G-Technology 0G04419, 0G03302, 0G03294, 0G03846, 0G03298 User manual
PRODUCT MANUAL
High-Performance 4 Bay Thunderbolt 2 RAID Solutions for HD 2K/4K Production
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Table of Contents
Safety & General Use
Safety Precautions .................................................................................5
Backup Your Data ...................................................................................6
About Your G-SPEED Studio R
Introduction .............................................................................................8
What’s in the Box ...................................................................................9
System Requirements ...........................................................................9
Overview of the Drive ....................................................................... 10
Using Your Drive
Drive Activity LED.................................................................................12
Warning LED and Alarms ...................................................................13
Disconnect the Drive ........................................................................ 14
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G-Technology Assistant .....................................................................17
Recommended Installation ..............................................................17
G-SPEED Studio R Utility ................................................................... 18
Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio R ............................................. 22
Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio R Units ..................................... 22
Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units .................... 23
Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units ............................ 25
Manage the Enclosure with G-SPEED Studio R Utility ........... 25
Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility ...................................... 26
Unlocking the UI .................................................................................. 28
G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview ............................................... 29
Toolbar Icons .........................................................................................30
Customizing the Toolbar .................................................................. 30
Component List ................................................................................... 31
Physical Drive Menu ........................................................................... 31
Highlight Arrays ................................................................................... 32
Managing System Information ...................................................... 33
Viewing System Information .......................................................... 34
Making System Settings ................................................................... 34
Clearing Statistics ................................................................................ 35
Restoring Factory Default Settings .............................................. 35
Saving a Service Report .................................................................... 36
Updating Firmware............................................................................. 36
Managing Enclosures......................................................................... 37
Viewing the Enclosure Information .............................................. 37
Viewing Temperature Sensor Information ................................ 38
Locating an Enclosure ....................................................................... 39
Managing the RAID Enclosure ........................................................ 39
Viewing Controller Information ..................................................... 39
Viewing Controller Statistics ........................................................... 41
Changing Controller Settings ......................................................... 41
Changing Buzzer Settings................................................................ 42
Managing Background Activities .................................................. 43
Viewing Current Background Activities ...................................... 43
Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ...............................44
Adding a Scheduled Background Activity .................................44
Changing Background Activity Schedule .................................. 45
Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity .... 47
Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity .............................. 47
Media Patrol .......................................................................................... 48
Changing Media Patrol Settings .................................................... 48
Redundancy Check ............................................................................. 48
Changing Redundancy Check Settings ...................................... 49
Initialization ........................................................................................... 49
Changing Initialization Settings .................................................... 50
Rebuild .................................................................................................... 50
Changing Rebuild Settings .............................................................. 51
Migration ................................................................................................ 51
Changing Migration Settings ......................................................... 52
PDM .......................................................................................................... 52
Changing PDM Settings.................................................................... 53
Transition ................................................................................................ 53
Changing Transition Settings ......................................................... 54
Synchronization ................................................................................... 54
Changing Synchronization Settings ............................................ 55
Managing Physical Drives ................................................................ 55
Viewing a List of Physical Drives .................................................... 56
Viewing Physical Drive Information ............................................. 56
Viewing Physical Drive Statistics ................................................... 58
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Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ..................... 59
Locating a Physical Drive .................................................................. 59
Changing Global Physical Drive Settings ................................... 60
Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings ............................ 60
Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings ......................... 61
Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition ................................................. 62
Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives ........................ 63
Managing Disk Arrays ........................................................................ 64
