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... 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare Concatenation RAID 10 CAPACITY 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% 100% 50% PROTECTION SPEED • Internal SATA Enterprise Class disks • Five years of a native RAID controller that preserves computer resources, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class offers... system for full security and drive failure support. In these configurations, hotswappable disk trays even allow maintenance without encryption Enterprise Class Performance With its 24K gold-plated contacts and SATA Enterprise internal disks, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class has great performance...
... 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare Concatenation RAID 10 CAPACITY 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% 100% 50% PROTECTION SPEED • Internal SATA Enterprise Class disks • Five years of a native RAID controller that preserves computer resources, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class offers... system for full security and drive failure support. In these configurations, hotswappable disk trays even allow maintenance without encryption Enterprise Class Performance With its 24K gold-plated contacts and SATA Enterprise internal disks, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class has great performance...
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... rotational vibration resistance technology, helping them to 46% (idle) quieter than 19dBA. Spare drives are also available on the LaCie website so users have been developed with the computer activity-and reduces the power consumption by SMART commands. For maintenance, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class can optionally be disconnected from 30% (seek) to be from...
... rotational vibration resistance technology, helping them to 46% (idle) quieter than 19dBA. Spare drives are also available on the LaCie website so users have been developed with the computer activity-and reduces the power consumption by SMART commands. For maintenance, the LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class can optionally be disconnected from 30% (seek) to be from...
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... Manager Pro software with computer recovery option for Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 Activity LEDs 4 Swappable Drives RAID Mode Selector FireWire 400 eSATA 3Gb/s On/Auto/Off FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Power designed by neil poulton LaCie 4big Quadra ENTERPRISE Class Spare Drive A spare drive and drawer for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 - Item # 301497 301498 Capacity 1TB 2TB Enterprise...
... Manager Pro software with computer recovery option for Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6 Activity LEDs 4 Swappable Drives RAID Mode Selector FireWire 400 eSATA 3Gb/s On/Auto/Off FireWire 800 USB 2.0 Power designed by neil poulton LaCie 4big Quadra ENTERPRISE Class Spare Drive A spare drive and drawer for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 - Item # 301497 301498 Capacity 1TB 2TB Enterprise...
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LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class Item Number Capacity▼▼ Interfaces Interface Transfer Rates (Maximum theoretical bus speed) Burst Transfer Rates * (Read RAID 0 maximum drive speed) Average Transfer Rates * (Read RAID 0 average drive speed) Rotational Speed/ Cache▼▼ Seek Time (Read) RAID Modes LaCie Shortcut Button LaCie Desktop Manager Triple Power Management Cooling System Dimensions (WxDxH) Weight...
LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class Item Number Capacity▼▼ Interfaces Interface Transfer Rates (Maximum theoretical bus speed) Burst Transfer Rates * (Read RAID 0 maximum drive speed) Average Transfer Rates * (Read RAID 0 average drive speed) Rotational Speed/ Cache▼▼ Seek Time (Read) RAID Modes LaCie Shortcut Button LaCie Desktop Manager Triple Power Management Cooling System Dimensions (WxDxH) Weight...
User Manual
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... 3.4.2. Box Content...6 1.3. Cables and Connectors...9 1.4.1. Setting Up Your LaCie 4big 11 2.1. RAID 3 and RAID 3+Spare...16 3.1.5. Changing the RAID Mode...18 3.3. LED Status Indicators...26 4.2. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of the Drive...7 1.4. Turn On the 4big...13 3. RAID...14 3.1. Mac Users...24 4. Installing New Firmware...
... 3.4.2. Box Content...6 1.3. Cables and Connectors...9 1.4.1. Setting Up Your LaCie 4big 11 2.1. RAID 3 and RAID 3+Spare...16 3.1.5. Changing the RAID Mode...18 3.3. LED Status Indicators...26 4.2. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of the Drive...7 1.4. Turn On the 4big...13 3. RAID...14 3.1. Mac Users...24 4. Installing New Firmware...
User Manual
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... RAID mode. Applications RAID 0 is selected) Speed 3.1.1. Requiring at least 2 drives, RAID 0 stripes data onto each disk are added together so that one physical disk in some LaCie devices), is not possible when using RAID 0. The available capacities of each disk...RAID 10 Concatenation RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare Capacity Protection 100% 50% 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% N/A (no RAID changes will help you decide which RAID mode is more suited for actively working with files (editing video, for your application. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by ...
