Glyph SR6000, SR8000 Users Manual

StudioRAID™ Manual

Tabletop FireWire 800, USB 3.0 and

eSATA enclosure with RAID 1 and RAID 0

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Contacting Glyph

Please use the following contact information to contact Glyph and its distributors.
Glyph USA offers phone support Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 PM Eastern
Time.
Note: DO NOT ship any return goods to the mailing addresses below unless you have a valid RMA number.
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United States of America

Glyph Technologies
3726 Kellogg Rd.

Cortland, NY 13045

USA
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Sales Contact
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Unpacking Your StudioRAID

Your Glyph StudioRAID and accessories are packaged in a sturdy shipping container. Please inspect the
con-tainer for evidence of shipping damage and mishandling. If the container is damaged, file a report with
the carrier or dealer immediately. Do not attempt to unpack and operate your StudioRAID until the carrier
or dealer confirms the damage. If the container is in good condition, proceed with unpacking the
StudioRAID. Verify that all of the items described in the next section are present and in good condition. If
any of the items you expect to find in your container is missing or damaged, contact the dealer before
proceeding any further.
In any case, do keep the shipping container and all packing materials in a safe place.

The StudioRAID package includes:

StudioRAID Enclosure
FireWire 800 Cable
USB 3.0 Cable
IEC Power Cable

About the StudioRAID and Drive Modes

The StudioRAID enclosure contains two hard disk drives, which function as one single volume. It supports
two drive modes: RAID 1 (mirroring) and RAID 0 (striping). Each drive mode has its own advantages,

depending upon the application.

RAID 1 (mirroring) oers data redundancy and real-time backup by writing the same data to the
two hard drives at the same time. Should a drive failure happen, data is still available on the remain­ing drive. In RAID 1 mode, the two drives are seen by the computer as one volume, but with half the
capacity. For example, a 1TB StudioRAID will be seen as a 500GB drive. Reading and writing occurs
on both drives simultaneously so that each of the drives contains exactly the same data, mirroring
each other. If either of the drives should fail the other is there to seamlessly continue to provide
operation.
RAID 0 (striping) increases the performance of the drive system by spreading the data across two
drives. RAID 0 is a proven technology for editing video, working with huge graphics les, sound
libraries, and streaming instruments that play hundreds of samples simultaneously. RAID 0 is the de­fault shipping drive mode. In RAID 0 (striping) mode, the two drives are seen by the computer as one
large drive, and reading and writing occurs on both drives simultaneously. It is designed to increase
the performance and data throughput of the drive system. The StudioRAID's built-in RAID controller
splits each piece of data across both of the drives in segments and distributes the I/O burden. Since
data is written without any form of parity data-checking, it allows for the fastest data transfer of all
other RAID levels. However, if one drive becomes damaged, the data on both drives can become
cor-rupted. RAID 0 is not redundant or fault tolerant like RAID level 1, but the trade off is that it’s the
fastest of all RAID levels. MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR DATA OFTEN!