Viewing a List of Disk Arrays ...........................................................64
Viewing Disk Array Information ..................................................... 65
Creating a Disk Array Manually ...................................................... 65
To Create a Disk Array and Logical Drive .................................... 66
Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard .... 67
Choosing Automatic Configuration ............................................. 68
Choosing Express Configuration ................................................... 69
Choosing Advanced Configuration .............................................. 71
Formatting Your Logical Drives ..................................................... 73
Changing Disk Array Settings ......................................................... 73
Locating a Disk Array ..........................................................................74
Deleting a Disk Array ......................................................................... 75
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport ............................................ 76
Rebuilding a Disk Array ..................................................................... 76
Pausing and Resuming a Rebuild .................................................. 78
Stopping a Rebuild ............................................................................. 78
Managing Logical Drives .................................................................. 78
Viewing a List of Logical Drives ..................................................... 79
Viewing Logical Drive Information ............................................... 79
Viewing Logical Drive Statistics ..................................................... 80
Changing Logical Drive Settings ................................................... 81
Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables ............................................. 82
Creating a Logical Drive Manually ................................................ 82
Formatting Your Logical Drive ....................................................... 84
Locating a Logical Drive ................................................................... 84
Deleting a Logical Drive ................................................................... 85
Initializing a Logical Drive ................................................................ 85
Pausing and Resuming an Initialization ...................................... 86
Stopping an Initialization ................................................................. 86
Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive ........................................ 87
Pausing and Resuming a Redundancy Check .............................8
Stopping a Redundancy Check ...................................................... 87
Migrating a Logical Drive ................................................................. 88
Running PDM on a Logical Drive ................................................... 89
Pausing and Resuming PDM ........................................................... 89
Stopping PDM ......................................................................................89
Managing Spare Drives ..................................................................... 90
Viewing a List of Spare Drives.........................................................90
Viewing Spare Drive Information .................................................. 90
Creating a Spare Drive Manually ................................................... 91
Changing Spare Drive Settings ...................................................... 92
Running Spare Check......................................................................... 93
Deleting a Spare Drive....................................................................... 93
Running a Transition on a Spare Drive ........................................ 93
Running a Transition .......................................................................... 94
Pausing and Resuming a Transition ............................................. 94
Stopping, Pausing or Resuming a Transition ............................ 94
Formatting Logical Drives ................................................................ 95
G-SPEED Studio R Software With Default Settings ................. 95
G-SPEED Studio R Utility With Custom Settings ...................... 96
Disk Utility .............................................................................................. 97
Spare Drives ..........................................................................................98
Running a Transition .......................................................................... 99
Maintenance for Your Drive
Replace a Failed Disk Drive ........................................................... 102
Initialize Drive for Mac .................................................................... 10 4
Restore the Drive Icon ..................................................................... 107
Reformat With Partitions ................................................................10 9
Appendix
RAID Levels Explained .................................................................... 114
Support & Warranty
Technical Support ............................................................................. 116
Limited Warranty ................................................................................117
Copyright ............................................................................................. 119
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Safety and General Use
• Safety Precautions ........................................ p. 5
• Backup Your Data ......................................... p. 6
Safety & General Use
Safety Precautions
Your G-SPEED Studio R’s warranty may be voided as a result of failing to respect the precautions
listed below. 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,
have it inspected by a qualified Technical Support representative.
• Moisture: Place the device away from moisture or liquids. To reduce the risk of damage, do
not expose this drive to rain or moisture. Do not use it in damp or wet conditions. Never place
objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings.
• Ventilation: Place the device in a vented area. The drive should never be placed near or over
a radiator or heat source.
• Temperature: Do not expose this drive to temperatures outside the range of 5°C to 35°C
(41°F to 95°F). It should also not be exposed to operational humidity beyond 5% to 80%
(non-condensing) or non-operating humidity beyond 10% to 90% (non-condensing). Avoid
placing your drive near a source of heat, exposing it to sunlight (even through a window),
or setting it in an environment that is too cold or humid.
• Physical Damage: Do not place heavy objects on the drive. Never use excessive force
on your drive.
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Safety & General Use
Backup Your Data
The disk drive contained in your G-SPEED Studio R is a delicate electronic instrument and is
susceptible to damage from 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 keeping TWO copies of your
data in separate storage locations. When configured in RAID 1, 5, or (protected modes),
G-SPEED Studio R will safeguard your data from individual hard drive failure. However, if any
file system corruption occurs, the data contained on G-SPEED Studio R may be affected.
