Buffalo HD-WLU3R1 User guide

User Guide

HD-WLU3R1 DriveStation Duo

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Front Panel Layout

Power LED

Power On: blue
RAID Maintenance: purple
Power Off: off

Access LEDs

Access: blinking green
Failure: red
Rebuild: blinking red
Power Off: off

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Power Mode Switch

▲Auto
▼Off

RAID Mode

Button

USB 3.0

Back Panel Layout

DC in

Note: To change between RAID modes, you may use either the RAID

utility or the RAID mode button. The RAID utility is included with the
software on your DriveNavigator CD. For more information on using
the RAID mode button, see the Reference Guide.

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DriveStation Setup

Congratulations on your new DriveStation Duo! With dual hard drives, the
DriveStation Duo gives you many options for large capacity and easy-to-use
redundancy.

Insert the DriveNavigator CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

On a PC, DriveNavigator should automatically launch.
If it does not, click [Start] and select [Run]. In the Run
dialog, enter “d:\DriveNavi.exe” (where d is the drive
letter of your CD-ROM drive). Click [OK] to continue.

For a Mac, open the CD and click [RaidUtility.dmg] to
begin installation.

Click [Begin Installation]. Click [Next] to
step through the installation. Mac users
can skip this step.

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The wizard will step you through setting up your DriveStation Duo, confi guring
your RAID settings, and reformatting if desired.

The DriveStation Duo may be connected to your computer with a USB
connection.

After completing the setup wizard, your DriveStation Duo is installed and ready to
use!

By default, your Duo is confi gured in RAID 1 mode. In RAID 1, data can be
recovered even if one of the hard disks in DriveStation fails. However, the total
available space is 1/2 of the maximum space.

If you prefer a different RAID confi guration, or if you prefer to use DriveStation
as a single drive, you may use the RAID Utility to change your DriveStation’s
RAID settings. Turn to the next page for instructions on using the RAID Utility.

Alternately, you may change the RAID mode with the RAID mode button as
described in the Reference Guide.

Out of the box, the DriveStation is formatted with FAT32, allowing it to be used
with most common operating systems. If you’re going to use it with programs
that generate fi lesizes larger than 4 GB, such as backup software, reformat the
DriveStation with NTFS or Mac OS Extended.

By default, all drives on the DriveStation are divided into 2 TB partitions. This
allows older versions of Windows, such as 32-bit Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003, to read the drives without additional software or service packs.
Users of newer operating systems may wish to re-partition the DriveStation with
larger partitions, but this is not recommended for 32-bit Windows XP. Windows
Server 2003 may be able to read larger partitions after the latest service pack is
applied.

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Using the RAID Utility

The RAID Utility allows you to confi gure your DriveStation Duo in several modes:
Normal mode - Appears to your computer as two separate hard drives. Note that

normal mode only works with a USB connection.

Spanning mode - Appears to your computer as one large hard drive.
RAID 0 mode - Appears to your computer as a single drive. Higher performance

than Spanning mode.
RAID 1 mode - Appears to your computer as a single drive. The second drive is

an exact copy of the fi rst drive, for redundancy.

Notes:

・Changing the mode of the drives in your Duo will erase all data on them! Back

up any important data before using the RAID Utility.

On a PC, launch the RAID Utility by clicking on [RAID Utility] in the DriveStation
Duo program group, or from the Start menu.

On a Mac, double-click the RaidUtility icon on your desktop.

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