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PRODUCT MANUAL
Professional High-Performance Dual-Drive Storage System
g-technology.com
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Table of Contents Welcome to G-RAID Table of Contents Safety & General Use Safety Precautions ................................................... 4 Backup Your Data .................................................... 5 About Your G-RAID Introduction .............................................................. 7 What’s in the Box .................................................... 8 System Requirements ............................................ 9 Overview of the Drive ...................
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Safety & General Use • Safety Precautions ......................................... p.4 • Backup Your Data ........................................... p.5
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Safety & General Use Safety Precautions G-RAID ‘s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical Support department. If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will be void and liability will rest with the user. Please read our Limited Warranty. • Servicing: Your drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, hav
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Safety & General Use Backup Your Data The disk drive contained in your G-RAID device is a delicate electronic instrument and is susceptible to damage due to excessive physical shock. Under no circumstances will G-Technology be held liable for the recovery or restoration of lost data. Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a G-Technology drive is the sole responsibility of the user. Make Two Backups To help prevent the loss of your data, we highly recommend that you keep TWO
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About Your G-RAID • Introduction ...................................................... p.7 • What’s in the Box ........................................... p.8 • System Requirements ................................... p.9 • Overview of the Drive ................................... p.9
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About Your G-RAID Introduction Thank you for purchasing the G-RAID from G-Technology. G-RAID hard drives are a high speed, low-cost RAID which makes the ideal storage solutions for content creation professionals. With its unique industrial design and all aluminum housing, G-RAID is the de facto standard for many post-production facilities worldwide. G-RAID features USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 interfaces. It is USB 2.0 compatible and FireWire 400 compatible with the included cables. When connec
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About Your G-RAID What’s in the Box The following items are included in the box: • G-RAID hard drive • (1) USB cable (3.0; backwards compatible with USB 2.0) • (2) FireWire cables (800; 800 to 400) • External DC Power Supply If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at support@g-technology.com or call (888) 426-5214. p.8
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About Your G-RAID System Requirements G-RAID supports the folllowing Operating Systems. The drive is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS® systems, and formatted as ‘HFS+ with Journaling’. • Mac OS 10.5 or higher • Windows Vista or Windows 7 NOTE: G-RAID models greater than 2TB are not supported by Windows XP or older 32-bit operating systems. These OS’s limit maximum volume size to 2.2TB. Overview of the Drive This diagram shows the helpful features of your G-RAID. There is a Power
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Using Your Drive on Mac • Easy Installation for Mac ........................... p.11 • Optimize Performance ............................... p.11 • Disconnect the Drive .................................. p.12
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Using Your Drive on Mac Easy Installation for Mac G-RAID attaches to your computer via a high speed USB 3.0 or one of two FireWire 800 ports. FireWire 400 connectivity is handled by a 9 to 6 pin cable (included). Choose the connection appropriate for your system and connect G-RAID with the matching supplied cable. Connect the power cord to the unit and plug the other end into a surge protector or wall outlet- Press and hold the power button until the unit turns on. The drive will automa
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Using Your Drive on Mac Disconnect the Drive A great feature of G-RAID is its ability to connect and disconnect while your computer is running. To prevent failures and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or ‘unmounting’ the drive from your computer. 1. B efore powering down and disconnecting the drive, unmount the system by simply dragging the G-RAID icon to the trash located in the dock. Keyboard shortcut: Select the drive icon and hit Command+E.
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Maintenance for Your Drive • Initialize Drive for Mac .............................. p.14 • Restore the Drive Icon ............................... p.17 • Reformat with Partitions ........................... p.19
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Maintenance for Your Drive Initialize Drive for Mac G-RAID was factory-formatted for use or ‘initialized’ for Mac OS. You can reinitialize if you would like to quickly erase the contents of the drive. Here are the steps. 1. F irst, open the Disk Utility program. This application is located on your hard drive under Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. The window below will appear. Your G-RAID will be displayed in the left-hand column. 2. S elect the G-RAID by clicking its drive icon in the l
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Maintenance for Your Drive 4. Choose the Format option that you prefer. • Mac OS Extended (Journaled): Use this format if you intend to use the drive for Time Machine or to create a separate bootable installation of OS. • Mac OS Extended: Use this format for best performance and media storage. To se- lect, click the Format pop-up and its option to Mac OS Extended. 5. Click the Er ase button in the lower right corner of the window. A dialog box will ap- pear asking if you want to era
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Maintenance for Your Drive WARNING: THIS NEXT STEP WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON YOUR DRIVE. 6. Click on the Er ase button to continue. A progress bar in the lower right corner of the window will show the progress of the disk’s reformatting. 7. A fter the drive is reinitialized, you should automatically see the Time Machine dialog box. • Click the Use as Backup Disk button if you want to use the drive with Time Machine. • Click the Don’t Use or Decide Later button if you do not w
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Maintenance for Your Drive Restore the Drive Icon If the G-RAID drive icon was erased during the reinitializing process (see the previous section), you can restore the icon with the following easy steps. NOTE: This process is not required for the operation of the G-RAID. However, it will make your drive’s appearance on the computer desktop look nicer and more accurate. 1. To get the G-Technology icon package, go to g-technology.com/support and navi- gate to your product. There will be a lin
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Maintenance for Your Drive 4. S elect the default G-RAID drive icon on your desktop and press Command+I. This opens its Get Info window. (below left) 5. Select the default icon in the Get Info window. (below left) 6. P ress Command+V to paste the custom G-RAID icon into the Get Info window. (be- low right) The icon for your G-RAID has been restored and you can close the Get Info window. Your drive is now fully ready for use! p.18
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Maintenance for Your Drive Reformat with Partitions ‘Partitioning’ a hard drive is the process of dividing a hard drive into separate, discrete sections called ‘volumes’. Each volume works like a separate disk. You can create up to 16 different partitions on a hard drive in OS X and each partition can be a different size and format. With hard drives getting bigger, it is useful to partition your hard drive so sections of its space can be used for different purposes. For instance, segment
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Maintenance for Your Drive 2. S elect the USB or FireWire icon – not the G-Technology drive icon – by clicking it in the left-side column. 3. Click on the P artition button in the main window. 4. S elect the number of partitions you would like from the Volume Scheme menu. Below, we have selected ‘2 Partitions’ to create two partitions. p.20
