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- refreshers, on 10/11/2007, -3/+46That's a lot of porn
- brianbennett, on 10/11/2007, -0/+31It should have Ethernet at $849.
- threemagic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20it should have Ethernet, CPU, Motherboard, Monitor, Memory, GPU for $849.00
- backoff34, on 10/11/2007, -5/+20Except large disks like that break extremely quickly. We bought two of the 1TB for backing up servers and ended up returning them after 2 weeks when one broke. I guess its good as long as it isn't very important data (see: porn and warez)
- ravan46, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18There isn't much difference between "large" and "small" disks when it comes to the mechanics. So saying the larger capacity ones break more often is kind of silly.
Also, quoting a study done by Google, drives are more likely to fail either in the beginning or end of their lifetime. So you should feel lucky it failed before you came to depend on it for a few years. - jmonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Wait, let me get this straight. Disks fail at the end of their lifetime? I'm going to have to get a second opinion on that.
- ikrit2006, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14"LaCie says the 2 TB drive is available today for $849, although the Web site says the company is only taking pre-orders, with units to ship in early August. The Big Disk Extreme+ units are also available in 1 and 1.5 GB capacities."
omgwtfbbq 1.5GB?!?! that's crazy!!! - AwakeningAZ, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Not enough. Never enough.
- DeathJux, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12The problem is that these "Big Disk" models from LaCie use multiple HDDs, so there are more potential points of failure, AND, on the last models at least, they used the same size power supplies as the single-disk units, resulting in a ridiculously high number of failed power supplies.
I'll stick with HDDs in purchased enclosures. - TheWeez, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I work for a data recovery company. The most common drives BY FAR that we see are LaCie and Maxtor. Maxtor are getting less as they have gotten a little better over the years. LaCie are total crap. They use crappy drives and their own chipset. This almost guarantees failure. So yes, for the sake of my job and my companies business ($$$) please, continue to use LaCie drives.
- holycrapitsed, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Am I the only one who misread the title to be incredibly dirty?
- Scruffydan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8or wishful thinking...
- jmonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8This lacie enclosure has 2 hard drives in it which is not as reliable as a single hard drive enclosure would be. It's science.
- griffeycom, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Doesn't their lifetime end, when they fail? Therefore they always fail at the end of their lifetime!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8How dare you consider "porn" and "warez" not very important data!
- combatcupcake, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8I will still NEVER buy Lacie. They are the absolute worst external drive manufacturors around. You'll have better luck with an enclosure and drive off Ebay.
Not only do their enclosures die often, but they kill the drives as well. - Tenoq, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Yeah, those HDDs aren't physical media.
- demodawid, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Somehow I just can't stop thinking about how ridiculous this will look in 10 years... I mean, just think about it: "the new SUPER HIGH CAPACITY 2GB DISK!". Not so long ago that was a lot.
Edit: look at this http://flickr.com/photos/7375727@N05/825461864/ - sinembarg0, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6When looking for something, you always find it in the last place you look.
- sockdemon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Logic!? On digg!? Never!
- timfrietas, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Agreed. Most people I know who have had a LaCie regret it. Maxtor should hopefully be getting better now that Seagate bought them out. Seagate is good. Western Digital is moderate. LaCie is crap.
- pingwax, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I haven't had many good experiences with lacie drives; they have seemed to be pretty unreliable.
- Scruffydan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5I may be wrong about this but as i understand it the more platers a drive has the less more chance of failure, and the higher the aerial density the less tolerance there is.
- xOKxWhy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Not enough space
/serious - AJoseph, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Scruffydan is absolutely right. How do you think they can cram things like 1TB into the same size drive as say an old 20GB hard drive? More platters and denser data means that the read/write heads have to get smaller and more sensitive. More sensitivity means less fault tolerance. One little shock to the wrong part of the drive and your drive is screwed. The drives are also more sensitive to temperature and humidity than ever before.
- hiphoc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Yea, I was considering buying a D2 or a big disk. The Lacie phone tech guy said the Big Disk is 2 disks in one. And its not as reliable as a single disk enclosure. Also Lacie buys disks from the cheapest source. They just make the enclosure.
- phosdex, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5RAID 0? Thanks, but no thanks.
- RevMark, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4If you ever analyzed the smart data coming off one of these 1T drives? They are in constant correction mode.
- PhillyMJS, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Allow me to throw another log on the "LaCie sucks" fire. We used to use their drives as backup media at a few clients since they were spacious, but after a few failures I now actively discourage my clients, friends, family, and anyone else who will listen from buying a LaCie drive.
