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... http://www.fantec.de • www.fantec-forum.de • info@fantec.de Technical changes reserved The flexible interfaces SUPERSPEED USB 3 .0 and eSATA provide ultra-fast data transfer. The sync mode automatically switches off the device in temperature sensor automatically controls the two 80mm fans and ensures optimum cooling of the hard drives. FANTEC QB-X8US3R 8x 8.89cm (3.5") eSATA & USB 3.0 RAID CASE Manufacturer Item-No.: 1465 USB 3.0 & eSATA FANTEC QB-X8US3R Backup your data on the FANTEC QB-X8US3R with...
... http://www.fantec.de • www.fantec-forum.de • info@fantec.de Technical changes reserved The flexible interfaces SUPERSPEED USB 3 .0 and eSATA provide ultra-fast data transfer. The sync mode automatically switches off the device in temperature sensor automatically controls the two 80mm fans and ensures optimum cooling of the hard drives. FANTEC QB-X8US3R 8x 8.89cm (3.5") eSATA & USB 3.0 RAID CASE Manufacturer Item-No.: 1465 USB 3.0 & eSATA FANTEC QB-X8US3R Backup your data on the FANTEC QB-X8US3R with...
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... PC • Blue status LED (front) Interface selection, fan speed, RAID mode • Internal power supply Operating system • Microsoft Windows Vista, 7 • MacOS 10.5 and above • Linux Package contents • 1x USB 3.0 cable (compatible to USB 2.0, 1.1) • 1x eSATA cable • 8x HDD-handles • 1x power cord • 1x screwdriver • Manual on CD • 2x keys to lock the device Connectors • 8x SATA (internal) • 1x SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 connector (rear...
... PC • Blue status LED (front) Interface selection, fan speed, RAID mode • Internal power supply Operating system • Microsoft Windows Vista, 7 • MacOS 10.5 and above • Linux Package contents • 1x USB 3.0 cable (compatible to USB 2.0, 1.1) • 1x eSATA cable • 8x HDD-handles • 1x power cord • 1x screwdriver • Manual on CD • 2x keys to lock the device Connectors • 8x SATA (internal) • 1x SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 connector (rear...
Manual
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8-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE Model: QB-X8US3R English CONTENTS OVERVIEW LED indication SETUP RAID mode setup / LED display status LED DISPLAY STATUS INITIALIZATION Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) Macintosh O.S. 10.5 REFERENCES Trouble shooting 1 - 4 5 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 16 - 18 19 - 20 21 - 24 Please visit our website for more information: http://www.fantec.de For questions or needs regarding this device, please visit our Fantec Support Forum: http://www.fantec-forum.com/
8-BAY RAID ENCLOSURE Model: QB-X8US3R English CONTENTS OVERVIEW LED indication SETUP RAID mode setup / LED display status LED DISPLAY STATUS INITIALIZATION Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) Macintosh O.S. 10.5 REFERENCES Trouble shooting 1 - 4 5 - 10 11 - 15 16 - 20 16 - 18 19 - 20 21 - 24 Please visit our website for more information: http://www.fantec.de For questions or needs regarding this device, please visit our Fantec Support Forum: http://www.fantec-forum.com/
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Rebuild 4. Blue Power on . 6. USB in use / access 7. 2 X Spanning Mode / BIG (JBOD) 8. Smart Fan automatic mode 15. Fan speed level 2 18. Mode 20. Fan speed level 3 19. Controls auto & manual modes and fan speed from level 1 to switch the device's raid mode. Key slot 2 HDD error When any of QB-X8US3R FRONT PANEL 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26...
Rebuild 4. Blue Power on . 6. USB in use / access 7. 2 X Spanning Mode / BIG (JBOD) 8. Smart Fan automatic mode 15. Fan speed level 2 18. Mode 20. Fan speed level 3 19. Controls auto & manual modes and fan speed from level 1 to switch the device's raid mode. Key slot 2 HDD error When any of QB-X8US3R FRONT PANEL 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26...
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... connected hard drives. The data are written from HDD1 to change the mode. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 Layer 1 Layer 2 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB 12TB 12TB 6 SETUP RAID mode setup RAID mode setup, users need to press and HOLD the "RAID" button for 3 seconds till the LED flashes, press again to HDD8. Defaut Setting at "RAID 5" mode. Note: The computer will detect 2 drives. Note: The computer will detect 1 drive. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD...
... connected hard drives. The data are written from HDD1 to change the mode. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 Layer 1 Layer 2 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB 12TB 12TB 6 SETUP RAID mode setup RAID mode setup, users need to press and HOLD the "RAID" button for 3 seconds till the LED flashes, press again to HDD8. Defaut Setting at "RAID 5" mode. Note: The computer will detect 2 drives. Note: The computer will detect 1 drive. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD...
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... disk reads. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB 2x Raid 0 Striping, is the same like Raid 0 striping. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 Layer 1 Layer 2 HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 HDD5 HDD6 HDD7 HDD8 3TB 3TB Layer 1 3TB 9TB 3TB 3TB 3TB Layer 2 3TB 9TB 3TB 8 Striping is used to operate; Striping is a method of concatenating multiple hard drives into one drive in a striped set fails...
