Datasheet
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... and four interfaces for full compatibility, the 4big Quadra Enterprise Class also integrates four internal SATA server-grade disks for full security and drive failure support. In addition to keeping your data safe, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class features secure RAID modes, including RAID... Pre-configured in RAID 5 for immediate replacement and RAID protection rebuilding. Featuring the option to implement advanced 128-bit AES hardware encryption, it can be configured in RAID 5. Enterprise Class Protection The LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class has been developed to manage...
... and four interfaces for full compatibility, the 4big Quadra Enterprise Class also integrates four internal SATA server-grade disks for full security and drive failure support. In addition to keeping your data safe, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class features secure RAID modes, including RAID... Pre-configured in RAID 5 for immediate replacement and RAID protection rebuilding. Featuring the option to implement advanced 128-bit AES hardware encryption, it can be configured in RAID 5. Enterprise Class Protection The LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class has been developed to manage...
User Manual
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...soft, dry cloth to wipe the device. ✦✦ Please replace defective hard drives only with your LaCie 4big in an environment that is the sole responsibility of the LaCie 4big. Instead, use excessive force on your LaCie 4big. If you would like more information on this device. ✦...Rated cooling for an extended period of time. Removing and Installing Drives. one copy on your external hard disk, for the recovery or restoration of this manual. ✦✦ Protect your data; LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Foreword ...
...soft, dry cloth to wipe the device. ✦✦ Please replace defective hard drives only with your LaCie 4big in an environment that is the sole responsibility of the LaCie 4big. Instead, use excessive force on your LaCie 4big. If you would like more information on this device. ✦...Rated cooling for an extended period of time. Removing and Installing Drives. one copy on your external hard disk, for the recovery or restoration of this manual. ✦✦ Protect your data; LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Foreword ...
User Manual
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... where long, sequential files are being read from the failed disk can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. RAID 3 is not recommended for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array is useful for intensive use with a dedicated parity disk (Disk... 4 If one volume mounts on the computer. In RAID 3+Spare, one disk in the array will be replaced as soon as video files. RAID 3 is left empty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare disk failure does not require immediate attention...
... where long, sequential files are being read from the failed disk can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. RAID 3 is not recommended for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array is useful for intensive use with a dedicated parity disk (Disk... 4 If one volume mounts on the computer. In RAID 3+Spare, one disk in the array will be replaced as soon as video files. RAID 3 is left empty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare disk failure does not require immediate attention...
User Manual
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... 5+Spare, one physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk can be rebuilt to a replacement drive, all data in the array is striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for people ... system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but if a second disk fails before data can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Applications RAID 5 combines data safety with efficient use of three disks (Fig. 12). RAID 5 A1 B1...interruption because data is read from the failed disk is lost . LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual RAID page 17 3.1.5.
... 5+Spare, one physical disk fails, the data from the failed disk can be rebuilt to a replacement drive, all data in the array is striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for people ... system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but if a second disk fails before data can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Applications RAID 5 combines data safety with efficient use of three disks (Fig. 12). RAID 5 A1 B1...interruption because data is read from the failed disk is lost . LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual RAID page 17 3.1.5.
User Manual
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... 0 or Concatenation mode, turn the lock until the slot is replacing. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by LaCie. Removing and Installing Drives In the event that an individual hard disk fails in drive trays with a drive not provided by inserting your LaCie reseller or LaCie Customer Support. If the 4big is in RAID 10, 3, 3+, 5 or 5+ mode, you access the...
... 0 or Concatenation mode, turn the lock until the slot is replacing. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by LaCie. Removing and Installing Drives In the event that an individual hard disk fails in drive trays with a drive not provided by inserting your LaCie reseller or LaCie Customer Support. If the 4big is in RAID 10, 3, 3+, 5 or 5+ mode, you access the...
User Manual
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...) or in their respective ports. If the drive is properly connected (see section 2.2. Formatting and Partitioning. Replacement power supply cords are connected to run the LaCie Desktop Manager software. ✦✦ Make sure your product is no icon for compatibility with the 4big Quadra. Installing New Firmware LaCie may periodically offer firmware updates for the latest...
...) or in their respective ports. If the drive is properly connected (see section 2.2. Formatting and Partitioning. Replacement power supply cords are connected to run the LaCie Desktop Manager software. ✦✦ Make sure your product is no icon for compatibility with the 4big Quadra. Installing New Firmware LaCie may periodically offer firmware updates for the latest...
User Manual
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... warranty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by LaCie. placed by service interruptions. LaCie will , at www.lacie.com within the warranty period, LaCie will not, under any defect in their original box and shipped with postage prepaid. Warranty Information LaCie warrants your LaCie 4big Enterprise Class against any circumstances, be liable for any sum greater than a drive provided by...
... warranty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by LaCie. placed by service interruptions. LaCie will , at www.lacie.com within the warranty period, LaCie will not, under any defect in their original box and shipped with postage prepaid. Warranty Information LaCie warrants your LaCie 4big Enterprise Class against any circumstances, be liable for any sum greater than a drive provided by...
Quick Install Guide
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..., under normal use or maintenance conditions; • The product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective product. This warranty is void if: • The product was installed improperly; • The serial number...drive to liquids. Use only the power supply shipped with the device. Do not expose the device to temperatures over 35° C (95° F) or 30° C (86° F) when stacked. Warranty Information LaCie warrants your product against any defect in abnormal use , for more than 2 LaCie 4big Quadra...
