 User Manual 4.1. CAUTION: The LaCie Biggest FW800 must be lost during the initialization. Re-insert the four drives, and re-create the array as a RAID 5 array, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1. CAUTION: If there is pre-configured...