Friday, March 9, 2018

raid 1 set up

I bought HD enclosure: NST-27253-BK. it is from www.vantecusa.com. v1.01. Dual 2.5inch SATA SSD/HDD RAID enclsoure. serial number:0664400409.

specification from box: NexStarGX usb3.0 SATA SSD/HDD RAID enclsoure

  1. model: NST-27253-BK
  2. device support:SATA I/II/III SSD/HDD/SDHD
  3. device size:2 bay for 2.5" 7mm and 9.5mm SSD/HDD/SDHDs
  4. internal interface: SATA
  5. external interface: usb3.0 micro-B
  6. HDD capacity: 2 TB per bay, for a combined total of 4TB.
  7. power supply: USB AC adapter 5V/2A; micro USB to A, length :23 inches
  8. weight: 300g
  9. dimension:130x83x25mm
  10. system requirements: windows 7/8/10, MACX 10.6 or above. Linux ubuten 10.4(kernel 2.6.38)

Features:

  1. support Dual 2.5" SATA/I/II/III/SSD/HDD/SDHD
  2. support JBOD/RAID 0 /RAID 1
  3. Auto RAID 1 rebuild
  4. support UASP
  5. SATA interface support SATA III specification up to 6Gps

instruction to set up:

  1. power up unit
  2. wait for the drive to spin up speed
  3. press and hold the reset button for 3 seconds(HDD LEDS will turn off)
  4. release the reset button and the built-in controller will activate the RAID or normal mode based on the dip switch setting.
  • all new USB storage device need to be intialized, partition and formatted for the operating system you are using before it can store data.
  • for windows operating system, use Disk Management
  • for OS X, use disk utility to prepare this storage device
  • note: on Windows 10, plug in usb to computer, power up. the HDD LED lights are on. it shows current setting(JBOFS). now press reset button for 3 seconds. new drives get disconnected and then connected to computers based on sounds. and then new RAID 1 setting is enabled based on light below RAID 1 setting.
  • start Disk Management tool. PC automatically recognizes the uninitialized hard drive. it prompts you to format it. follow the prompts and format the hard drive. no quick format and no enable compression.
  • for details instruction refer to the FAQ " how to preparing a new storage, hard driver, or SSD for use with a system?" on our website support section at www.vantecusa.com

Hard Drive specifications:HGST TRAVELSTAR hard drive. o=bought on 03/08/2018.

  1. 1TB. 5400 RPM. 8MB/Mo Cache. 9.5mm.
  2. S/N: 1V2EYNEM (0S03508)
  3. 12-2017. made in China
  4. Bar-code: 05487 18982

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