For critical data, G-Technology recommends keeping one copy on your G-SPEED Studio R
and at least one additional copy on another storage device.
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About Your G-SPEED Studio R
• Introduction .................................................... p. 8
• What’s in the Box .......................................... p. 9
• System Requirements ................................. p. 9
• Overview of the Drive ................................. p.10
About Your G-SPEED Studio R
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the G-Technology G-SPEED Studio, featuring
20 Gb/s Thunderbolt 2 interface technology.
Specifically designed for professional content creation applications,
the G-SPEED Studio R storage system provides RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD
functionality for both application performance and data protection.
The drive supports Thunderbolt 2™ technology which enables blazing
fast, concurrent data streams, capable of data transfer rates over 1300
MB/s. This opens up incredible time-saving and multi-stream possibilities
for content creation professionals who use bandwidth-intensive 2K
and 4K media formats.
With two bidirectional ports, a user can easily daisy chain up to six
high-speed Thunderbolt peripheral devices, including external disk
drives, video capture devices and external displays. Thunderbolt 2
is backward compatible with the previous, first-generation version
of Thunderbolt.
G-SPEED Studio supports the industry’s most demanding
professional content creation applications, including Final Cut Pro®,
Adobe Premiere® and Avid™ Media Composer.
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About Your G-SPEED Studio R
What’s in the Box
The following items are included in the box:
• G-SPEED Studio R storage solution
• Four removable enterprise-class drive modules (installed in unit)
• (1) Thunderbolt cable
• Power Cord
• Quick Start Guide
If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at
www.g-technology.com/contact/contact_support
Download the latest G-SPEED Studio R manual and utilities at:
www.g-technology.com/support/gspeed_studio_r
System Requirements
G-SPEED Studio R supports the following operating systems:
• Mac OS 10.9.2 or higher
The solution is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS® X systems and is formatted as
“HFS+” in a RAID 5 configuration.
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About Your G-SPEED Studio R
Overview of the Drive
G-SPEED Studio R ships from the factory preconfigured in RAID 5. The RAID controller
also supports RAID and JBOD configurations. For an explanation of these RAID
levels, please refer to RAID Levels Explained. If you wish to change the RAID mode,
please refer to Change the RAID Mode.
Drive Lock Hatch
“Smart” Cooling Fans
(4) Removable Disk Drives
Drive Module Power/
Activity LED
Power LED
Temperature / Fan
Warning red LED light
Alarm Mute Button
On/Off Switch
Thunderbolt Port
AC Input
Kensington Slot
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Using Your Drive
• Drive Activity LED ....................................... p. 12
• Warning LED and Alarms ......................... p. 13
• Disconnect the Drive ................................ p. 14
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Drive Activity LED
Under normal operation, each G-SPEED Studio R drive module has an LED that glows
blue, indicating a connection to the RAID controller. The LED will flash when the drive
is being accessed.
Drive module power/
activity LED
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Warning LED and Alarms
The G-SPEED Studio R enclosure integrates an audible alarm or buzzer that will sound
when any of the following conditions exist:
Internal temperature exceeds a temperature of 60°C.
Main cooling fan fails
Fan slows to a state where the fan can no longer adequately cool the system
To silence the alarm, push the Alarm Mute button located on the back of
G-SPEED Studio R as shown below.
Alarm Mute Button
In addition to the audible alarm, the LED located on the front G-SPEED Studio R
will illuminate red.
If there is an issue with G-SPEED Studio R drive module, the LED on the
module will glow red indicating a drive or RAID issue. Please launch the
G-SPEED Studio R Utility to determine if any user action is required or contact
our support team for further troubleshooting.
Drive Module LED (red)
indicating an issue
Alarm Mute button
If you hear an audible alarm and see the red warning LED on G-SPEED Studio R front,
stop using the enclosure and contact G-Technology support.
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Disconnect the Drive
A great feature of Thunderbolt technology and G-SPEED Studio R is the ability to connect
and disconnect the system while your computer is running. To prevent drive failures
and/or data loss, it is important to follow the steps below when disconnecting or
unmounting the drive from your computer.
