DataWhale 2 Bay RAID System

Installation of the unit is quite straight forward. We opted for 2 x 250 GB SAMSUNG eSATA II drives.

First lift the hooks at the top rear of the DataWhale to release the drive bay. Once both bays are out, simply secure the drives onto the bay using the provided screws. There after insert the drive bays back into the DataWhale and you’re ready to turn on the device.

The drives connect directly into the SATA ports on the DataWhale once you insert the drive bays right in.

The DataWhale 2 Bay RAID system is by default set on JBOD so we started our tests with that and moved on to other RAID modes progressively. Before changing the type of RAID system used you will need to shutdown the DataWhale Unit, then change the DIP switch to the appropriate setting, turn it back on and press the RESET Switch.

We found that Windows sometimes was unable to detect the RAID setting that was changed to immediately after resetting the unit. If you face the same situation, simply power off the DataWhale, restart and reset the unit once more. Thereafter delete the volume detected by Windows and rescan for disks. This should bring it up again as you want. Seems like a slight glitch in Windows or the RAID controller on the DataWhale, nevertheless it’s not a major problem. Okay, time to see how the unit performs.