LaCie 5big Network Drive Holds 5 Drives, Won't Call You Dave
LaCie 5big Network Drive Holds 5 Drives, Won't Call You Dave
Posted 10/15/2008 at 10:51am
| by Andy Salisbury
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LaCie has always been good about their design, and that trend looks like it’s going to continue with designer Neil Poulton’s HAL 9000 inspired 5big Network Drive.
The 5big is aimed at small and medium sized workgroups with nerves of steel, and a need for a ton of storage. It will feature five hot-swappable Serial ATA drive bays that can hold up to 7.5 terabytes of storage total (more than HAL 9000 had, I bet). Should 7.5 terabytes not be enough, you can always add additional drives through the included USB ports.
The drives that you decide to put in the 5big can be put in several different raid arrays, including RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 0. And thanks to an included Gigabit Ethernet port, anyone connected to your local network can access it.
And don’t worry, should you decide to get a new network drive somewhere along the line you won’t be having the same issues that a certain Dave Bowman did.
Image Credit: LaCie
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Number Six
October 16, 2008 at 8:29am
Access my .mp3 files Hal.
>>I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave. The Array is corrupt.<<
Rebuild the array, Hal.
>>I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that.<<
$@(%)%*!!!
codepath
October 16, 2008 at 6:20am
http://www.bstock.com/hal9000.htm
* 64kHz processor
* 4K of RAM
* 8" IBM hard drivesYes, I would say the LaCie has quite a bit more storage capacity. But, can it sing 'Daisy'?
Seriously, follow the link. You won't be disappointed.
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