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2big network 2 DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON UP TO 68 MB/s SPEED* Heat Sink Cooling RAID Professional 2-Bay RAID Server Gigabit Ethernet | USB 2.0
2big network 2 DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON UP TO 68 MB/s SPEED* Heat Sink Cooling RAID Professional 2-Bay RAID Server Gigabit Ethernet | USB 2.0
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... remote access This mode allows data protection in copy syFisrteeWmire. Extra spare disks are available as a print server and expand its USB and eSATA ports using the 2big Network 2's web interface. The LaCie 2big Network 2 is not protected in case of disk failure). A Complete Backup Solution PERFORMANCE COMPARISON The best performance for audio/video & photo professionals...
... remote access This mode allows data protection in copy syFisrteeWmire. Extra spare disks are available as a print server and expand its USB and eSATA ports using the 2big Network 2's web interface. The LaCie 2big Network 2 is not protected in case of disk failure). A Complete Backup Solution PERFORMANCE COMPARISON The best performance for audio/video & photo professionals...
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... Standard Design Save Energy Drive status LEDs On /Off Gigabit Ethernet Disk tray handle eSATA Expansion Port Disk lock USB 2.0 Direct Connection USB 2.0 Expansion Port Power Connector Box Content • LaCie 2big Network 2 • Ethernet cable • USB 2.0 cable • External power supply • Drive stand for customized usage, so you can schedule a deep sleep on...
... Standard Design Save Energy Drive status LEDs On /Off Gigabit Ethernet Disk tray handle eSATA Expansion Port Disk lock USB 2.0 Direct Connection USB 2.0 Expansion Port Power Connector Box Content • LaCie 2big Network 2 • Ethernet cable • USB 2.0 cable • External power supply • Drive stand for customized usage, so you can schedule a deep sleep on...
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... file system used : Core2 Quad 2.66 GHz, 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet Switch Netgear GS108, Network Adapter Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port, OS Vista Professional 64-bit. LaCie 2big Network 2 Spare Drive Item # Capacity 301475 1TB 301476 1.5TB *Tests performed using LaCie Network Assistant Customizable "widget-based" interface PC to NAS: encrypted, compressed, scheduled, remote (FTP...
... file system used : Core2 Quad 2.66 GHz, 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet Switch Netgear GS108, Network Adapter Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port, OS Vista Professional 64-bit. LaCie 2big Network 2 Spare Drive Item # Capacity 301475 1TB 301476 1.5TB *Tests performed using LaCie Network Assistant Customizable "widget-based" interface PC to NAS: encrypted, compressed, scheduled, remote (FTP...
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......36 4.4. Dashboard: Users...39 4.7.1. Editing a User...40 4.8. Windows users...7 1.1.2. Power Button Functions...18 2.6. STEP 1: Connecting the USB cable 27 3.4.2. Accessing Shares via USB...26 3.4.1. Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 34 4.1. Linux Users...7 1.2. Deleting a User...40 4.7.3. Editing a Group...41 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of the Drive...10 1.4.1. Introduction...
......36 4.4. Dashboard: Users...39 4.7.1. Editing a User...40 4.8. Windows users...7 1.1.2. Power Button Functions...18 2.6. STEP 1: Connecting the USB cable 27 3.4.2. Accessing Shares via USB...26 3.4.1. Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 34 4.1. Linux Users...7 1.2. Deleting a User...40 4.7.3. Editing a Group...41 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of the Drive...10 1.4.1. Introduction...
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...74 Standard Settings...45 4.10.2. Reset to Factory...63 5. Optimizing Data Transfers...64 6. Troubleshooting the USB Connection 68 6.4.1. Contacting Customer Support 72 7.1. UPS Management...50 4.12.2. Installing a New Disk...60...2big Network 2 47 4.11.2. Troubleshooting the Network Connection 66 6.4. Deleting a Group...42 4.8.4. Dashboard: External Ports...56 4.16.1. Troubleshooting...65 6.1. Email Notification Events 53 4.14. Dashboard: RAID...58 4.17.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 73 8. Update Product Software...61 4.18.1. LaCie 2big Network...
...74 Standard Settings...45 4.10.2. Reset to Factory...63 5. Optimizing Data Transfers...64 6. Troubleshooting the USB Connection 68 6.4.1. Contacting Customer Support 72 7.1. UPS Management...50 4.12.2. Installing a New Disk...60...2big Network 2 47 4.11.2. Troubleshooting the Network Connection 66 6.4. Deleting a Group...42 4.8.4. Dashboard: External Ports...56 4.16.1. Troubleshooting...65 6.1. Email Notification Events 53 4.14. Dashboard: RAID...58 4.17.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 73 8. Update Product Software...61 4.18.1. LaCie 2big Network...
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LaCie 2big Network 2 2. Utilities CD-ROM with software and User Manual 8. External power supply 5. Box Content 1. Disk drawer key 7. Quick Install Guide IMPORTANT INFO: Please save your packaging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. Introduction page 8 G^mphkd?Zfber 2big Network 2 Gigabit Ethernet 2-bay RAID Server DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Quick Install Guide Ethernet cable 3. Drive stand for upright use 6. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 1.2. USB 2.0 cable 4.
