LaCie pumps up 1.6TB enormo-drive

Zardon · Jul 13, 2004, 05:11 PM

French hard drive maker LaCie last week announced the latest in its line of colossal external drives: a 1.6TB (1600GB) monster.

The enormous Bigger Disk Extreme (BDE) can transfer data at up to 85MBps and is being pitched at video professionals. To get that kind of performance you'll need a rig with a Firewire 800 800Mbps port, but the BDE also support 400Mbps Firewire connections.

The BDE contains multiple 5.35in 7200rpm hard drives. LaCie doesn't say how many, but with four batches of 8MB buffers on the spec. sheet, it's a good bet there are four 400GB drives in there.

No compact model, the BDE measures 26.8 x 17.3 x 8.8cm and weighs a suitably hefty 5kg.

The price is no less immense: $2199 in the US and we calculate around £1300 in the UK, although LaCie has yet to provide specific European pricing.

Buyers who think that might be too much - or can't wait for the "summer 2004" shipment timefream - LaCie is currently offering a $1199/£715 1TB model.

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El Kapitano · Jul 13, 2004, 05:17 PM

£1300? for 1.6 Tb that's not too bad, to equip one of the CCTV video servers I install with a 12 drive raid array for 1.6 terrabytes costs me £5434.00 nett!

Zardon · Jul 13, 2004, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by El Kapitano
£1300? for 1.6 Tb that's not too bad, to equip one of the CCTV video servers I install with a 12 drive raid array for 1.6 terrabytes costs me £5434.00 nett!

thats alot of dosh !

CDsDontBurn · Jul 13, 2004, 05:30 PM

That's alot of space! It comes out to $7.27/Gb if you do the math.

El Kapitano · Jul 13, 2004, 05:34 PM

Yep, and it's a c**t to install too, sounds like the whole of a server hall in itself but its a bloody quick unit, all SCSI with two redundant spares and all hot swappable.

It'll do 2 frames per second from 32 cameras for 27 days with 70% weighted activity (on frame motion detection). But of course you need the DV unit with the compression boards which costs £3588 Nett

You don't want to know about the network bandwidth you need to play properly

Jul 13, 2004, 05:11 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	LaCie pumps up 1.6TB enormo-drive French hard drive maker LaCie last week announced the latest in its line of colossal external drives: a 1.6TB (1600GB) monster. The enormous Bigger Disk Extreme (BDE) can transfer data at up to 85MBps and is being pitched at video professionals. To get that kind of performance you'll need a rig with a Firewire 800 800Mbps port, but the BDE also support 400Mbps Firewire connections. The BDE contains multiple 5.35in 7200rpm hard drives. LaCie doesn't say how many, but with four batches of 8MB buffers on the spec. sheet, it's a good bet there are four 400GB drives in there. No compact model, the BDE measures 26.8 x 17.3 x 8.8cm and weighs a suitably hefty 5kg. The price is no less immense: $2199 in the US and we calculate around £1300 in the UK, although LaCie has yet to provide specific European pricing. Buyers who think that might be too much - or can't wait for the "summer 2004" shipment timefream - LaCie is currently offering a $1199/£715 1TB model. register

Jul 13, 2004, 05:30 PM	#4
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	That's alot of space! It comes out to $7.27/Gb if you do the math. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jul 13, 2004, 05:17 PM	#2
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	£1300? for 1.6 Tb that's not too bad, to equip one of the CCTV video servers I install with a 12 drive raid array for 1.6 terrabytes costs me £5434.00 nett!

Jul 13, 2004, 05:34 PM	#5
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Yep, and it's a c**t to install too, sounds like the whole of a server hall in itself but its a bloody quick unit, all SCSI with two redundant spares and all hot swappable. It'll do 2 frames per second from 32 cameras for 27 days with 70% weighted activity (on frame motion detection). But of course you need the DV unit with the compression boards which costs £3588 Nett You don't want to know about the network bandwidth you need to play properly