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 . 2 Recording Your WD Product Information . 22 7 Turning Off/Disconnecting the Device . 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS ­ i Safe Removal . [. . . ] Install another drive that is not part of a different RAID array. 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. RAID 1 only Recovering from degraded mode. (This may take several hours. ) Check disk status. 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. Consult the array status to see if other errors have been detected. 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 is currently being rebuilt from the other slot. The slot contains an HDD that does not meet the unit's requirements. Replace drive. Install drive that is compatible with RAID device. 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. [. . . ] This limited warranty period shall commence on the purchase date appearing on your purchase receipt. WD shall have no liability for any Product returned if WD determines that the Product was stolen from WD or that the asserted defect a) is not present, b) cannot reasonably be rectified because of damage occurring before WD receives the Product, or c) is attributable to misuse, improper installation, alteration (including removing or obliterating labels and opening or removing external enclosures, unless the product is on the list of limited user-serviceable products and the specific alteration is within the scope of the applicable instructions, as found at support. wdc. com), accident or mishandling while in the possession of someone other than WD. Subject to the limitations specified above, your sole and exclusive warranty shall be, during the period of warranty specified above and at WD's option, the repair or replacement of the Product. The foregoing warranty of WD shall extend to repaired or replaced Products for the balance of the applicable period of the original warranty or ninety (90) days from the date of shipment of a repaired or replaced Product, whichever is longer. [. . . ]