Addonics Technologies AERD25SN35 manual Overview Drive Installation, Hot Swapping

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Overview

Drive Installation

Open the front panel by pressing the front panel button on the left side toward the right. Swing the door open all the way, then insert drives SATA connector first, label side up as shown, until they stop. Drives should slide into the enclosure easily, do not force them. Snap the cover closed over the drives.

Hot Swapping

The cabinet itself may be disconnected from its SATA host, or both drives may be ejected from the unit without shutting down the operating system. However, the SATA controller connected to the unit must support the Hot Swapping feature to avoid malfunction of the controller or operating system, and any safe removal steps needed must be taken to avoid loss of data.

Port Multiplier Compatibility

When configured as a set of individual drives, the Snap-In 25 RAID will only work with a Port Multiplier aware host. Identify your host controller and check with its hardware manufacturer if you are unsure. Addonics offers several Port Multiplier aware host adapters. If the SATA host adapter is not port multiplier aware, only the top drive may appear, or none at all.

Using identical drives for RAID 0 or RAID 1 is strongly recommended. Creat- ing a RAID 0 or 1 using drives that are not all the same size will result in all members using only as much space as the smallest member. Creating a RAID using drives that have different performance will degrade the overall performance of the array.

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