Today LaCie announced the 5TB Biggest S2S 5-disk RAID designed for digital content creation applications. Thanks to its eSATA 3Gbit/s interface and direct eSATA-to-SATA connection, a single LaCie Biggest S2S is capable of reaching burst transfer rates of over 200MB/s. For advanced professionals, up to four S2S units can be connected on the included eSATA PCI-X/Express Card to achieve a massive 20TB solution with a burst speed of over 600MB/s.
“LaCie Biggest S2S 5TB is probably the most cost-efficient solution for HD/SD video editing and post-production,” said Olivier Mirloup, LaCie Hard Disk Drive Business Unit Manager, in the press release. “It offers fast performance and data integrity in a single unit up to 5TB. In RAID 0, the ultra-fast eSATA interface offers enough speed to edit hours of 10-bit HD uncompressed or play back up to six 8-bit SD video streams. This can even be drastically improved combining several S2S units, revolutionizing a market driven so far by much less cost-effective solutions, such as SCSI/fiber technologies.”
Disks are hot-swappable for instant expandability and the solution is hot-pluggable – no need to power down the computer. Advanced features include the ability to customize email alerts in the event of disk failure and to create unique RAID sets to fit different needs.
LaCie Biggest S2S comes pre-configured in Fast mode (hardware RAID 0), in which the disks are striped together for ultimate speed instantly. The Biggest S2S can be easily configured to Safe (hardware RAID 1); Safe + Fast, (hardware RAID 0+1); Big (hardware concatenation); or JBOD.
LaCie Biggest S2S comes with a 4-port PCI card for immediate use. Users can select the LaCie SATA II 3Gbits/s PCI-Express Card 4E or LaCie SATA II 3Gbits/s PCI-X Card 4E with four ports and a native x8 host bus interface. Thanks to port multiplication, all five disks are connected to a single port on the LaCie SATA II 3Gbits/s PCI-Express Card 4E.
The LaCie Biggest S2S 5TB is available at the suggested retail prices of US$3,699 (with PCI-X Card) and $3,799 (with PCI-E Card). The 2.5TB model is also available via specialized online and retail dealer network, or through LaCie direct. Disks are shipped with the selected PCI Card and all cables needed for immediate use. Product details can be found at http://www.lacie.com/
perfect for my porn collection!
An TV extension for the true movie buff.
And How!
i wish my imac had esata, oh well, i suppose thats what the mac pro is for (unfair as it already has 4 bays) 🙁 lol pros use imacs too (well, until they put glossy screens on em haha)
You’ll that much memory in the iPhone in less than 10 years. It’ll be the only computer you’ll need. Dock it to your big screen when you get home.
Nothing like hot swappable dicsks and a raid storage array to give my 600MB stream burst speed sustainability; otherwise I’d be running on empty by 95 msecs and be none the wiser.
Oh, sorry about that, No Squirt For You, I didn’t know you were within earshot.
To think that my eight-year old iMac was a niced sized machine, with only six Gigs.
But I find I feel the need to caution those who criticize the new iMac’s glossy screen, and low-profile keyboard. . . . You may feel very foolish when you visit the store, and see and touch one of these shinning gems.
“Oh, sorry about that, No Squirt For You, I didn’t know you were within earshot.”
@ AppleJack
My dad’s new iMac is being delivered today, and I’m setting it up tonight, so I’m looking forward to finding out if I agree with you. I’m very skeptical about glossy screens.
@Andy
Macbook Pro’s have an expresscard/34 slot for which you can get eSATA II cards. I have this one: http://firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-2sm2-e/ connected to a 500GByte eSATA external disk. It’s a shame the iMacs don’t have an expresscard/34 slot….
Yet one more reason to bring out a Mac midi – the power of an iMac and half the expansion capability of a Mac Pro. With that PCI-Express card in the system, do you really NEED internal storage?
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I love my Drobo. It’s not as fast as this RAID setup, but its redundant and I can watch my .mp4 movies from it through my Mac and AppleTV. Oh, and it only cost $499 for a 4 bay box capable of 4TB SATA drives. If you’re looking to protect all that valuable family history, pictures, videos check it out at
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Drobo looks pretty cool. And easy to use.
Thanks for the link.
If it’s made by LaCie, the drive is not for me.
MW: I tried one. It died. No fun.
Dribbling Drobo’s! Drub it ain’t!!!
It just had to be said!:-)
@ Chrissyone, Avoid placing objects with reflective highlights in front of the screen, also have any lighting above or behind the screen, it will be perfect then.
@Chrissyone, It’s also best not to look at the screen directly: wearing optical sunglasses or utilising the reflection in a nearby window will ensure a very satisfactory viewing experience.
you people who have trouble with a glossy screen are beginning to bore the hell out of me…
My 17″ MBP with GLOSSY hi-def screen is simply stunning. And, so far, I’ve managed to avoid going blind and/or crazy.
The iMacs, ditto. Played with one extensively today.
I can’t wait for a glossy option on the 30″ Cinema Display.
If all the FUDsters can come up with is this “issue,” well, Ha!
As to the actual topic here, cool. But what I would like to see is their 1TB network-attached drive shipping. Or is it already? I want one…a GLOSSY one, at that
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MW: “Maybe” peterson’s tinfoil hat will protect him from undue stress brought on by reflections?
Perhaps I can sit it right next to my other LaCie products that look nice and just randomly stop working.
Artist.
I think you’re right, but I think the display will be wireless connections.
Lets face it – the new iMac’s glossy screen is usless for anyone in the creative industries.
Shame they only made a glossy option, I was gonna buy an iMac but not anymore.
Glossy screen sucks for creative pros. You cant get a true impression of the colours with a glossy screen.
How did a story about an external hard drive turned into another glossy/matte screen debate? Glossy screens have won based on consumer preference. Before large high-res LCDs, most high-end CRTs had glossy (normal) screens. Five years from now, most high-end desktop-sized LCDs will have glossy (normal) screens; the matte screen will be the special order option.
@ChrissyOne
How did it go?
This is in a way a “bad news” story for me.
Why?
Because its another reminder that we are long overdue for a step up in our Firewire speeds. Today’s 400/800 are outstripped by SATA/eSATA-II, which means that Firewire 1600 is long overdue *just*to*keep*up*.
The problem is that because of the absence of a really high I/O protocol for external applications, externalized applications of SATA are taking over this market, which in the absence of a real published interface standard had resulted in HD’s and Cards with an unshielded (internal use) SATA plug, or the better eSATA plug – – and this proliferation results in consumer and marketplace confusion.
Either Apple needs to force standardization on the eSATA interface and adopt it now across their product line, or they need to get FW1600 (at least!) OUT THE DOOR yesterday, with terms that will encourage aggressive & immediate adoption.
-hh