I've been happy buying empty enclosures from Other World Computing and putting in a good but still nicely-priced OEM drive from NewEgg. That's what I recommend for friends and family for whom I provide tech support. For my clients, we've switched to Fantom Drives for no-aseembly-required externals. - rarson, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4That's called dyslexia.
- symes101, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I love the idea of more space on a Hard Drive, but the idea of RAID 0 is a big NO NO for safe information you need to have some form of RAID 1 + 0( or RAID 10 for some people.)
- cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+3I agree, LaCie are dodgy as hell. A customer returned his to me because the pins on his DC adapter plug simply fell off. I will admit that LaCie were quite happy to ship out a new power brick, but only because there was a known defect in that line (but no recall).
I would rather just DIY: Seagate + cheap enclosure from eBay. At least you get the 5 year warranty on the Seagate HDD should it bake itself. - aldenhg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Not to mention ESATA.
- johnsonjoeb, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5LaCie = garbage. Good luck with storing a couple of terabytes of your life on one of these pieces of crap only to have it vanish into the digital ether when the enclosure and or the drives eventaully fail. and i don't mean like 'fail four years from now' i mean like fail exactly 1 YEAR OUT OF WARRANTY LIKE MINE DID. raid 0 means your data is ***** with NO vaseline. lacie drives are like the hot girl you picked up at the bar after one too many long islands. when you take her home she's hot as hell. next morning you find out she's got a dick, stole all your money, and gave you herpes. ***** LaCie.
- Stephiems, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I'm going to add to this and agree. We bought one, and 3 months later it died. It wasn't even a drive, there was some sort of short in the system that connected the drives together so we still had to pay for recovery...$5000 later.... Plus, the people who work for that company are dicks, at least the ones here in Sydney. If you have a product with such a high failure rate, you should factor in data recovery as a service.
Because there are several drives, and they are RAID 0, the data recovery is a much more difficult job and much less likely to succeed.
Never again will I buy a drive like that. - indyGuy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Just a word of caution. I owned a 850gb Bigdisk Extreme and it ran 24x7. After about 10 months, one of the disks crashed. Since the drives are RAID 0, most of the data was unrecoverable.
Bigger doesn't mean better. - JoJoWalker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Couldn't agree more. Right now I have two Lacie hard drives (one 400g and one 500g) and one Lacie d2 dvd burner that are functioning purely as sweet paper weights.
- stoppedcode12, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I don't get why this makes it to the front page, I mean this is just 2 1TB drives in RAID 0 in an enclosure. It's not the first time we've seen 1 TB drives, and RAID 0 is certainly nothing new. The enclosure isn't even that great anyways, it doesn't have eSATA, network, or anything ground breaking or news-worthy.
LaCie is the new Iomega Zip. - RevMark, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I had 4 of the 35 meg versions on a model 16. I was the "IT" geek. The company was an insurance company specializing in offshore (oil rigs) policies. The system ran Great Plains accounting.
- killthepoodle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Yes, lacie blows. I have a brand new quadra 500gb that cant get through 10 minutes of regular old DV capture (standard def) without dropping frames....ON FIREWIRE 800!!! Lacie's are a waste of money- if you must have external go G-Tech
- idean360, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3no eSATA...wtf?
- idconvict, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Disks are rated for a certain number of hours that they will live, I'm pretty sure this is what he meant.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 08/11/2008, -0/+2Lacie are overpriced pieces of *****. They cost twice as much and fail twice as often. You do the math.
- Shaman760, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Every LaCie product I've ever owned has been a total LEMON. I have 2 500gb drives of theirs that upon the 1 year warranty expiring, so did they. LaCie's attitude is "not our problem".
Buy one of these 2tb drives, and watch 2tb of your important data go bye-bye. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Go home at 2 with a 10, and wake up at 10 with a 2.
- cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -0/+2I'd take a free one, but I'd sell it to some sucker on eBay.
- Rulex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2A friend of mine bought one of these only to learn the hard way that multiple disk cases break very easy (at least easier than regular hdd), and lost a HUGE part of his photography portfolio in the way. Indeed, LaCie sucks.
- meatmcguffin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2According to the rate of improvement in hard drives, we'll have terabyte capacity in phones in about seven years
- kbbq, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I've had nothing but problems with the one Lacie product that we purchased. I can't imagine this 2TB system being any better.
*****++; - scotty1024, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Well the article seems to make the drive seem a bit dangerous. Apparently it features a "head-dissipating aluminum housing"! :-)
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