LaCie 301256U 2 TB 2big Triple 2-Disk RAID Hard Drive

List Price: $462.99 Discount Price: $439.95

Features:

• FireWire 800, FireWire 400 & Hi-Speed USB 2.0
• Heat sink metal design for natural cooling
• Hardware RAID 1 with auto-rebuild
• RAID 0 for maximum capacity and performance
• 2 removable SATA drives with locks

Customer Reviews:

Nice!!! [Posted on 2008-03-24]
There's really no need to mince words here as this unit is simply great! It screams and the noise level is low. In the two months I've owned the LaCie 2Big 2TB model, I've been really pleased with it's performance. I have a MacBook Pro running Leopard. I do not use Time Machine anymore as I have no need to store over 8 million files (yes there really were that many files in an external hard drive I was using). I use Super Duper to make back-ups when I feel it's necessary and the data transfer rate using the Lacie 2Big is very fast. I use Raid 100 so any data stored on the LaCie 2Big is automatically mirrored. If you really need a good workhorse for back-up or digital storage, this gets a big thumbs-up! One word of caution; I tried the network version of the LaCie 2Big and it's amazingly slow, don't bother!!!

Update 04/21/08 I liked this unit so much I just purchased another one a couple days ago from Amazon. The price for the unit was about one third more than a spare drive so I decided to just get another one (plus I needed the space). The first unit is still working A-OK and it usually runs about 17 hours a day.

Update 09/12/08 Still working fine, no problems after heavy usage! The price has come down quite a bit since I originally purchased my first two units. I'm eventually going to have to buy a third and probably will buy another which will average my costs down.

What Happened to LaCie [Posted on 2008-06-26]
After two of these drives, both with drive errors within hours of setup, I give up.

You should look elsewhere. Drobo and Western Digital both offer comparable and much less expensive alternatives. They're not as pretty, but they can't be any less reliable than LaCie.

After almost a decade of buying LaCie drives, I'm sad to say that this is typical of their recent history with regard to quality. I've had two other LaCie's fail in the past year and another is starting to make funny noises only a year after purchase. Maybe it's time to stop being such a loyal LaCie customer.

Lacie 2 TB triple2 [Posted on 2008-09-08]
Sorry Lacie. I have used your external harddrives for 5 years with no problems. I sent this drive back because it made me sick.The Big blue flashing light is like a strobe light, I tested the drive by loading photos and then pulled one of the drives to simulate a drive failure. The rebuild took 15-24 hours and it kept flashing its 2" blue and red strobe light in my eyes. I had to cover the drive with a black cloth in order to sit at my computer. I returned it and bought a Gardian Maximus from OWC and love this thing. No big blue light to drive me crazy.
I am sure the lacie is fine technically, but if you are sensitive to flashing lights dont buy this drive.

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