... RAID mode. Applications RAID 0 is selected) Speed 3.1.1. Requiring at least 2 drives, RAID 0 stripes data onto each disk are added together so that one physical disk in some LaCie devices), is not possible when using RAID 0. The available capacities of each disk...RAID 10 Concatenation RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare Capacity Protection 100% 50% 100% 75% 50% 75% 50% N/A (no RAID changes will help you decide which RAID mode is more suited for actively working with files (editing video, for your application. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by ...
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...drive in a service interruption because data is left empty. A RAID 3 array can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Disk failure does not result in the array fails, the data from the failed disk can tolerate a single disk failure without data loss. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare... disk failure does not require immediate attention because the system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but the failed ...
...drive in a service interruption because data is left empty. A RAID 3 array can be rebuilt onto a replacement disk. Disk failure does not result in the array fails, the data from the failed disk can tolerate a single disk failure without data loss. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by the dedicated parity disk In RAID 3+Spare... disk failure does not require immediate attention because the system rebuilds itself using the hot spare, but the failed ...
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If one disk in the array is left empty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual RAID page 17 3.1.5. RAID 5 and RAID 5+Spare RAID 5 combines the striping of RAID 0 with data redundancy in the case of a single disk failure, but the failed disk should be ... striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for each data block is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be lost in an array with efficient use of three disks (Fig. 12). No data is automatically rebuilt ...
If one disk in the array is left empty. LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual RAID page 17 3.1.5. RAID 5 and RAID 5+Spare RAID 5 combines the striping of RAID 0 with data redundancy in the case of a single disk failure, but the failed disk should be ... striped across all disks and a parity block (P) for each data block is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be lost in an array with efficient use of three disks (Fig. 12). No data is automatically rebuilt ...
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...LaCie 4big, familiarize yourself with the 4big's RAID modes. Changing the RAID Mode The 4big comes preconfigured in the RAID selector, no RAID changes will start. The front LED will erase the encrypted data. IMPORTANT INFO: You must partition the disk drives...3+Spare, 5=RAID 5, 6=RAID 5+Spare, 7=N/A. See section 3.1. Before you have encrypted your computer, disconnect the interface cable and switch off Fig. 14 Unmount or safely remove the 4big Quadra volumes from your 4big, changing the RAID mode will not change the RAID mode: 1. Formatting and Partitioning). LaCie 4big Quadra ...
...LaCie 4big, familiarize yourself with the 4big's RAID modes. Changing the RAID Mode The 4big comes preconfigured in the RAID selector, no RAID changes will start. The front LED will erase the encrypted data. IMPORTANT INFO: You must partition the disk drives...3+Spare, 5=RAID 5, 6=RAID 5+Spare, 7=N/A. See section 3.1. Before you have encrypted your computer, disconnect the interface cable and switch off Fig. 14 Unmount or safely remove the 4big Quadra volumes from your 4big, changing the RAID mode will not change the RAID mode: 1. Formatting and Partitioning). LaCie 4big Quadra ...
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...drives each with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of each disk. The available capacities of the array would be used as a single storage backup solution or on the computer. If one logical volume mounts on mission critical systems. LaCie Products with RAID 0 ✦✦ LaCie 2big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie big disk quadra...A RAID 0 array is ideal for optimal playback performance. 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 Standard...
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One logical volume mounts on the second disk. LaCie Products with RAID 1 ✦✦ LaCie 2big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 2big network RAID 1 A1 A1 B1 B1 C1 C1 D1 D1 E1 E1 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 How RAID 1 ...data is lost if one physical disk fails, the data is available immediately on the computer and the combined available capacity of both drives is limited to the capacity of a single disk failure, but because data is written twice, performance is a secure RAID mode that ...
One logical volume mounts on the second disk. LaCie Products with RAID 1 ✦✦ LaCie 2big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 2big network RAID 1 A1 A1 B1 B1 C1 C1 D1 D1 E1 E1 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 How RAID 1 ...data is lost if one physical disk fails, the data is available immediately on the computer and the combined available capacity of both drives is limited to the capacity of a single disk failure, but because data is written twice, performance is a secure RAID mode that ...
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... can be lost. RAID 3 is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be rebuilt to their data, like video editors. LaCie Products with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of the array would be rebuilt onto a replacement ... RAID 3 array with four drives each with RAID 3 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra RAID 3 A1 A4 B1 B4 C1 C4 Disk 1 A2 A5 B2 B5 C2 C5 Disk 2 A3 A6 B3 B6 C3 C6 Disk 3 Ap(1-3) Ap(4-6) Bp(1-3) Bp(4-6) Cp(1-3) Cp(4-6) Disk 4 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10...
