Lacie Two Big SATA RAID with USB These drives are amazing! In our tests with the Lacie Two Big on a MacBook Pro with SATA ExpressCard we were able to achieve 100MB/sec sustained speeds! That’s easily faster than all Firewire 800 drives! Never before have we seen a 2TB RAID with these specs at this price! Inside are two SATA drives just like the high speed drives in the Mac Pro. These drives can be easily removed in just two steps. You can remove the face without the need of tools and eject the SATA drive with the pull of a ring. This allows the purchase of additional drives for swapping. SATA drives are faster, run cooler, and are easier to install compared to the previous generation PATA drives. With a SATA PCI card installed you can now have external storage that is faster than internal. Worried about drive failure? Have files that must be kept no matter what? Run in SAFE mode – even if one drive goes down all you data is automatically copied to the 2nd drive – how’s that for sleeping better at night? Included inside is a built-in fan to keep the drives running cool. Built-up heat can end a shorten a drives lifespan. We’ve now been using the 2 Big for months straight 24/7 with perfect results! At these ultra low prices, these drives are a tremendous bargain! Perfect for DV, HDV, XDCAM, and DVCPRO HD.
2-Disk RAID System with SATA IIUser Benefits:
2-Disk RAID System with SATA II and USB
Lacie Two Big 2TB
Availability: Pre-Order – Ships end of August
Lacie Two Big 1 TB
Availability: Usually ships same/next day.
Which PCI card should I get?
Mac Pro – PCI-e
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Rotational Speed (rpm) : | 7200 |
Transfer rate : | 3Gb/s |
Max Sustained Transfer Rate : | up to 115MB/s with eSATA* |
Supported RAID levels : | 0 (Fast), 1 (Safe), concatenation (Big), JBOD |
Seek Time : | <10 ms (write) |
Cache : | 16MB minimum |
LEDs : | System LED, Drive 1 LED, Drive 2 LED |
Size : | 9.6 x 3 x 5 in. / 245 x 76 x 127 mm (LxWxH) |
Weight : | 5.5 lbs / 2500 g |
Operating Temp. : | 41° – 95° F / 5° – 35° C |
System Requirements : | Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 / Mac OS 10.4.2 or later; Intel Pentium III 500MHz equivalent or faster / Mac G4 500MHz or faster; PCI or PCI-X card slot; CD-ROM drive; minimum 64MB of RAM; external SATA cable connection between the LaCie Two Big and the host computer |
Comments : | 1GB (gigabyte) = 1 billion bytes. 1TB (terabyte) = 1000GB. Actual capacity varies depending on operating environment (typically 5-10% less). *Specifications vary depending upon the selected RAID configuration (storage policy). Maximum capacities and sustained transfer rates were found in Fast (RAID 0) configuration. |
Warranty : | 2 Year Limited Warranty |
1 Comment
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I’m interested in buying this drive but I don’t know were I can get the express card from. Does LaCie sell such cards?