Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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Foreword Precautions 1. Your LaCie Two Big 2. 1. MinimumSystemRequirements 2. 2. PackageContents 2. 3. ViewsOfTheDrive 2. 3. 1. FrontView 2. 3. 2. FrontViewwithoutFrontPanel 2. 3. 3. RearView 2. 4. Cables&Connectors 2. 4. 1. SerialATAIIandeSATA 3. Setting Up Your LaCie Two Big 3. 1. SetuptheTwoBig 3. 2. StoragePolicies 3. 3. ChangingtheStoragePolicyConfiguration 3. 4. PartitioningtheLaCieTwoBigDiskDrives 3. 4. 1. PartitioningtheLaCieTwoBigDiskDrives--Windows 3. 4. 2. PartitioningtheLaCieTwoBigDiskDrives--Mac 4. Maintaining Your LaCie Two Big 4. 1. Removing/replacingadrive 4. 2. Firmwareupdates 5. [. . . ] Partitioning the LaCie Two Big Disk Drives Mac Users
IMpOrTANT INfO:Remember, donotpartitionthediskthatrepresentstheLaCieTwoBigprocessor(the"Not Initialized"diskwithnocapacityallocatedtoit).
ThisexampleillustratesthefASTstoragepolicy, whichoptimizestheLaCieTwoBigforperformance. B
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8. Clickpartitiontoacknowledgethewarning(fig. DiskUtilitymountsthecreatedpartitionandrepresentsitwith anicononthedesktop. Theiconislabeledwiththepartition name.
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4. Removing/Replacing A Drive
IMpOrTANT INfO:AftercontinuoususeoftheLaCieTwoBig, drivesmaybehot. Usecautionwhenremoving drives.
IntheeventthatanindividualharddiskfailsintheLaCieTwoBig, pleasecontactyourLaCieresellerorLaCieCustomer Support. Additional, spareharddisksmayalsobepurchased(soldseparately). Pleasereplaceadefectiveharddriveonly byanewdriveprovidedbyLaCie. Fordriveremovalandreplacementprocess, pleasefollowthestepsbelow. CAUTION:DrivewarrantywillbevoidifyoureplacethedefectivedrivebyadrivenotpurchasedfromLaCie.
1. Removethefrontpanelbygraspingthetopcorners, lifting slightlyandthenpullingforwardonthepanelremovaltab. 2. Drawoutthegrayextractionhandlebyinsertingyourfinger intotheringandpullinggently(fig. B
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4. 2. Install New Firmware (Upgrade)
LaCiemayperiodicallyofferfirmwareupdatesfortheTwoBig. VisitLaCie'sWebsite, www. lacie. com, forthelatest firmwareupdate. Fortheprocedure, pleasecontacttheLaCietechnicalsupport.
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5. LaCie Two Big Front Panel LED Indicators
Bothdiskdrivesandthesystem-to-hostconnectionshaveLEDsthatreflectthedriveandsystemstates. Thefollowingtable showsthedifferentLEDstatesandtheirindications. Table A: lED Display lights lED Drive1 On (solid) Off Driveis rebuilding (blue) Driveis rebuilding (blue) Poweron (green) Driveisnotbeingaccessed Blinking Baddriveordisconnected fromhost Driveisnotbeingaccessed Baddriveordisconnected fromhost Powerofforcorruptfirmware N/A N/A Normalread/writeactivity flashing Normalread/writeactivity
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Drive LED 1 (left drive) Drive LED 2 (right drive) System LED
TECHNICAl NOTE:TheeasiestwaytotellthedifferencebetweenablinkingLEDandaflashingLEDisthatflashing stopswhentheread/writeactivityisfinished, andblinkingdoesnotstop. Theblinkrateisslower, too, butthedifferenceinspeedismoredifficulttodetectvisually.
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6. Available Storage Capacity
Agigabyte(GB)means1, 000, 000, 000bytes. Inordertoutilizeaharddiskdrive, ithastobeformattedfirst. Formattingadiskconsistsofthefollowing:theoperatingsystemerasesallofthebookkeepinginformationonthe disk, teststhedisktomakesurethatallofthesectorsarereliable, marksbadsectors(i. e. , thosethatarescratched) andcreatesinternaladdresstablesthatitlaterusestolocateinformation. Onceformatted, theactualavailable storagecapacityvaries, dependingonoperatingenvironment, andisgenerallyabout5to10%lessthanthenon- formattedcapacity.
