Fusion R400Q
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IDArticle TitlePost Date
92 Hard drives are not recognized in a Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q when connected via FireWire or USB.Sep-21-09
101 Fusion storage system activity lights are always on with Seagate ES.2 (Enterprise) drives installed in the drive bays.Oct-22-10
112 Unable to daisy-chain multiple Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q storage systems on a Firewire bus.May-12-09
This issue was addressed and fixed in April, 2008 for the following systems:

Fusion D400Q storage systems with a serial number beginning with J
Fusion R400Q storage systems with a serial number beginning with D
 
113 Connecting a Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q to computer system with USB or FireWire requires a hard drive in drive bay 1.May-06-09
The Fusion D400Q and R400Q must have a hard drive in drive bay 1 when connected via USB, FireWire, or FireWire 800. This requirement is due to the Oxford bridge chip that controls USB and FireWire connectons. Drive bay 1 is the top bay in the Fusion D400Q and the left bay in the Fusion R400Q. As long as there is a drive in drive bay 1, bays 2-4 are unconstrained.

Note: This requirement does not apply to a direct SATA connection, which has no drive bay population requirements.
 
120 How do I set up a RAID 0 striped array under Windows XP Professional or Vista?Mar-23-10
121 Can I set up a RAID 1 mirrored array under Windows XP or Vista?Mar-23-10
122 Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q RAID array write performance attached via FireWire under Windows Vista or Windows XP is poor.May-06-09
To improve performance, follow these steps:

Set Windows Device Policy to "Optimize for performance":

1) Click on "Start," right click "My Computer," and select "Manage" from the popup menu.
2) On the left panel tree, select "Disk Management."
3) Highlight the Sonnet Fusion Volume and select "Properties" from the popup menu.
4) Select the "Hardware" tab.
5) Highlight the Sonnet Fusion Volume and click the "Properties" button.
6) Select the "Policies" tab.
7) Select the "Optimize for Performance" radio button.
8) Click OK and exit.

Note: Make sure to use "Safe Removal" before disconnecting a Fusion storage system.
 
138 Unable to format hard drives after moving a Fusion storage system from a Mac to Windows computer.Mar-23-10
387 How do I replace a failed drive under warranty if I'm in a sensitive/classified environment and can't send the old one back?Mar-23-10
450 My storage shows 10% more capacity under OS X 10.6 than under OS X 10.5. Why?Mar-24-10
453 Only the first drive of my Fusion D400Q, D500P, R400P, or R400Q is recognized when I connect via SATA. Why?Mar-24-10
459 The performance of my drive array is significantly less than I expect.Jun-14-11
Another manufacturer's previously-installed SATA driver may be accessing a Sonnet SATA card in error causing a drive access slowdown. For example, we have seen Fusion D400QR5 performance drop from 200MB/s to under 50MB/s in such circumstances. The solution is to remove the other manufacturer's SATA driver.