LaCie 2big Network 2 2. Utilities CD-ROM with software and User Manual 8. External power supply 5. Box Content 1. Disk drawer key 7. Quick Install Guide IMPORTANT INFO: Please save your packaging. In the event that the drive should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. Introduction page 8 G^mphkd?Zfber 2big Network 2 Gigabit Ethernet 2-bay RAID Server DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Quick Install Guide Ethernet cable 3. Drive stand for upright use 6. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 1.2. USB 2.0 cable 4.
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... you turn it off using the Dashboard, the user interface) and can also be configured to put it to sleep or wake it from sleep. USB 2.0 Expansion 6. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Introduction page 10 1.4. Drive tray handle 8. Left drive status LED 7. Left drive status LED 2. Drive lock 9. Fig...
... you turn it off using the Dashboard, the user interface) and can also be configured to put it to sleep or wake it from sleep. USB 2.0 Expansion 6. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Introduction page 10 1.4. Drive tray handle 8. Left drive status LED 7. Left drive status LED 2. Drive lock 9. Fig...
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... network. STEP 1: Connect the Power Supply 2.2. Connecting to a Network The 2big Network 2 can be connected directly to a Network page 12 For details on connecting to a computer, refer to your network: 2.1. STEP 2: Connect the Ethernet Cable 2.3. Follow these steps to getting your LaCie 2big Network 2 connected to chapter 3.4. STEP 4: Completing the Setup Wizard Connecting to a computer via USB. STEP 3: Connect using LaCie Network...
... network. STEP 1: Connect the Power Supply 2.2. Connecting to a Network The 2big Network 2 can be connected directly to a Network page 12 For details on connecting to a computer, refer to your network: 2.1. STEP 2: Connect the Ethernet Cable 2.3. Follow these steps to getting your LaCie 2big Network 2 connected to chapter 3.4. STEP 4: Completing the Setup Wizard Connecting to a computer via USB. STEP 3: Connect using LaCie Network...
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... available when the drive is selected, you format USBShare to ensure synchronization is 0 GB). Accessing and Transferring Files and 4. Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2. NOTE: You can 't modify the time and date settings. General Settings: Modify the Machine Name (optional - Press the Test ... The first time you browser (Fig. 13). IMPORTANT INFO: If for when your 2big Network 2. Maximum of three sections to configure your computer is configured and ready to Drive Information > USB Drive and select Format (for details. Do not begin or end with a third party...
... available when the drive is selected, you format USBShare to ensure synchronization is 0 GB). Accessing and Transferring Files and 4. Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2. NOTE: You can 't modify the time and date settings. General Settings: Modify the Machine Name (optional - Press the Test ... The first time you browser (Fig. 13). IMPORTANT INFO: If for when your 2big Network 2. Maximum of three sections to configure your computer is configured and ready to Drive Information > USB Drive and select Format (for details. Do not begin or end with a third party...
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... service is activated) When connected to the network (Ethernet) or to a computer (USB), and through the Internet 3.6. On the other hand, when the 2big Network 2 is connected to the network, all three shares are several ways to connected exter- Accessing Shares Using File Browser 3.4. About Default Shares The LaCie 2big Network 2 has three shares (similar to folders) by...
... service is activated) When connected to the network (Ethernet) or to a computer (USB), and through the Internet 3.6. On the other hand, when the 2big Network 2 is connected to the network, all three shares are several ways to connected exter- Accessing Shares Using File Browser 3.4. About Default Shares The LaCie 2big Network 2 has three shares (similar to folders) by...
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... will appear in your computer (for this process, see 3.2.1. Click on the icon in the system tray (Fig. 17) and Network Assistant will have allocated space to the USB connection) on your LaCie 2big Network 2 and, if you like, make those folders immediately available every time you quickly connect to change the login credentials using...
... will appear in your computer (for this process, see 3.2.1. Click on the icon in the system tray (Fig. 17) and Network Assistant will have allocated space to the USB connection) on your LaCie 2big Network 2 and, if you like, make those folders immediately available every time you quickly connect to change the login credentials using...
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... explains how to connect your hard drive to your computer via USB. Accessing Shares via USB The 2big Network 2 can be connected to your network via Ethernet or directly to your computer: 3.4.1. Follow the steps in chapter 2. Connecting to a Network before connecting the 2big Network 2 to a computer via USB. Dashboard: Drive Information. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 3.4.
... explains how to connect your hard drive to your computer via USB. Accessing Shares via USB The 2big Network 2 can be connected to your network via Ethernet or directly to your computer: 3.4.1. Follow the steps in chapter 2. Connecting to a Network before connecting the 2big Network 2 to a computer via USB. Dashboard: Drive Information. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 3.4.
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...FAT32) for use with a Hi-Speed USB cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to the USB port (type B; The cable will be the maximum dedicated for an illustration of the USB cable to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON...technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other end of the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable used to connect your LaCie 2big Network 2 to the documentation for a 2big Network 2 with 2TB of the 2big Network 2. 3. Connect the other . To format the USBShare into a different file format (NTFS...
