Tripp Lite U357-002 Computer Drive User Manual


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RAID Mode
Theenclosurecanbesettofunctioninoneoffourmodes;Normal, JBOD, RAID 0,
and RAID 1,givingyoutheexibilitytoaccessyourdatainwhateverwayworksbest
foryou.Theavailablemodesaredescribedbelow,withtheircorrespondingdipswitch
setting displayed on the left side of the image.
Normal Mode –Thismodetreatsbothharddrivesasseparatedisks,allowingthemto
beaccessedindependentlyofeachother.Yourcomputerwillrecognizethemasifthey
wereashdrivesbeingpluggedintoseparateUSBports,notchangingtheminany
way.
ON
1 2
2 Disk Volume
SATA1 1000G SATA2 750G SATA1 1000G SATA2 750G
2 Disk Volume
ON
1 2
2 Disk Volume
SATA1 1000G SATA2 750G 1000G+750G=1750G
1 Disk Volume
ON
1 2
2 Disk Volume
SATA1 1000G SATA2 750G 750Gx2=1500G
1 Disk Volume
JBOD Mode –Thismodecombinesthetwoharddrivesintoonelargedriveforthe
purposeofincreasedstoragespace.Dataisstoredononedriveatatime,sowhen
therstoneisfull,thenextonebeginstobeused.Thecomputer’soperatingsystem
willrecognizethemasasingledrive.
RAID 0 Mode –Thismodecombinesthetwoharddrivesintoonelargedriveforthe
dualpurposeofincreasedstoragespaceandperformance.Inthismode,dataissplit
amongstthetwodrivessimultaneously,improvingtheread/writeperformance.Therisk
inusingthismodeisthatfailureofonediskwillresultintotaldataloss.Whenusing
thismode,itisrecommendedthatyouuseharddriveswiththesamecapacities.If
harddrivesofdifferentcapacitiesareused,thesmallerharddrivewillbedoubledin
size,withtheremainingspaceonthelargerharddrivegoingunused.
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