... disk reads. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 1 3TB HDD 2 3TB HDD 3 3TB HDD 4 3TB HDD 5 3TB HDD 6 3TB HDD 7 3TB HDD 8 3TB 2x Raid 0 Striping, is the same like Raid 0 striping. HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 5 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 8 Layer 1 Layer 2 HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4 HDD5 HDD6 HDD7 HDD8 3TB 3TB Layer 1 3TB 9TB 3TB 3TB 3TB Layer 2 3TB 9TB 3TB 8 Striping is used to operate; Striping is a method of concatenating multiple hard drives into one drive in a striped set fails...
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... RAID 5 arrays with RAID 0 Striping RAID 50 offers highest level of redundancy and performance RAID 50 can sustain one to four drive failures while maintaining data integrity if each failed disk is 2 times the smallest layer of RAID 5 array RAID 50 requires at least 6 Hard drives. In RAID 50, the total addressable volume is in a striped (RAID 0) set. Note: The computer will detect 1 drive. 2x RAID 10 is mirrored (RAID 1) set in a different RAID...
... RAID 5 arrays with RAID 0 Striping RAID 50 offers highest level of redundancy and performance RAID 50 can sustain one to four drive failures while maintaining data integrity if each failed disk is 2 times the smallest layer of RAID 5 array RAID 50 requires at least 6 Hard drives. In RAID 50, the total addressable volume is in a striped (RAID 0) set. Note: The computer will detect 1 drive. 2x RAID 10 is mirrored (RAID 1) set in a different RAID...
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Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Purple / Transferring Data 11 12 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 0 Spanning (BIG) When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on . Blue / Active LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 0 Striping When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on .
Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Purple / Transferring Data 11 12 LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 0 Spanning (BIG) When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on . Blue / Active LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 0 Striping When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is on .
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... / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-8, depends on which HDD is on. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 50 Striped set with dedistributed parity When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-8, depends on which HDD is on . Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild...
... / Rebuild When the data is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-8, depends on which HDD is on. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data LED Display Status MODE LED Display RAID 50 Striped set with dedistributed parity When any of HDD1 ~ HDD8 is recognized by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is being rebuilt, LED of rebuild, HDD error and HDD (1-8, depends on which HDD is on . Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data Red / Rebuild...
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... if the total capacity is on . Activate MBR if total volume is uninitialized, you may have to initialize it by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is less than 2TB 15 Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 16 Start disk initialization. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data INITIALIZATION Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) If the HDD is less...
... if the total capacity is on . Activate MBR if total volume is uninitialized, you may have to initialize it by the PC, HDD1 ~ HDD8 blue / active is less than 2TB 15 Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 16 Start disk initialization. Blue / Active Purple / Transferring Data INITIALIZATION Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) If the HDD is less...
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Create new partition and format disk. 17 Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) Users could find more than 16TB, it's strongly recommend to choose "Allocation unit size" at 8192 when formatting the HDD. Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 18 Activate GPT if total volume is more than 2TB Under Windows Vista (32/64-bit), if the total capacity is more information about...
Create new partition and format disk. 17 Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) Users could find more than 16TB, it's strongly recommend to choose "Allocation unit size" at 8192 when formatting the HDD. Windows Vista (32 / 64 bit) / Windows 7 (32 / 64 bit) 18 Activate GPT if total volume is more than 2TB Under Windows Vista (32/64-bit), if the total capacity is more information about...
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Macintosh O.S. 10.5 1. Click Erase 4. Click Erase 1579 Macintosh O.S. 10.5 3. Macintosh O.S. 10.5 12680 Click Disk Utility icon. 2. Format completed Remake:Number of the HDD icon varies depending on different RAID mode.
Macintosh O.S. 10.5 1. Click Erase 4. Click Erase 1579 Macintosh O.S. 10.5 3. Macintosh O.S. 10.5 12680 Click Disk Utility icon. 2. Format completed Remake:Number of the HDD icon varies depending on different RAID mode.
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.... If the transfer rate is securely installed or update the eSATA host driver version. 17. Under Windows Vista / 7, users can enable GPT when initializing HDD with the fan, power off the unit and replace the fan. 22 For more than 2TB. 7. For Macintosh users: the total capacity of more detailed information about 1 hour for the operation system is strongly recommended. 5. When the USB / eSATA cable is plugged out...
.... If the transfer rate is securely installed or update the eSATA host driver version. 17. Under Windows Vista / 7, users can enable GPT when initializing HDD with the fan, power off the unit and replace the fan. 22 For more than 2TB. 7. For Macintosh users: the total capacity of more detailed information about 1 hour for the operation system is strongly recommended. 5. When the USB / eSATA cable is plugged out...
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... MBR partition, supports total capacity up to 2TB only) Windows Vista (32bit/64bit) / Windows 7 (32bit/64bit) (with GPT partition enabled, supports total capacity of more information: http://www.fantec.de For questions or needs regarding this device near water. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block any ventilation openings. • Install in accordance with 2 modes (auto / manual) and 3 levels of time. • Refer all instructions...
... MBR partition, supports total capacity up to 2TB only) Windows Vista (32bit/64bit) / Windows 7 (32bit/64bit) (with GPT partition enabled, supports total capacity of more information: http://www.fantec.de For questions or needs regarding this device near water. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block any ventilation openings. • Install in accordance with 2 modes (auto / manual) and 3 levels of time. • Refer all instructions...