Glyph Studio - Manual (Page 3)

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About the Studio
Ports
The Studio enclosure contains a single hard disk drive, and has FW800, USB 3.0 Hi-speed and eSATA con-
nections. Depending on which port(s) your computer has, you can connect the Studio in a number of ways.
The fastest interface on the Studio is eSATA and the USB 3.0 port. Both are located on the rear panel. The
Studio can sustain over 130MB/sec (reads) and over 140MB/s (writes) when connected to a 4-lane PCIe
eSATA card such as the Sonnet E4P. It can sustain 125MB/sec (reads) and 100MB/s (writes) when connected
to a 2-lane PCIe eSATA card such as a Glyph EC2 card. FireWire 800 is the next fastest and there are two
FW800 ports on the rear panel. Officially, these IEEE 1394b ports run at up to 800Mbits/sec. One of these
ports can be connected to your computer, and the other should be connected to other downstream
FireWire devices, if applicable. It doesn’t matter which port you connect to the computer, they are
functionally identical. If your computer has a FireWire 800 port you can use the provided FireWire 800 9-pin
cable. If your computer has a FireWire 400 port only, you can use a FW400 to FW800 adapter cable, which is
available from Glyph. If your computer doesn’t have any FireWire ports you can either purchase a FireWire
or eSATA adapter card (recommended), or use the USB 3.0 port on the back of the Studio.
Front panel LED
The Studio front panel has a single bi-color LED. The LED will display solid blue when power is on. The
LED will flash blue when there is disk activity. The LED will display red if there is a hard drive failure.
Power Switch
The power switch must be held for three seconds to power off the Studio. After three seconds the LED
will turn off, and releasing the button will power off the unit. This is a safety precaution against
unintended power off.
Internal Power Supply
Glyph uses efficient, high-quality power supplies, selected specifically for the demands of production
environments. The Studio has an auto-switching universal power supply. Its input voltage can range from
100- 240v at 50/60 Hz, allowing the Studio to be safely used overseas.
Internal Temperature-Controlled Fan
The Studio has an internal temperature-controlled fan. Software inside the Studio sets the fan RPM to
either HI or LOW speeds. We have found that both HI and LOW fan speeds are very quiet.