LaCie Biggest Quadra

Troubleshooting

User Manual

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Problem

Possible Solutions

The LaCie Biggest Quadra

Ensure that the interface cable (either FireWire 800 or Hi-Speed USB 2.0) is securely attached to

is not recognized by the

both the LaCie Biggest Quadra and the host computer. Check the LCD Display of the LaCie Biggest

host computer.

Quadra for error messages.

I was creating a RAID 5 ar-

Replace the failed disk with another disk of equal or greater capacity. The array will re-initialize when

ray, and a disk failed. What

the failed disk is replaced and the process is restarted.

should I do?

 

I only have two or three

The LaCie Biggest Quadra cannot create an array from just two disks. If you only have three disks,

disks. Can I still create a

you can only create a RAID 5 + Hot Spare array. The three disks must be installed in the bottom three

RAID array?

Drive Bays, with the top Drive Bay (the Hot Spare location) empty.

The LCD Display reads

The RAID Level Selector Switch is not set to the level of the existing array. In the event that the

“unmatched.”

RAID level does not correspond to both the disk settings and the RAID Level Switch Selectors, the

 

 

LCD will display the following two alternating messages:

 

 

1. “RAID level”

 

 

“Unmatched”

 

 

2. “Current: Rx” (i.e. the current RAID level settings of the installed disks)

 

 

“Original: Rx” (i.e. the RAID level settings on the RAID Level Switch Selectors)

 

 

Example:

 

 

The RAID Level Switch Selectors are positioned to indicate a RAID 0 setting, but the disks were set

 

 

earlier as a RAID 5 array, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages:

 

 

1. “RAID Level”

 

 

“Unmatched”

 

 

2. “Current: R5”

 

 

“Original: R0”

 

 

In this situation, the array will not function. There are two options:

 

 

1. Shut down the LaCie Biggest Quadra and re-position the RAID Level Switch Selectors to the

 

 

previous RAID setting, in this case, RAID 5.

 

 

2. Re-insert the four drives, and re-create the array as a RAID 0 array. If there is any data on the disks,

 

 

it will be lost during the initialization.

 

 

 

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