Questions & Answers for G-Technology 8TB G-RAID Dual-Drive Storage System
G-Technology 8TB G-RAID Dual-Drive Storage System
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The G-RAID is hardware RAID 0, and appears to the system as a single 4GB drive. You'll need two separate drives if you want to do RAID 1.
- Answered by Kenneth D from Ottawa
- Jan 18, 2011
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Does this RAID system have 2 - 2TB drives in it or does it have 2 - 4TB drives / What is the real storage capability?
It is my understanding that RAIDs stripe data. 4 - TB drives still only have 4TB of storage not 16TB.
- Asked by Stephen C from Needham
- Feb 21, 2010
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It has 2 - 2TB drives. It will show up on your desktop as 1 - 4TB drive.
- Answered by Roy V from Knightdale
- Feb 24, 2010
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Are the hard drives included in the price?
- Asked by Donald V from Toronto
- Jan 3, 2010
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Yes, two drives are included in the price.
- Answered by Erich S from Suisun City
- Jan 9, 2010
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what is the cable that comes with this product that connects from the hard drive to your mac?
i bought this hard drive product and i have lost the cable that connects it to my mac computer, i was wondering if i could buy the cable separately so i can use this hard drive instead of having to buy it all over again, thanks
- Asked by Raye D
- Sep 6, 2011
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Is it better than the Iomega 2TB MiniMax Hard Drive FireWire 800
- Asked by Michael V
- Apr 2, 2011
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Can I daisy chain 2 drives with the Fire Wire 800?
I have one external Hard drive connected to my imac via Fire Wire800 right now if I get the 4TB Hard drive it looks like it has 2 Firewire 800 Ports can I daisy chain them together to use them at the same time?
- Asked by Christian C from Kelowna
- Jan 1, 2011
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Yes you can. I daisy chain a Compact flash card reader with a my passport and no problems. If I am not mistaken you can chain up to 63 devices.
- Answered by Jason H
- Jan 5, 2011
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Can this attach to a time capsule as a de facto NAS?
- Asked by John F from San Francisco
- Apr 28, 2010
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Yes, it includes a USB 2.0 port and cable.
- Answered by Kenneth D from Ottawa
- Dec 17, 2010
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Can I partition this 4TB drive into two partitions so I have two virtual discs?
- Asked by Theodore C from Lake Charles
- May 10, 2010
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You can shrink, expand, and create new partitions with the disk utility. Make a partition for Macs and another for Windows. But don't partition if you are using this as a time-machine drive, get two drives instead.
Key advice, if you are new to this, set it up before you store data on it.- Answered by Jim C from Hillsboro
- Nov 24, 2010
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can use this on my Macbook pro?
if you can, what do i need to do it?
- Asked by Marc O from Nashville
- Sep 12, 2010
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Yes, you can select between the firewire and usb ports as needed. Firewire will be faster so you would want to prefer that connection. The cables come with it, so all you need to do is connect up the power supply to the external drive, then connect either the firewire or USB cable to your MBP
- Answered by Jim C from Hillsboro
- Nov 24, 2010
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does the 6TB version have 2x3TB drives?
- Asked by Joseph O from Guelph
- Feb 26, 2011
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Is it possible to swap one of the drives in case of one failing?
- Asked by Daniel Ryan M from Riverview
- Sep 6, 2010
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Hi there! Can the 4TB version have the same data mirrored on both (2TB) drives. so I can have 2 back ups of data via Time Machine. Thank you, Daniel
- Asked by Daniel H from Barrie
- May 22, 2011
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Can I use this to store music with a mini Mac even though the Mac has no Sata connector? Would the unit run off Fire wire or need power source?
- Asked by Curtis B from Monroe
- Nov 10, 2009
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Yes you can use it to store your music. It will connect to your Mac mini via the firewire 800 port. And it will need a power source.
- Answered by William K from Tahoe City
- Nov 11, 2009
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Can it be used as network attached storage drive to hold lossless music files
I need to find a NAS which can be read by the Sonos multiroom audio system
- Asked by Mike G
- Jan 27, 2010
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This device does not contain an ethernet port (ie no direct means of connecting to the network). You can connect it to either a Mac or to a Time Capsule (or other device that provides for additional external hard drive connection(s)), and then share it that way.
- Answered by Kenneth D from Ottawa
- Dec 17, 2010
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My Imac already has one 1T Gdrive attached via 800FW. What are my options for connecting a 4T Gdrive to current configuration?
- Asked by Allan S from Jackson
- Mar 7, 2010
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Firewire can daisy chain, if you notice there's two FW 800 ports on this drive, one connects to the iMac the other can connect to the 1TB drive.
- Answered by Jim C from Hillsboro
- Nov 24, 2010
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Can this be connected to my MACbook via a wireless router?
I would rather not have this connected directly to my MacBook. I have a wireless router by lynksys. I am looking to use this to house my many music, photos and videos and have my MacBook look their for those files rather then the local drive. Can this be done and how do you suggest I connect it?
- Asked by Victoria I from Medford
- Dec 16, 2010
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can i store my itunes library to the drive, connect it to my time capsule via usb 2.0 and share my media to all macs and games consoles on my network
can i store my itunes library to the drive, connect it to my time capsule via usb 2.0 and share my media to all macs and games consoles on my network
thanks Daryl- Asked by Daryl H
- Sep 15, 2012
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Can I access each of the disks separately?
I don't necessarily want to use this as a single disk. Is it possible to address each of the disks separately?
- Asked by Matthew D
- Jul 3, 2012
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