1. Before powering down and disconnecting the drive, unmount the system by simply
dragging the G-SPEED Studio R icon to the trash located in the system dock.
Keyboard shortcut: Select the drive icon and press Command+E.
2. It is safe to remove the drive from your system when the drive icon is no longer
present on your desktop.
3. To power off G-SPEED Studio R simply unplug the Thunderbolt cable. If no background
activities are in progress, the unit will automatically go into standby.
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• G-Technology Assistant ...................................................................17
• Recommended Installation ............................................................17
• G-SPEED Studio R Utility ................................................................. 18
• Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio R ........................................... 22
• Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio R Units................................... 22
• Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units ................. 23
• Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units .......................... 25
• Manage the Enclosure with G-SPEED Studio R Utility ......... 25
• Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility .................................... 26
• Unlocking the UI ............................................................................... 27
• G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview ............................................ 29
• Toolbar Icons ...................................................................................... 30
• Customizing the Toolbar ................................................................ 30
• Component List ................................................................................. 31
• Physical Drive Menu ......................................................................... 31
• Highlight Arrays ................................................................................. 32
• Managing System Information .................................................... 33
• Viewing System Information ........................................................ 34
• Making System Settings ................................................................. 34
• Clearing Statistics.............................................................................. 35
• Restoring Factory Default Settings ............................................ 35
• Saving a Service Report .................................................................. 36
• Updating Firmware .......................................................................... 36
• Managing Enclosures ...................................................................... 37
• Viewing the Enclosure Information ........................................... 37
• Viewing Temperature Sensor Information .............................. 38
• Locating an Enclosure ..................................................................... 39
• Managing the RAID Enclosure ..................................................... 39
• Viewing Controller Information .................................................. 39
• Viewing Controller Statistics ......................................................... 41
• Changing Controller Settings ...................................................... 41
• Changing Buzzer Settings ............................................................. 42
• Managing Background Activities ................................................ 43
• Viewing Current Background Activities ................................... 43
• Viewing Scheduled Background Activities ............................. 44
• Adding a Scheduled Background Activity .............................. 44
• Changing Background Activity Schedule ................................ 45
• Enabling or Disabling a Scheduled Background Activity .. 47
• Deleting a Scheduled Background Activity ............................ 47
• Media Patrol ........................................................................................ 48
• Changing Media Patrol Settings ................................................. 48
• Redundancy Check .......................................................................... 48
• Changing Redundancy Check Settings .................................... 49
• Initialization ........................................................................................ 49
• Changing Initialization Settings .................................................. 50
• Rebuild .................................................................................................. 50
• Changing Rebuild Settings ........................................................... 51
• Migration ............................................................................................. 51
• Changing Migration Settings ....................................................... 52
• PDM ........................................................................................................ 52
• Changing PDM Settings ................................................................. 53
• Transition ............................................................................................. 53
• Changing Transition Settings ....................................................... 54
• Synchronization ................................................................................ 54
• Changing Synchronization Settings .......................................... 55
• Managing Physical Drives .............................................................. 55
• Viewing a List of Physical Drives ................................................. 56
• Viewing Physical Drive Information ........................................... 56
• Viewing Physical Drive Statistics ................................................. 57
• Viewing Physical Drive SMART Log Information ................... 58
• Locating a Physical Drive ............................................................... 58
• Changing Global Physical Drive Settings ................................ 60
• Changing Individual Physical Drive Settings .......................... 60
• Changing Physical Drive SMART Log Settings ....................... 61
• Clearing a Stale or PFA Condition ............................................... 62
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• Running Media Patrol on Your Physical Drives ...................... 63
