User manual WESTERN DIGITAL MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II

[. . . ] External Desktop My Book Studio Edition II TM ® User Manual Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . 33 TABLE OF CONTENTS ­ ii MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 1 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing My Book® Studio EditionTM II, the storage solution of choice for creative professionals, workgroups, small offices, and anyone looking for extra assurance of data safety. This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important information regarding your WD product. For the latest WD product information and news, visit our website at www. westerndigital. com. Kit Contents · · · · · · · Dual-drive storage system USB cable FireWire® 800 cable (9-pin to 9-pin) FireWire 800 to 400 cable (9-pin to 6-pin) AC adapter* Quick Install Guide Software CD Software CD FireWire 800 cable USB cable Quick Install Guide My Book Studio Edition II FireWire 800 to 400 cable AC adapter (U. S. -only)* or Global AC adapter configurations* *This product may ship with a different AC adapter configuration, depending on your region. Optional Accessories For more information on optional accessories for this product, visit store. westerndigital. com (U. S. [. . . ] Install the original drive that is part of the RAID array. Create a new array with the installed drives. Degraded The array configuration is valid and is currently RAID1, but one slot is marked as faulty. The array configuration is valid, but one slot is being rebuilt from the other slot. RAID 1 only Consult the slot status values to determine which slot is faulty and replace the drive. See "Disk Status Messages" on page 20. RAID Status Rebuilding Bad Neither slot contains a valid array configuration. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 19 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL Disk Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your Disk A and B. Displayed Status Text Good Description The slot configuration contains valid data. The slot contains no HDD The slot does not contain a valid configuration. User Action None No hard disk No Config Install drive in empty slot. Replace drive with identical capacity drive and re-create RAID set. Faulty Rebuilding Good Rejected The slot is marked as faulty. The slot contains an HDD that does not meet the unit's requirements. Replace drive. Only WD Green Drives are compatible. WD RAID MANAGER FOR MAC ­ 20 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 6 WD RAID Manager for Windows WD RAID Manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system, including changing the RAID configuration and formatting the device. To launch WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager system tray icon and point to WD My Book. Click WD RAID Manager. Configuring RAID My Book Studio Edition II is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is preconfigured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. This product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates half the capacity to mirror the data on both drives A and B. Important: Before you proceed, make sure to back up all files stored in My Book onto another storage device. To configure or change the RAID setting, select the device from the menu and click Next. 2. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the following example shows RAID 1). Select Quick NTFS format if you want the drive formatted automatically following completion of the new RAID setting. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS ­ 21 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL 3. You can also use the context menu in WD RAID Manager to run Windows Disk Management Tool, perform NTFS quick format, or change the RAID configuration. Right-click on a device in the WD RAID Manager main screen to view options. RAID Troubleshooting WD RAID Manager monitors the activity of the drives in the RAID system, so at anytime, you can view the status of each drive and take the appropriate action. To view the device status, select the device from the menu and click Next. If you don't see the device on the menu, click Refresh to search for My Book devices connected to your computer system. In this screen, you can determine which drive (A or B) may have experienced a fault. This is reported in the Disk A or Disk B Serial Number field. WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS ­ 22 MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II USER MANUAL RAID Status Messages WD RAID Manager reports the following messages depending on the current status of your drive. [. . . ] To conclusively establish the period of warranty, check the warranty expiration (serial number required) via support. wdc. com. WD shall have no liability for lost data regardless of the cause, recovery of lost data, or data contained in any Product placed in its possession. Limited Warranty WD warrants that the Product, in the course of its normal use, will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of five (5) years, unless otherwise required by law, and will conform to WD's specification therefor. This limited warranty period shall commence on the purchase date appearing on your purchase receipt. [. . . ]