G-Technology G DOCK ev User manual

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G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

An expandable storage solution with two removable hard drives

PRODUCT MANUAL

Welcome to Evolution Series

p.2

Table of Contents

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

Welcome to Evolution Series

Table of Contents

Safety & General Use...............................3

Safety Precautions............................................4

Backup Your Data .............................................5

About Your Evolution Series ...................6

Introduction .......................................................7

What’s in the Box .............................................8

System Requirements.....................................8

Overview of G-DOCK ev Storage System

About the G-DOCK ev Storage System...10

Overview of G-Dock ev TB...........................11

G-DOCK ev Indicator LEDs ..........................12

Overview of G-DRIVE ev

About G-DRIVE ev ..........................................15

G-DRIVE ev Activity Lights...........................17

Getting Started

Unpack and Setup .........................................19

Power On the System....................................20

Disconnect the Dock ...................................22

Table of Contents

Using Your G-DOCK ev

G-Technology Assistant Utility ..................24

G-Technology Assistant Menu ...................25

G-Technology Assistant Notications .....27

Use with Time Machine™ .............................28

Conguring with Disk Utility

Supported Media Congurations.............31

Set Up as JBOD................................................31

About RAID Sets..............................................31

Set Up in RAID 0 Mode .................................32

Delete RAID 0 Conguration......................35

Set Up in RAID 1 Mode .................................36

Delete RAID 1 Conguration......................39

Maintenance for Your Drive

Initialize Drive for Mac .................................41

Restore the Dock Icon...................................44

Reformat with Partitions..............................46

Support & Warranty

Technical Support ..........................................51

Limited Warranty ............................................52

G DOCK

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with Thunderbolt™

Safety & General Use

• Safety Precautions ..................................... p.4

• Backup Your Data ..................................... p.5

p.4

Safety & General Use

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

Safety Precautions

G-DOCK ev with Thunderbolt’s warranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the

precautions listed here. If you detect a problem with your drive, please contact our Technical

Support department.

If the product is returned with damage caused by improper handling, the warranty will be void and

liability will rest with the user. Please read our Limited Warranty.

• Servicing: Your drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning,

have it inspected by a qualied Technical Support representative.

• Moisture: Place the device away from moisture or liquids. To reduce the risk of damage, do

not expose this drive to rain or moisture. Do not use it in damp or wet conditions. Never place

objects containing liquids on the drive as they may spill into its openings.

• Ventilation: Place the device in a vented area. The drive should never be placed near or over

a radiator or heat source.

• Temperature: Do not expose this drive to temperatures outside the range of 5°C to 35°C (41°F

to 95°F); or to operational humidity beyond 5-80%, non-condensing, or non-operating humid-

ity beyond 10-90%, non-condensing. Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat, or expos-

ing it to sunlight (even through a window), or in an environment that is too cold or humid.

• Physical Damage: Do not place heavy objects on the drive. Never use excessive force

on your drive.

safety

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Safety & General Use

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

Backup Your Data

The disk drives included with your G-DOCK ev with Thunderbolt (G-DOCK ev TB) device are

delicate electronic instruments and are susceptible to damage due to excessive physical

shock. Under no circumstances will G-Technology be held liable for the recovery or restora-

tion of lost data. Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a G-Technology drive

is the sole responsibility of the user.

Make Two Backups

To help prevent the loss of your data, we highly recommend that you keep TWO copies of

your data in separate storage locations. Keep one copy on your G-Technology drive. Keep a

second copy on your internal hard drive, another G-Technology drive, or a form of removable

storage media.

backup

G DOCK

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with Thunderbolt™

About Your Evolution Series

• Introduction .................................................... p.7

• What’s in the Box ......................................... p.8

• System Requirements ................................ p.8

p.7

About Your Evolution Series

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Evolution Series with Thunderbolt from

G-Technology: A Thunderbolt storage solution consisting of a family of

docking stations with interchangeable hard drive modules. The Evolution

Series lets you capture, transfer, edit and distribute media les all with a

single storage system.

The G-DOCK ev TB storage solution is a two bay, swappable drive system

which is user congurable in RAID 0 (Performance) or RAID 1 (Protected)

and is designed to optimize your digital content workow.

The Evolution Series today consists of G-DOCK ev and G-DRIVE ev. A high

performance and exible hard drive module. G-DRIVE ev oers high

transfer speeds up to 136MB/s; features USB 3.0 for use as a stand-alone

drive; and has a SATA connector for use in the G-DOCK ev Series docking

stations.

G-DOCK ev TB ships with two removable USB 3.0 G-DRIVE ev hard drives

for convenience and portability.

Together or apart... in the eld and in the edit room... The G-Technology

Evolution Series delivers speed, exibility, freedom and security.

introduction

p.8

About Your Evolution Series

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

What’s in the Box

The following items are included in the box:

• (1) G-DOCK ev storage solution with Thunderbolt connectivity

• (2) G-DRIVE ev USB 3.0 hard drives

• (2) USB 3.0 cables (compatible with USB 2.0)

• (1) Thunderbolt cable

• Power cord

• AC power adapter

• Quick Start Guide

• 3 Year Limited Warranty

If any items are missing, please contact G-Technology at

www.g-technology.com/contact/contact_support

System Requirements

G-DOCK ev is set up at the factory for use with Mac OS systems,

and formatted as ‘HFS+ with Journaling.’

• Thunderbolt-enabled Mac computer

• Mac OS 10.7+

in box

G DOCK

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with Thunderbolt™

Overview of G-DOCK ev Storage System

• About G-DOCK ev Storage System .... p.10

• Overview of G-DOCK ev ......................... p.11

• G-DOCK ev Indicator LEDs ..................... p.12

p.10

Overview of G-DOCK ev

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

G DOCK

™

with Thunderbolt™

About the G-DOCK ev Storage System

G-DOCK ev TB storage solution is a two bay, swappable drive system designed to

optimize the digital content workow. It is RAID congurable and has a stylish

aluminum design.

The dual port dock features a Thunderbolt interface for fast data transfer of up to

10Gb/s. Out of the box, the dock has up to 2TB of congurable storage capacity.

The unit is stackable with other G-DOCK evs, and with our popular G-RAID and

G-DRIVE storage systems, which are the same width.

The G-DOCK ev TB ships in JBOD mode and has RAID 0/1 support. By using the Mac

OS Disk Utility application, the dock is easily congurable for RAID 0 (Performance)

or RAID 1 (Protected).

For maximum exibility, G-DOCK ev TB works with any Evolution Series G-DRIVE ev

products. The dock ships with two removable G-DRIVE ev hard drives with USB 3.0.

Learn about G-DRIVE ev.

Top Features

• Thunderbolt technology for fastest data

transfer – up to 10Gb/s

• Congurable software-based RAID 0

(Performance) or RAID 1 (Protected)

• Up to 2TB of congurable storage capacity

• Ships with two G-DRIVE ev hard drives

with USB 3.0

• 3 Year factory warranty

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