User manual LACIE BIGGER DISK EXTREME

[. . . ] LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Click on any red text to automatically jump to more information about that topic. Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragraphs feature an icon describing the type of information being given. Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. [. . . ] For more information, check Microsoft's Web site. LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual 4. Using Your LaCie Drive page 33 4. 2. 1. Creating A RAID 0 Array Using Apple's Disc Utility Caution!Before you create a RAID array, make sure that you backup all of your important files contained on the drives that you are going to be using in your RAID set. All data is lost as the drives are initialized to create the array. data. Important Info: These steps are meant only as a guide, and LaCie can not be held responsible for any loss of 1) Connect two or more LaCie Hard Drive's to your computer's FireWire ports. For the best performance, connect the drives to separate FireWire ports, i. e. connect one drive to the native FireWire bus, and the other drive to an OHCI-compliant FireWire PCI card, such as the LaCie FireWire 800 PCI Card. 2) From the Applications folder, open the Utilities folder and open Disc Utilities. 3) In the Disc Utilities window, click on the RAID tab. LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual 4) From the RAID Scheme: pull-down menu, choose Stripe. 4. Using Your LaCie Drive page 34 5) In the RAID Set Name: box, type in a name for your RAID array. LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual 6) From the Volume Format: pull-down menu, choose your file format: Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System. To achieve the best performance, format the RAID set as a Mac OS Extended volume. For more information, see section 5. 1. 1. Using Your LaCie Drive page 35 Under Panther, you can select Mac OS Extended (Journaled), which enables journaling (for more information, see section 5. 1. 1. File System Formats - Mac Users), and you can not create a MS-DOS File System. Tech Note: Mac OS 10. 3. x User's!7) Once Steps 4 through 6 are completed, click the Create button. will launch, click on Create to continue. Disc Utility will then create your RAID set. LaCie Big Disk Extreme User's Manual 5. Tech Tips 5. 1 File System Formats 5. 1. 1. Mac Users Mac OS 10. x Users: The LaCie Big Disk is pre-formatted as a Mac OS Extendedvolume. You may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal peformance in Mac OS environments, format and partition the drive as one large Mac OS Extended volume. Mac OS Extended (HFS+) Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS 8. 1 and later. [. . . ] This process of dividing up the hard drive is called partitioning. A partition is just one section of the hard drive that will contain either special data put there by Silverlining or other files and data. Peripheral ­ A generic term applied to printers, scanners, mice, keyboards, serial ports, graphics cords, disk drives and other computer subsystems. This type of peripheral often relies on its own control software, known as a peripheral driver. [. . . ]