• Managing Disk Arrays ..................................................................... 64
• Viewing a List of Disk Arrays ......................................................... 64
• Viewing Disk Array Information .................................................. 65
• Creating a Disk Array Manually .................................................... 65
• To Create a Disk Array and Logical Drive.................................. 66
• Creating a Disk Array and Logical Drive With the Wizard .. 67
• Choosing Automatic Conguration ........................................... 68
• Choosing Express Conguration ................................................ 69
• Choosing Advanced Conguration ........................................... 71
• Formatting Your Logical Drives ................................................... 73
• Changing Disk Array Settings ...................................................... 73
• Locating a Disk Array ........................................................................74
• Deleting a Disk Array ....................................................................... 75
• Preparing a Disk Array for Transport ......................................... 76
• Rebuilding a Disk Array .................................................................. 76
• Pausing and Resuming a Rebuild ............................................... 78
• Stopping a Rebuild ........................................................................... 78
• Managing Logical Drives ............................................................... 78
• Viewing a List of Logical Drives ................................................... 79
• Viewing Logical Drive Information ............................................ 79
• Viewing Logical Drive Statistics ................................................... 80
• Changing Logical Drive Settings ................................................ 81
• Viewing Logical Drive Check Tables .......................................... 82
• Creating a Logical Drive Manually .............................................. 82
• Formatting Your Logical Drive ..................................................... 84
• Locating a Logical Drive ................................................................. 84
• Deleting a Logical Drive ................................................................. 85
• Initializing a Logical Drive .............................................................. 85
• Pausing and Resuming an Initialization ................................... 86
• Stopping an Initialization ............................................................... 86
• Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive ..................................... 87
• Pausing and Resuming a Redundancy Check ........................ 87
• Stopping a Redundancy Check ................................................... 87
• Migrating a Logical Drive ............................................................... 88
• Running PDM on a Logical Drive ................................................ 89
• Pausing and Resuming PDM ......................................................... 89
• Stopping PDM ............................................................................... …89
• Managing Spare Drives .................................................................. 90
• Viewing a List of Spare Drives ...................................................... 90
• Viewing Spare Drive Information ............................................... 90
• Creating a Spare Drive Manually ................................................. 91
• Changing Spare Drive Settings.................................................... 92
• Running Spare Check ...................................................................... 93
• Deleting a Spare Drive .................................................................... 93
• Running a Transition on a Spare Drive ...................................... 93
• Running a Transition ........................................................................ 94
• Pausing and Resuming a Transition ........................................... 94
• Stopping, Pausing or Resuming a Transition .......................... 94
• Formatting Logical Drives ............................................................. 95
• G-SPEED Studio R Software With Default Settings .............. 95
• G-SPEED Studio R Utility With Custom Settings .................... 96
• Disk Utility............................................................................................ 97
• Spare Drives ........................................................................................ 98
• Running a Transition ........................................................................ 99
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G-Technology Assistant
To enhance your experience with G-SPEED Studio R we have developed the G-Technology
Assistant (GTA) utility. The utility provides notifications and details on G-SPEED Studio R
as well as a link to the configuration and management utility known as the G-SPEED
Studio R Utility.
The G-Technology Assistant is available for download from the G-Technology website at
www.g-technology.com/support. Please visit the site to check for updates as well as
helpful tips and tricks.
Recommended Installation
When you first setup G-SPEED Studio R you will want to install the G-Technology Assistant
on your computer along with the G-SPEED Studio R Utility.
To install the G-Technology Assistant, follow the simple onscreen instructions. Once you
have successfully completed the installation, you can access the utility from the Mac OS
Menu Bar and/or from the Applications folder.
Please visit the G-Technology Assistant Overview for general functionality and to
optimize the experience with your G-SPEED Studio R.
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G-SPEED Studio R Utility
G-SPEED Studio R ships preconfigured in RAID 5 and is ready to use out of the box
without configuration. However, G-Technology recommends installing the bundled
G-Technology Assistant utility and the G-SPEED Studio R utility even if you do not plan
to make any changes to device configuration. The applications are useful for monitoring
the system and getting firmware updates. Additionally, the utility is necessary if you
plan to change the enclosure’s default RAID configuration (RAID 5) or if you will swap
out any of the pre-installed hard drives.
