Taurus Group DUAL BAY STORAGE S2 User Manual

Taurus S2

Dual-Bay Storage Enclosure for

3.5” Serial ATA Hard Drives

User Manual

(English )

v1.1

April 23, 2008

EN

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1

ICON KEY 1
THE TAURUS S2 1
OTHER AVAILABLE INTERFACES 1
DETAILED VIEW 2

FRONT VIEW 2
LED INDICATION 2
REAR VIEW 3
RAID SELECTOR SWITCH 3
SMART FAN 3

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4

PC REQUIREMENTS 4
MAC REQUIREMENTS 4

PACKAGE CONTENTS 4
ABOUT DATA BACKUP 4

CHAPTER 3 - SYSTEM SET UP 7

CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 7
HARD DISK MODE 7
RAID SETUP 7

NON-RAID 7
BIG 7
FAST 7
SAFE 8

INSTALLATION ON A PC 9

REMOVE PROCEDURE 9

INSTALLATION ON A MACINTOSH 10

REMOVE PROCEDURE 10

PARTITIONING & FORMATTING 11

PC RUNNING WINDOWS 11
MAC OS 12

CHAPTER 2 - HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 5

CHAPTER 4 - APPENDIX 13

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS 13
FAQ 13
ABOUT THIS MANUAL 13

Taurus S2 User Guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Icon Key

Features mentioned
in this manual may
vary between
different mode

ls.

Throughout this manual you will see icons on the left margin
that denote either notes or special remarks as outlined below:

General notes and tips.

Important information.

The T

When it comes to raw
dual-bay Taurus. Available in the classic Pleiades design, the
Taurus is built strong and rugged, offering more than enough
capacity to store all your digital media files. Not only that, the
Taurus can also back up and secure all of your data thanks to
RAID protection.

roduct Dimensions: 24.5cm x 13.3cm x 7.6cm

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9.65in x 5.23in x 3in

aurus S2

power there is nothing to beat the new

Other A

• FireWire 400/800 & USB 2.0 (R

• FireWire 400/800 & USB 2.0 & eSATA

• Gigabit Ethernet

• USB 2.0

• eSATA

S-DOS, Microsoft, Windows 2000/XP/Vista are trademarks of Microsoft

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Corporation. Apple Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer.
All other third party brands and names are the property of their respective
owners.

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vailable Interfaces

AID 0&1)

Taurus S2 User Guide

Detailed View

Front View

To turn on the
power, press th
ON/OFF switch fo
3 seconds and
release it. To tur
off, press the
ON/OFF switc
hold it for 5 secon
and then release it
again.

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1. ON/OFF switch (blue when ON)

2. LED indication

3. Ventilation holes

3

LED Indication

1

2

The Error LED will
only light up for
errors when using
the SAFE mode.

LED HDD Status

• OFF = Power off or no HDD connected

• Green = HDD connected and ready

HDD1 CN2

HDD2 CN1

Error N/A

• Red flashing quickly = Data access or
rebuilding

• Red and green flashing in intervals = Error

• OFF = Power off or no HDD connected

• Green = HDD connected and ready

• Red flashing quickly = Data access or

rebuilding

• Red and green flashing in intervals = Error

• OFF = Power off or everything is working

as expected

• Amber = Error in RAID 1 mode, one of the
drives can not be found

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Taurus S2 User Guide

For RAID 0 & 1, two
hard drives of
identical capac
are recommended
If the capacity is
different, the total
amount of the
space that can
used will depend o
the drive with the
smallest capacity.

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Rear View

1. Slot for security lock 5. eSATA port

2. Smart fan for ventilation 6. USB 2.0 port

3. Set button for RAID mode 7. Power receptacle

4. RAID selector switch

1

3

4 6 7

5

2

Changing the RAID
setup will require
you to re-format th
drive. Make sure
you backup all dat
before doing so.

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RAID Selector Switch

To change the RAID mode, first turn the selector switch and
then press the Set button to confirm the new setting.

No. Mode Explanation

0 BIG

Non-

1

RAID

2 FAST

3 SAFE

Smart Fan

This mode is known as JBOD, the two drives
show up as one large single volume.

The drives will show up as two independent
drives.

This mode is using RAID 0 striping, ideal
where speed is the primary objective.

This mode is using RAID 1 mirroring, creating
an exact copy of all data for safety.

The smart fan automatically regulates the fan speed according
to the internal temperature. It will turn on at 45 degrees Celsius
using low speed and increase the speed every 5 degrees until
reaching 60 degrees. Above that it will always use high speed.

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