Taurus Group DUAL BAY STORAGE S2 - Manual (Page 10)

Taurus S2 User Guide
The data can be
accessed even
during the rebuild
process.
T
flash red during the
r
plement,
otherwise the total amount of the space that can be used will
ity. RAID 1 creates
t
ser will only
e as large as a single drive but when one of the hard drives
fails, it can be replaced and the data rebuilt automatically.
.
the corresponding LED will flash red and
reen in intervals. To replace the faulty drive, do the following:
.
Open the enclosure and replace the faulty hard drive. If
tive, remove it, connect the second HDD to
install a new HDD at HDD2. If HDD2 is
Turn the power ON and let it rebuild the data. It will
s
When all the data is backed up, the LEDs will turn green.
HDD2
he HDD LEDs will
ebuild process,.
SAFE: This mode requires 2 identical drives to im
depend on the drive with the smallest capac
an exact copy or mirror of a set of data on the second drive.
This is useful when reliability and backup are more importan
than data capacity. The available capacity to the u
b
The Taurus enclosure has an Error LED indication at the front
to show when one of the drives can not be accessed anymore
When a drive fails,
g
1. Turn off the Taurus and remove both the power supply and
the interface cable
2.
HDD1 is defec
HDD1 and then
defective, replace the drive with a new HDD.
3. Finish the assembly and connect the power supply.
4.
automatically copy all the data from HDD1 to HDD2 to
create a backup.
5. The HDD LED will flash red just like during data access a
long as the data is being rebuilt. This process will take
several hours, depending on the capacity of your hard
drives.
6.
Note: The LED indication for HDD1 is referring to the hard drive
connected to CN2, which is the main drive. The LED at
is referring to the backup drive at CN1.
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