Glyph Technologies 8TB StudioRAID mini USB 3.0

overview

The powerful StudioRAID is a high performance, ultra-reliable hardware RAID with USB 3.0, Firewire 800, and eSata connectivity. Supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD, and SPAN modes.

An intelligent fan system complements the StudioRAID's auto-sensing power supply for quiet and reliable operation.

Style and performance...the best of both worlds.

StudioRAID has been designed from the ground up to provide the fastest performance, ultimate reliability, and a simple, elegant experience throughout your creative process. First we select the highest quality components available. Then we assemble the drives in our US factory, and perform regimented testing on every unit before it ships to you.

Glyph StudioRAID comes preformatted HFS+ with Journaling and is Time Machine compatible out of the box. A simple reformat is all it takes for the StudioRAID to work with Windows systems.

Ports

On the rear of the StudioRAID mini there are two FireWire 800 ports, one eSATA port and a USB 3.0 port. Officially, FireWire 800 ports are IEEE 1394b ports that run at up to 800Mb/sec. One of these ports should be connected to your computer and the other should be connected to other downstream FireWire devices. It doesn't matter which port you connect to the computer, they are functionally identical. If your computer has a FireWire 800 port, use the provided FireWire 800 9-pin cable. If your computer has a FireWire 400 port only, you can use a FireWire 800 to FireWire 400 converter cable, available from Glyph. The fastest interfaces on the StudioRAID mini are the USB 3.0 and eSATA ports.

Bus Power

Bus-powered with FireWire 800, the StudioRAID mini also includes USB and eSATA ports for optimum compatibility, allowing you to easily work on the road with a reliable RAID. An external power supply is included with the StudioRAID mini if bus power is not available or is insufficient. StudioRAID mini can be run successfully using FireWire bus power supplied by many notebook computers, however Glyph can't guarantee compatibility with all notebooks due to differing bus power specs. If you want to guarantee StudioRAID mini will work, use the included DC supply.

Front panel LED

The StudioRAID mini front panel has a 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 flash or display a solid red color when error conditions exits with the drive or enclosure. Any error that results in the system state "Halted" generates a solid red LED on the front panel of the drive. All other errors result in the blinking red LED.