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
Sonnet engineering has fixed this issue with some Fusion storage systems. This issue was addressed and fixed as follows:

APRIL, 2008: in Fusion D400Q and Fusion D500P systems with serial numbers beginning with J.
MAY 20, 2008: In Fusion D800RAID with serial numbers beginning with G.
All versions of Fusion R400Q and R800RAID are compatible with Seagate ES.2 Drives.

Note: Seagate ES.2 drives have lower performance than Sonnet recommended drives.
 
112 Unable to daisy-chain multiple Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q storage systems on a Firewire bus.May-12-09
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
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
No. RAID 1 mirroring is only supported under Windows Server, not Windows XP or Vista.
 
122 Fusion D400Q or Fusion R400Q RAID array write performance attached via FireWire under Windows Vista or Windows XP is poor.May-06-09
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
Seagate has a provisions in place to deal with replacing drives in sensitive / classified environments.

1. Start by going to the Seagate Warranty Validation page http://support.seagate.com/customer/warranty_validation.jsp

2. Input all the neccessary drive information and continue until you are issued an RMA or return#.

3. Contact Seagate at http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/contact_us to request a "Certificate Of Destruction". Seagate will send the COD via e-mail along with instructions on how to destroy the drive to their satisfaction. Certain parts of the drive will need to be shipped back to Seagate along with a filled out copy of the COD.

4. Once Seagate receives the COD and associated drive parts meeting their requirements, a replacement drive(s) will be shipped to the address set forth in the RMA.
 
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