The G-SPEED Studio R Software utility installation package is available on the
G-Technology website and can be easily downloaded. Follow the instructions below
to easily install the G-SPEED Studio R utility.
1. Visit www.g-technology.com/support to download the G-SPEED Studio R utility.
2. Mount the virtual drive containing the installation software package.*
* The version number of the .dmg file and .pkg file will change as it is updated.
The version number used in this example is for illustration purposes.
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3. Double-click on the G-SPEED_Studio_R_Utility.pkg* file to begin the installation.
* The version number of the .dmg file and .pkg file will change as it is updated.
The version number used in this example is for illustration purposes.
The introduction window explains that software will be installed on the Mac. You can
review the software license agreement. Once ready, click the Continue button
to proceed.
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4. The software license agreement will appear. Please read the statement and click Continue
to proceed.
5. Click Agree if you agree to the terms of the license. To read the license, click Read License.
Choose Disagree if you do not agree with the terms. This will terminate the installation procedure.
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6. Click Install to begin the installation process.
7. The G-SPEED Studio R utility software will install in a few moments. Once complete, a
message will inform you that the installation was successful. Click Close to complete the
installation procedure.
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility is now available to help manage your G-SPEED Studio R.
Use this tool if you need to modify the array configuration, retrieve system information
or update the enclosure firmware. The utility tool is also useful for monitoring the storage
system status as well as troubleshooting. For more information on using the G-SPEED
Studio R, including instructions on how to use the Wizard menu or install a different
RAID array configuration, please visit Manage With G-SPEED Studio R Utility.
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Power Modes on G-SPEED Studio R
G-SPEED Studio R introduces new power-saving and condition-response features.
The automatic power features are:
• Sleep — When your Mac computer goes to sleep, G-SPEED Studio R
automatically goes into standby mode after all background activities complete.
• Wake — When your system wakes, G-SPEED Studio R automatically powers on.
• Shutdown — When your Mac computer shuts down, G-SPEED Studio R
automatically shuts down.
• Restart After Shutdown — When your Mac computer powers up, G-SPEED
Studio R automatically powers up.
• HDD Spin Down — Your G-SPEED Studio R includes a power saving feature
that spins down the hard disk drives if the enclosure is idle for 30 minutes. This
feature can be enabled or disabled, and the amount of idle time can be adjusted
in the G-SPEED Studio R Utility. Click on the Controller link in the Dashboard,
then click the Settings button to change this setting.
Shutting Down G-SPEED Studio R
The storage solution shuts down automatically if you turn off your Mac. If you want to
turn off your G-SPEED Studio R without shutting down your computer, follow these steps.
1. Eject G-SPEED Studio R by right-clicking on the drive icon and choosing
the Eject option.
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2. Launch the G-SPEED Studio R Utility and click on the System Information tab
in the navigation bar. Unlock the user interface (see Unlocking the UI), click on
the Shutdown button then click on Shutdown in the new menu that appears.
You will need to type “CONFIRM” in the pop-up menu and click the Conrm
button.
Alternatively, you can press and hold the power button, located on the back of the units,
until the LED on the front turns off. When you release the power button, the system will
be off and can only be turned on by pressing the power button or removing the power
cord and re-inserting the power cord.
Daisy Chaining Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units
Up to six G-SPEED Studio R or Thunderbolt-enabled devices can be connected to each
other and to your Mac in a sequential Thunderbolt connection. To daisy chain multiple
Thunderbolt devices to your G-SPEED Studio R, follow these steps:
1. Use a Thunderbolt cable to connect one of the Thunderbolt ports on the back
of your computer to one of the Thunderbolt ports on your G-SPEED Studio R.
2. Use another Thunderbolt cable to connect the second Thunderbolt port on
G-SPEED Studio R with one of the Thunderbolt ports on a second device.
3. Use additional Thunderbolt cables to link subsequent storage enclosures or
Thunderbolt enabled devices into the daisy chain via available Thunderbolt
ports.
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Thunderbolt daisy chain connections
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HDMI
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Displaying Multiple G-SPEED Studio R Units
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility displays a separate window for each powered up G-SPEED
Studio R unit connected by Thunderbolt.