...FAT32) for use with a Hi-Speed USB cable to ensure maximum data transfer performance when connected to the USB port (type B; The cable will be the maximum dedicated for an illustration of the USB cable to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON...technology for connecting peripheral devices to a computer or to each other end of the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable used to connect your LaCie 2big Network 2 to the documentation for a 2big Network 2 with 2TB of the 2big Network 2. 3. Connect the other . To format the USBShare into a different file format (NTFS...
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...Users Drag the hard drive icon to the trash (Fig. 31). (The icon pictured below is important to Remove Hardware" (or similar). LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Accessing & Transferring Files page 29 3.4.3. To prevent failures, however, it should say, "...Safely remove..."). This message will appear, listing the devices the Eject icon controls (it is a generic USB device icon. Fig. 31 - It is running. Disconnecting the USB Connection External USB devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which means that looks like the drive itself.) When the...
...Users Drag the hard drive icon to the trash (Fig. 31). (The icon pictured below is important to Remove Hardware" (or similar). LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Accessing & Transferring Files page 29 3.4.3. To prevent failures, however, it should say, "...Safely remove..."). This message will appear, listing the devices the Eject icon controls (it is a generic USB device icon. Fig. 31 - It is running. Disconnecting the USB Connection External USB devices feature "plug & play" connectivity, which means that looks like the drive itself.) When the...
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... be available to play files located on public shares on your external USB hard drive connected to a Network. 2. Fig. 33 Accessing & Transferring Files page 32 Follow these steps: 1. Make sure the 2big Network 2 is properly connected to act as described in section 2. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 3.7. Multimedia Server Once you have...
... be available to play files located on public shares on your external USB hard drive connected to a Network. 2. Fig. 33 Accessing & Transferring Files page 32 Follow these steps: 1. Make sure the 2big Network 2 is properly connected to act as described in section 2. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual 3.7. Multimedia Server Once you have...
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... created automatically when storage is allocated to the USB connection. Simply use the product. If you assign access rights. For details on the share. Note that opens, click Delete this Share. Dashboard: Shares Shares - Out of the 2big Network 2. Adding a New Share To create a ...is filled). If you do not set a quota, the size allocated to use the default Share or Public. 4.9.1. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 43 4.9. Then, decide on the field and begin typing (Fig. 55). Fig. 54 Fig. 55...
... created automatically when storage is allocated to the USB connection. Simply use the product. If you assign access rights. For details on the share. Note that opens, click Delete this Share. Dashboard: Shares Shares - Out of the 2big Network 2. Adding a New Share To create a ...is filled). If you do not set a quota, the size allocated to use the default Share or Public. 4.9.1. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 43 4.9. Then, decide on the field and begin typing (Fig. 55). Fig. 54 Fig. 55...
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Formatting Your 2big Network 2 When you click the top Format button (Fig. 62, a), ALL data on the disk (including on your drive (but will not remove users or settings). Make sure to reformat your data onto another share, LaCie recommends you are formatting USBShare and wish to the front port ... erase all your drive. 4.11.1. Data on any USB or eSATA hard drive connected to back it up all the data on USBShare) will be erased and the disk will not be formatted. If you use the File Browser (see 3.3. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering...
Formatting Your 2big Network 2 When you click the top Format button (Fig. 62, a), ALL data on the disk (including on your drive (but will not remove users or settings). Make sure to reformat your data onto another share, LaCie recommends you are formatting USBShare and wish to the front port ... erase all your drive. 4.11.1. Data on any USB or eSATA hard drive connected to back it up all the data on USBShare) will be erased and the disk will not be formatted. If you use the File Browser (see 3.3. LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering...
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... not increase the USBShare size to more than 128 GB unless you choose to increase the USB share size, it is 0 GB) (Fig. 64). Fig. 64 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 48 4.11.2. You can modify this proportion from 0 GB to up to decrease the share...
... not increase the USBShare size to more than 128 GB unless you choose to increase the USB share size, it is 0 GB) (Fig. 64). Fig. 64 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 48 4.11.2. You can modify this proportion from 0 GB to up to decrease the share...
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... heading Battery threshold level (%), you will automatically enter stand-by mode. Below, in the Dashboard you can elect to the 2big Network 2's USB port, in the case that battery power is completely drain and the drive is not being supplied through the power cable....have the drive restarted once power has been restored. Fig. 66 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 50 4.12.1. NOTE: For a list of battery power at which the 2big Network 2 will see modifiable parameters. If you can choose a minimum ...
... heading Battery threshold level (%), you will automatically enter stand-by mode. Below, in the Dashboard you can elect to the 2big Network 2's USB port, in the case that battery power is completely drain and the drive is not being supplied through the power cable....have the drive restarted once power has been restored. Fig. 66 LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 50 4.12.1. NOTE: For a list of battery power at which the 2big Network 2 will see modifiable parameters. If you can choose a minimum ...