Lacie Biggest Quadra: Set the RAID Level

How Your LaCie Biggest Quadra is Preconfigured

• The Biggest Quadra is delivered with four 3.5” SATA II hard drives.

• The Biggest Quadra is preconfigured in RAID 5.

• The drive trays are unlocked. For more details on the drive tray locks please

check the User Manual.

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Set the RAID Level

a. Make sure the Biggest Quadra is turned off.

b. Use the RAID level selector switches on the rear panel of the Biggest Quadra

to set the desired RAID level. See the User Manual for information on

RAID levels.

Note: The maximum total

capacity which will mount on

Windows 2000 and Windows

XP, regardless of the RAID mode,

is 2TB.

RAID 0 RAID 0+1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare

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Initialize the Disks

a. Ensure that the drive trays are not locked

and then slide them out from the Biggest

Quadra slightly.

b. Connect the power cable to a grounded

electrical outlet and to the Biggest Quadra.

Turn on the Biggest Quadra using the

switch on the back.

c. Slide each of the drive trays back into the LaCie Biggest Quadra, and push the

drive tray handles flat to lock the drive trays into place.

The disks will be initialized automatically. The duration of this process depends

on the RAID level you selected and the capacity of disks installed.

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