[klinux]

Agreed. I will bet it is four 250 Gb drives in a JBOD or RAID 0 array.

[klinux]

Agreed. I will bet it is four 250 Gb drives in a JBOD or RAID 0 array.

[possmann]

LOL - I love the file transfer question? So how long would it take to move eveyrthing over there via firewire or USB?

I would also feel a bit uncomfortable about keeping everthing on one huge disk like that.... Although I do back up the sensitive stuff I need to on a regular basis...

[backpackerx]

Anyone have experience with Lacie products? I've only used an older CD burner from them and have to say I wasn't impressed.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by backpackerx

Anyone have experience with Lacie products? I've only used an older CD burner from them and have to say I wasn't impressed.

Indeed, not exactly a brand that screams consumer confidence. One would hope that their quality control has gotten better once they started dealing with devices that store data. :worried:

[backpackerx]

"Lacie, We're semi-ok at handling the preservation of your most precious data"

I thought that might be a good ad campaign.

[David Prahl]

$1200 isn't bad at all for such a product. However, you could build a Pentium 4 with ~1 TB of storage for the same amount of money.

[ctmagnus]

Forget the Bigger Disk. I want the Biggest Disk! :twisted:

and preferably in a Secure Digital format.

[kagayaki1]

I tend to agree with the Lacie brand. If we see it come out from a mainstream hard drive manufacturer, then it might be noted as a trend. Oh yeah, the price tag needs to come down a little too.

That said, it's not too much of a premium to have all that storage in a single drive.

I wonder if it runs hot...I've always wanted to fry eggs on my hard drive in the morning.

[Gary Sheynkman]

Originally Posted by David Prahl

$1200 isn't bad at all for such a product. However, you could build a Pentium 4 with ~1 TB of storage for the same amount of money.

thus making this a pretty pointless device unless you need to carry a TB of data around with you 8O

[Crocuta]

The whole backup thing would really worry me too, but that's been a problem now for a long time. The thing is, if I am going to take chance with so much data in one place, I think I'd like to put it on a drive manufactured by a company I trust. As far as I know, LaCie just buys other people's drives and put them in enclosures. I think I'll wait for a 1TB version of my Maxtor DV5000. Come to think of it, I'll probably wait longer than that - I have a good bit of room on the Maxtor still. 8)