TECHNICAl NOTE:StoragecapacityofanarraydependsontheRAIDlevel. ThecapacityofaRAIDarraycanbe foundbymultiplyingthecapacityofthedrivesinthearraybythenumberofnon-redundantdrives.
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6. 2. File System Formats Mac Users
TheLaCieTwoBigcomespreformattedinHFS+(MacOS Extended). Thissectionwillhelpyoudecideifyouneedto reformatyourTwoBig. Mac OS 10. x Users: Youmaycustomizethedrivebyreformattingand/orpartitioningthedrivewithseparatefilesystemformats. For optimalperformanceinMacOSenvironments, format andpartitionthedriveasonelargeMacOSExtended volume. Mac OS Extended (HfS+) MacOSExtendedreferstothefilesystemusedbyMac OS8. 1andlater. HFS+representsanoptimizationof theolderHFSfilesystembyusingharddiskspacemore efficiently. WithHFS+, youarenolongerlimitedbyblock size. MS-DOS file System (fAT 32) ThisistheMicrosoftfilesystem, moretypicallyknown asFAT32. Thisisthefilesystemtouseifyouaregoing tobeusingyourLaCieHardDrivebetweenMacsand Windowsoperatingsystems. IMpOrTANT INfO:Ifyouwillbesharingthe harddrivebetweenMacandWindowsoperating environments, youwillwanttofollowtheseguidelines: MacOSXprefersthatallpartitionsbethesame format, thereforeonlythefirstFAT32partitionis guaranteedtomount. MacOS10. 1. x ·WorksreliablywithFAT32partitionslessthan 32GB MacOS10. 2. x ·WorksreliablywithFAT32partitionslessthan 128GB ·DoesnotmountFAT32partitionsgreaterthan 128GB MacOS10. 3. x ·MountsanyFAT32driveofanysize ·MountsNTFSvolumesasREAD-only
TECHNICAl NOTE:Mac OS 10. 3. x Users -MacOSExtended(Journaled)UnderPanther, AppleintroducedjournalingtotheMacOSExtendedfilesystem, whichhelpsprotectthefilesystemsonMacOSvolumes. Whenjournaling isenabled, filesystemtransactionsaremaintainedandrecordedcontinuouslyinaseparatefile, calledajournal. In theeventofanunplannedshutdown, theOSusesthejournaltorestorethefilesystem. Journalingisalsobackward compatible, andallvolumeswithjournalingenabledcanbefullyusedbycomputersnotrunningMacOS10. 3. x. For moreinformation, pleasevisitApple'sWebsite.
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SincetheLaCieTwoBigcomespreformattedinHFS+, theMacOperatingsystem, youwillneedtoreformatyourdrivein FAT32orNTFS. Thefollowinginformationwillhopefullymakechoosingoneortheotheralittleeasier. fAT 32 FATisanacronymforFile Allocation Table, whichdatesbacktothebeginningsofDOSprogramming. Originally, FATwas only16bits, butafterthesecondreleaseofWindows95itwasupgradedto32bits, hencethenameFAT32. Intheory, FAT 32volumesizescanrangefromlessthan1MBallthewayto2TB. ItisthenativefilesystemofWindows98andWindows Me, andissupportedbyWindows2000andXP. WhenFAT32isusedwithWindows2000andXP, though, volumesizeis limitedto32GB(bytheWindowspartitionutility, i. e. DiskManager), andtheindividualfilesizeislimitedto4GB. [. . . ] Itisourgoaltoprovideyouwithafriendly, easy-to-useformatthatwillhelpyouquicklyinstallandutilizethemany functionsofyournewdevice. Ifyourmanualdoesnotreflecttheconfigurationsoftheproductthatyoupurchased, pleasecheckourWebsiteforthe mostcurrentversionavailable.
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8. 1. Solution Confirmpowerattheoutlet, verifypowerconnection, and tryanalternatepowercable. Confirmtheoutletispowered, verifypowerconnections, andtryanalternatepowercable. ThefanontheLaCie TwoBigdoesnotruncontinuously;itisactivatedatcertain temperatures.
System fan is not running.
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