Lacie 2big Quadra User Manual - Page 1

LaCie 2big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction...4 1.1. Minimum System Requirements...5 1.2. Box Content...6 1.3. Views of the Drive...7 1.4. Hard Drive Heat Management...9 1.5. Cables and Connectors...10 1.5.1. USB 2.0...10 1.5.2. FireWire...10 1.5.3. eSATA...11 2. Setting Up Your LaCie 2big 12 2.1. Connect the Interface Cable...13 2.2. Turn On the 2big...14 3. RAID...15 3.1. About RAID Modes...15 3.1.1. RAID 0...15 3.1.2. Concatenation...16 3.1.3. Safe (RAID 1)...16 3.1.4. Mixed (RAID 1 and RAID 0)...17 3.2. Changing the RAID Mode...18 3.3. Removing and Installing Drives...19 3.4. Formatting and Partitioning...20 3.4.1. File System Formats...20 3.4.2. Windows Users...22 3.4.3. Mac Users...24 4. Troubleshooting...25 4.1. LED Status Indicators...26 4.2. Other Troubleshooting Topics...27 4.3. Installing New Firmware ...27 5. Contacting Customer Support 28 5.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts...29 6. Warranty Information 30