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LaCie 301248U 2TB Biggest Quadra Hard Drive
 
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Manufacturer: Lacie
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Product Description
The LaCie Biggest Quadra is a powerful level of storage combined with RAID technology. Comes with four removable, lockable drives. With FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connections, it is universally compatible for use with your PC or Mac. EMC Retrospect Express software for advanced backup management and data restoration is included for Windows and Mac users. A highly secure and fast RAID storage solution, the LaCie Biggest Quadra offers optimal processing by harnessing the power of four disks in one tower. The Biggest Quadra supports RAID levels 0, 0+1 and 5, as well as RAID 5+hot spare so you can choose your configuration depending upon your needs. High transfer rates make the Biggest Quadra well suited for audio/video and creative professionals who require a speedy path to powerful data storage and retrieval. Ideal for quickly saving hefty files, protecting databases or working directly on the drive, it delivers high-capacity performance at an affordable price. The user-friendly LaCie Biggest Quadra allows for easy installation of four arrayed disks with no driver required. The LaCie Biggest Quadra allows for hot-swapping should a drive fail, with automatic data rebuilding to a new drive without downtime. With the added option of designating one of the drives a hot spare, the Biggest Quadra will automatically replace a faulty one. For additional protection, it will automatically react to a drive, fan or power failure and even shut down above a temperature of 55° C to preserve itself and your data. Minimum System Requirements: Computer with FireWire, USB or eSATA connection, 2TB: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista / Mac OS 10.3 or higher, 3TB, 4TB: Windows Vista / Mac OS 10.3 or higher.

Product Details
  • 4 lockable, removable hard disks in drawers
  • Supports RAID levels 0,0+1, 5 and 5+ hot spare
  • Automatic rebuilding (RAID 0+1, 5 and 5+ spare)
  • Requires no driver
  • EMC Retrospect Software

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user comment LaCie 301248U 2TB Biggest Quadra Hard Drive Fast, reliable, perfect.
 
Review Date: January 26, 2008
Reviewer: Irving Thalburg, Laconia, NH
Despite the claims in the other review, the warranty on this unit is an impressive 3 years. I've been using this drive on a regular basis for high-bandwidth video editing, and this array has been fantastic. And you can't beat the redundancy of Raid 5. I bought it the first day it was available about 6-8 months ago.

Some useful notes:
-In OS X, when your computer sleeps, this array remains on.
-The array has an impressive cooling facility. Unfortunately, it's a little louder then you'd expect. It's not obtrusive, but it's not silent.

In the past, Lacie's stand-alone firewire drives had a reputation of dying shortly after their one-year warranty was up. That reputation has completely been eliminated in my mind based on the new warranty, and my experience with most of their new products.
user comment LaCie 301248U 2TB Biggest Quadra Hard Drive no service after warranty expires
 
Review Date: December 29, 2007
Reviewer: C. Booth, La Jolla, CA USA
I have two 2TB LaCie drives and both failed during warranty. One had the whole units promptly replaced and the other had the external power supply promptly replaced. When one was 14 months old it failed again, but was out of warranty, and I found out that LaCie offered NO SERVICE to products out of warranty. So it is now a boat anchor. They did not even provide the tools to determine which drive has failed so I could replace it. They suggested that I search the web and that I might be able to find some tools that would help.

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