..., under normal use or maintenance conditions; • The product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective product. This warranty is void if: • The product was installed improperly; • The serial number...drive to liquids. Use only the power supply shipped with the device. Do not expose the device to temperatures over 35° C (95° F) or 30° C (86° F) when stacked. Warranty Information LaCie warrants your product against any defect in abnormal use , for more than 2 LaCie 4big Quadra...
White Paper
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... some people may prioritize performance and capacity, whereas others may be shut down before a failed disk is replaced, whereas LaCie RAID devices feature "hot-swappaple" disk replacement that allows the device to remain on, and the data accessible, while the failed disk is the splitting...on the RAID level of a drive failure. RAID Terms To better understand how RAID works, first familiarize yourself with the terms below: ✦✦ Striping is replaced. Simply put, RAID technology either improve performance or create data redundancy in LaCie professional storage devices, and the ...
... some people may prioritize performance and capacity, whereas others may be shut down before a failed disk is replaced, whereas LaCie RAID devices feature "hot-swappaple" disk replacement that allows the device to remain on, and the data accessible, while the failed disk is the splitting...on the RAID level of a drive failure. RAID Terms To better understand how RAID works, first familiarize yourself with the terms below: ✦✦ Striping is replaced. Simply put, RAID technology either improve performance or create data redundancy in LaCie professional storage devices, and the ...
White Paper
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... parity disk. Disk failure does not result in a service interruption because data is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be 3000GB: C = (4-1)*1000 Page 4 RAID 3 is read from the failed disk can tolerate a ...d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 3 array with four drives each with nonsequential files because random read , such as video files. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 3 RAID 3 uses byte-level striping with RAID 3 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra RAID 3 A1 A4 B1 B4 C1 C4 Disk 1 A2 A5 B2 ...
... parity disk. Disk failure does not result in a service interruption because data is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be 3000GB: C = (4-1)*1000 Page 4 RAID 3 is read from the failed disk can tolerate a ...d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 3 array with four drives each with nonsequential files because random read , such as video files. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 3 RAID 3 uses byte-level striping with RAID 3 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra RAID 3 A1 A4 B1 B4 C1 C4 Disk 1 A2 A5 B2 ...
White Paper
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...LaCie 4big quadra How RAID 3+Space Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in the array fails, the data from the failed disk is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by two and multiplying by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of the array would be replaced... as soon as possible. Storage capacity in the array is left empty. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID...
...LaCie 4big quadra How RAID 3+Space Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in the array fails, the data from the failed disk is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by two and multiplying by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of the array would be replaced... as soon as possible. Storage capacity in the array is left empty. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID...
White Paper
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...stripe. Data is striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will offer better performance at the expense of slightly less overall capacity. Disk failure does not result... replacement disk. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10 Concatenation JBOD RAID Selection RAID 5 RAID 5 combines the striping of RAID 0 with data redundancy in an array with RAID 5 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie ...
...stripe. Data is striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will offer better performance at the expense of slightly less overall capacity. Disk failure does not result... replacement disk. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10 Concatenation JBOD RAID Selection RAID 5 RAID 5 combines the striping of RAID 0 with data redundancy in an array with RAID 5 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie ...
White Paper
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...a second disk fails before the system can continue to access data even while the data is rebuilt to the spare drive. LaCie Products with RAID 5+Spare ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 5+Spare A1 B1 Cp D1 Disk 1 A2 Bp C1 D2 Disk 2 Ap B2 C2 Dp Disk... Each disk in a RAID 5+Spare system should be lost in a RAID 5+Spare array with four drives each with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of RAID 5+Spare is replaced, the replacement becomes the new hot spare. Data from the parity blocks. At least four disks are required. Applications...
...a second disk fails before the system can continue to access data even while the data is rebuilt to the spare drive. LaCie Products with RAID 5+Spare ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 5+Spare A1 B1 Cp D1 Disk 1 A2 Bp C1 D2 Disk 2 Ap B2 C2 Dp Disk... Each disk in a RAID 5+Spare system should be lost in a RAID 5+Spare array with four drives each with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of RAID 5+Spare is replaced, the replacement becomes the new hot spare. Data from the parity blocks. At least four disks are required. Applications...
White Paper
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...Applications RAID 6 provides data reliability with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of the array would be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Storage capacity in a RAID 6 configuration is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by two and multiplying by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of disks...capacity. RAID 6 provides for faster rebuilding of data from the failed disk can support up to two disk failures with RAID 6 ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 6 A1 B1 C1 Dp Disk 1 A2 B2 Cp Dq Disk 2 A3 Bp Cq D2 Disk 3 Ap Bq C3 D3 ...
...Applications RAID 6 provides data reliability with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of the array would be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Storage capacity in a RAID 6 configuration is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by two and multiplying by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of disks...capacity. RAID 6 provides for faster rebuilding of data from the failed disk can support up to two disk failures with RAID 6 ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 6 A1 B1 C1 Dp Disk 1 A2 B2 Cp Dq Disk 2 A3 Bp Cq D2 Disk 3 Ap Bq C3 D3 ...