Unprecendented 1 terabyte capacity -- on your desktop!

Hardocp ^ | Jan 13, 2004 | unknown

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

 User Benefits :

Unique triple interface solution
FireWire 800, FireWire and USB 2.0 hard drive
Sturdy aluminum alloy design
Stackable desktop or rackmount configuration

largest capacity available
The LaCie Bigger Disk, with the largest hard drive capacity available, is a unique innovation that packs an amazing 1 terabyte of storage space in a manageable 5.25" form factor. With this unsurpassed storage capacity, the LaCie Bigger Disk allows users to store nearly two years of continuous music and up to one month of non-stop MPEG-2 video1. Truly plug and play, this device requires no driver or software installation for Windows XP and Mac OS X users.

triple interface solution
Built with a unique triple interface solution, the LaCie Bigger Disk can be connected to any computer equipped with FireWire 800, FireWire 400, iLink/DV, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or USB 1.1, making it the most universal drive ever. The FireWire 400 port can be used to conveniently chain a DV camera to your computer for direct digital video capture. The LaCie Bigger Disk can also be daisy chained to most storage, audio and video devices to achieve even greater storage capacity.
 digital video, audio, 3D imaging
The LaCie Bigger Disk is ideal for demanding projects such as archiving image banks and 3D images, storing large desktop publishing files, and editing digital audio and uncompressed digital video. Hot-pluggable with immediate device recognition, this drive can be easily shared and its data quickly exchanged among computers and workstations. With such an unbelievably-large capacity, the LaCie Bigger Disk is also ideal for large-scale backup among multiple users without causing network congestion.  stylish, metallic design
The LaCie Bigger Disk was created with a sturdy, aluminum design that dissipates heat. A drive stand provides stability and allows for upright desktop use to save valuable desk space, while an optional rack-mounting kit enables versatile configuration in standard 19-inch racks. Minimizing noise when the drive is not in use, this drive features a convenient, automatic on/off feature that conserves energy and prolongs the life of the drive. Stackable to provide a uniform look, the LaCie Bigger Disk is also compatible with Kensington-type locks for added security, at home or away.
1Calculations are based on 4 MB per 4-minute song, 1GB/hour of MPEG-2 compressed video and 13GB/hour of uncompressed DV video.
 
  
   
 1 TB*
 
Item Number :  300875
Interface :  FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Rotational Speed (rpm) :  7200
Interface Transfer Rate :  FireWire 800: 800 Mbits/s (100MB/s)
FireWire 400: 400 Mbits/s (50MB/s)
USB 2.0: 480Mbits/s (60MB/s)
Max sustained transfer rate :  FireWire 800: up to 55MB/s
FireWire 400: up to 35MB/s
USB 2.0: up to 34MB/s**
Average seek time (write) :  10 ms
Buffer :  8 MB
Size :  6.3 x 3.4 x 10.6 in. / 173 x 88 268 mm (LxWxH)  
Weight :  11.02 lbs. / 5000g
System Requirements :  FireWire 800 (9-pin)-equipped computer: Mac OS 10.2.4 and greater; Windows 2000 and Windows XP
computer equipped with FireWire 400 (6-pin) or iLink (4-pin): Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS 10.x; Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows XP
USB 2.0-equipped computer: Mac OS 10.2.x and greater, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
USB 1.1-equipped computer: Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS 10.x, Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Intel Pentium II 350MHz-compatible or Apple G3 processor and greater
minimum 64MB RAM
Box Contents :  LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM, FireWire 800 to FireWire 800 (9-to-9 pin) cable, FireWire 400 to FireWire 400 (6-to-6 pin) cable, iLink/DV 6-to-4 pin cable, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable (USB 1.1 compatible), Drive stand for upright desktop use, External power supply  
Comments :  * 1 terabyte = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment.
** Depends on the computer configuration.
*** Apple G4 processor required for use with FireWire 800

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now this would help keep Free Republic threads of interest!

[ShadowAce]

I'll have to get one for my laptop. I've only got 100GB on it.

[kingu]

*whimper* Only have 30 here, and 15 of it is taken up by music demos for when we're at road shows.

I really should buy a larger drive.. Wish this silly thing had a PS/2 port on it so I could power one of those portable USB drives.

[ShadowAce]

...and now for something completely different tech ping

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I didn't think this posted!

I gave up after the last server 500 error!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I just installed my third 250 Gigabyte hard drive!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I just installed my third 250 Gigabyte hard drive!

Details silly boy!

• Internal/External?
• What OS you using?
• How is it partitioned?
• Anything over 137Gb?
• SATI?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Internal in a second computer, XP Pro , to be used for video from AIW Capture card, .

Working on partitioning right now, wanted to use one partition on the drive.

PartitionMagic only goes up to 160 Gigabyte .

I think the ATI software will go higher.

[Sloth]

I used to have a Micro Forge external hard drive on my Amiga 1000. It was about the size of a breadbox and held 20 megabytes of data.

[Sloth]

Oh, yeah -- it was $1,500 new.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It is connected to a PCI IDE card supplied with the drive!

XP calls it a Maxtor 6 Y250 PO SCSI Drive?

Not sure why the SCSI.

Just reading the install guide I have to run Maxblast AFTER I download all the SP1 Upgrades.

I have more work to do!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That was back in the good old days!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Cool. I'm all jealous now.    =;^)

[Clinging Bitterly]

>> 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment.

A thousand gigabytes, a million megabytes.

A few months ago I got a nice 40 gig 7200 RPM ATA100 drive from the refurb section of one of the local shops for about 50 bucks - bought it for a computer I was building for the wife but decided it was fair to put my old 8 gig in hers and keep the new one for myself (she don't know the difference, she just uses it to play Slingo). Really sped things up, and I figger it'd take durn near forever to fill it up with the dialup we have available in my neighborhood.

Heck, this thing'd probably take a couple days just to format on this old 'puter I have, not to mention defrag.

And I didn't see the price in that article either.

(There, I feel better now)

[Clinging Bitterly]

>> Amiga 1000

When those guys came out I wanted one sooooo bad. They did some super cool stuff in their day.

I always wondered why they couldn't stay afloat, and if they had, what their current models would be doing today.

The G4 Macs seem to have it in coolness these days, but I have to stick with the old PC platform, where I can build it myself and find software to do anything I want for free.

Still I sort of regret never having that Amiga.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Fry's is periodically having specials that beat the other places I look for gear.

Under $200 for the latest special on the Maxtor's!

$179 before a $30 rebate, which I usually fail to get cause I get busy and miss the 2 week deadlines!

Newegg has the drive for $208 !

Prices are steadily going down.

I wonder if this terabyte drive is one drive with 10 platters or just how it is put together.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I just got a Maxtor 120Gb USB 2.0 external drive at Newegg for $149 after the $30 rebate. I popped in a new USB 2.0 PCI card to get the high transfer rates of USB 2.0.

I'm using it as backup storage for my two networked PCs.

I wonder if this terabyte drive is one drive with 10 platters or just how it is put together.

I was wondering that myself. Could it possibly be some sort of mini-RAID setup to make one large logical device?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now available:

LaCle Devices

Near the bottom of the list @ $1189.

Looks like it is not quite available yet, shows B/O.

They have a finance program , can get it for $29 month, not bad.

Looks like they are targeting the Apple users.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Wow.

In the words of one of my favorite villians:

"Impressive. Most impressive."

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Of course, villians=villains.

Ack! Need coffee!