• To view a list of the G-SPEED Studio R units, click the View menu.
• To display a G-SPEED Studio R unit in the G-SPEED Studio R Utility, go to the
View menu choose the unit you want to see.
Note that G-SPEED Studio R units are listed in the order in which they are recognized.
Manage the Enclosure With G-SPEED Studio R Utility
This section contains the following topics:
1. “Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility”
2. “G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview”
3. “Managing System”
4. “Managing the RAID Controller”
5. “Managing Background Activities”
6. “Managing Physical Drives”
7. “Managing Disk Arrays”
8. “Managing Logical Drives”
9. “Managing Spare Drives”
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The G-SPEED Studio R Utility requires a Thunderbolt connection between your computer
and your G-SPEED Studio R. See Connect G-SPEED Studio R to Your Mac.
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility must be installed onto your computer before you can use
it. See Installing G-SPEED Studio R Utility.
Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility
Accessing the G-SPEED Studio R Utility includes:
• Opening and closing G-SPEED Studio Utility
• Unlocking the UI
Opening
To open the G-SPEED Studio R Utility, double-click the G-SPEED Studio R Utility icon
in the Applications folder. The G-Technology Utility window will open and display the
Dashboard. See G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview.
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You can also choose to place an alias into the dock.
Closing
There are two ways to close the G-SPEED Studio R Utility:
G-SPEED Studio Utility icon
12. Click the G-SPEED Studio R Utility drop-down menu and choose Quit G-SPEED Studio R Utility.
13. Press Command+Q
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Unlocking the UI
By default, the user interface (UI) is locked to prevent unauthorized changes to your
RAID system. When the UI is locked, you cannot create logical drives or change settings
on your G-SPEED Studio R.
To unlock the UI:
1. At the lower-left of the G-SPEED Studio R Utility window, click the closed lock icon.
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility password dialog box will open.
Type your computer password into the Password field, then click the OK button.
The lock icon will change to open.
You can now add and delete logical drives, make setting changes, run background activities
and update your G-SPEED Studio R.
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G-SPEED Studio R Utility Overview
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility interface consists of menus and icons, each leading you to
a specific function.
The G-SPEED Studio R Utility interface with the Dashboard displayed:
Toolb a r icons
• G-SPEED Studio R Utility – About, Checking for Updates, Preferences, Services, Hide, Quit
• View – Show/Hide Toolbar, Customize Toolbar, Devices (G-SPEED Studio R units)
• Dashboard – Show the Dashboard
• Storage – Wizard, Disk Array List, Logical Drive List, Spare Drive List
• Admin – System Information, Events, Background Activities, System Updates,
Performance Monitor, Restore Factory Defaults
• Window – Minimize, Zoom, Close Window, Bring All to Front, G-SPEED Studio R unit
• Help – Links to Online help and the Support Site
Most of the functions accessed in the menu bar are described in this chapter.
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Conguring G-SPEED Studio R
Toolbar Icons
• Dashboard – Displays the Dashboard and overview
• Wizard – Displays the Wizard options for quickly setting up RAID arrays
• Physical Drive – Displays the physical drive list, settings and functions
• Disk Array – Displays menu for monitoring, managing and creating disk arrays
• Logical Drive – Displays the logical drive list, settings and functions
• System Information – Displays G-SPEED Studio R information and settings
• Events – Displays the Event logs
• Background Activity – Display or run background tasks
The above Icons are the default icons. You can add additional icons such as Top View, Back
View and Component List.
Customizing the Toolbar
You can customize the toolbar by adding or removing icons. To add remove toolbar
icons:
1. From the G-SPEED Studio R Utility window, click the View menu and choose Customize
Toolbar. The toolbar options dialog box will appear.
2. Do one or both actions as needed:
• Click and drag an icon from the dialog box to the toolbar to add the icon.
• Click and drag an icon from the toolbar to delete the icon.
3. When finished, click the Done button.
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