... can be lost. RAID 3 is useful for people who need performance and constant access to a replacement drive, all data in the array will be rebuilt to their data, like video editors. LaCie Products with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of the array would be rebuilt onto a replacement ... RAID 3 array with four drives each with RAID 3 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra RAID 3 A1 A4 B1 B4 C1 C4 Disk 1 A2 A5 B2 B5 C2 C5 Disk 2 A3 A6 B3 B6 C3 C6 Disk 3 Ap(1-3) Ap(4-6) Bp(1-3) Bp(4-6) Cp(1-3) Cp(4-6) Disk 4 RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10...
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.... Storage capacity in a RAID 3+Spare configuration is left empty. LaCie Products with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 3+Spare array with four drives each with RAID 3+Space ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra How RAID 3+Space Capacity Is Calculated... Each disk in a RAID 3+Spare system should be 2000GB: C = (4-2)*1000 RAID 3+ Spare A1 A3 B1 B3 C1 C3 Disk 1 A2 A3...
.... Storage capacity in a RAID 3+Spare configuration is left empty. LaCie Products with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 3+Spare array with four drives each with RAID 3+Space ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra How RAID 3+Space Capacity Is Calculated... Each disk in a RAID 3+Spare system should be 2000GB: C = (4-2)*1000 RAID 3+ Spare A1 A3 B1 B3 C1 C3 Disk 1 A2 A3...
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...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 a minimum of a single disk failure, but if a second disk fails before data can be 3000GB: C = (4-1)*1000 Page 6 LaCie...for archiving and for each with RAID 5 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 5 A1 B1 C1 Dp Disk 1 A2...The difference between RAID 3 and RAID 5 is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by the disk capacity, or C = (n-1)*d where: C = available capacity n...
...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 a minimum of a single disk failure, but if a second disk fails before data can be 3000GB: C = (4-1)*1000 Page 6 LaCie...for archiving and for each with RAID 5 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network RAID 5 A1 B1 C1 Dp Disk 1 A2...The difference between RAID 3 and RAID 5 is calculated by subtracting the number of drives by the disk capacity, or C = (n-1)*d where: C = available capacity n...
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... but disk space is limited by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 5+Spare array with four drives each 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...
... but disk space is limited by the disk capacity, or C = (n-2)*d where: C = available capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 5+Spare array with four drives each 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...
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... Paper RAID 6 In RAID 6, data is striped across all disks (minimum of four) and a two parity blocks for each 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 Disk 4 Aq ... 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10 Concatenation JBOD RAID Selection How RAID 6 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk 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 an emphasis on the same stripe. RAID 6 ...
... Paper RAID 6 In RAID 6, data is striped across all disks (minimum of four) and a two parity blocks for each 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 Disk 4 Aq ... 5 RAID 5+Spare RAID 6 RAID 0+1 RAID 10 Concatenation JBOD RAID Selection How RAID 6 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk 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 an emphasis on the same stripe. RAID 6 ...
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...calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity and dividing by 2, or C = n*d/2 where: C = available capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in multiples of different RAID 0 pairs. 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 ... of a device in half (assume all disks in the array have disks in a RAID 0+1 array with four drives each with RAID 0+1 ✦✦ Currently, no LaCie products How RAID 0+1 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in a RAID 0+1 array without loss of data, as long ...
...calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity and dividing by 2, or C = n*d/2 where: C = available capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in multiples of different RAID 0 pairs. 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 ... of a device in half (assume all disks in the array have disks in a RAID 0+1 array with four drives each with RAID 0+1 ✦✦ Currently, no LaCie products How RAID 0+1 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in a RAID 0+1 array without loss of data, as long ...
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... is lost. If the second disk in an array with RAID 10 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network How RAID 10 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in a RAID 10 system should... multiples of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 10 configuration is calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity and dividing by 2, or C = n*d/2 where: C = available capacity n = number of ...a device in half (assuming all disks in a RAID 10 array, the fifth disk will either be a spare or will be 2000GB: C = (4*1000)/2 A1 A3 A5 A7 Disk 1 A1 A3 A5 A7 Disk ...
... is lost. If the second disk in an array with RAID 10 ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 5big network How RAID 10 Capacity Is Calculated Each disk in a RAID 10 system should... multiples of disks d = disk capacity For example, in a RAID 10 configuration is calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity and dividing by 2, or C = n*d/2 where: C = available capacity n = number of ...a device in half (assuming all disks in a RAID 10 array, the fifth disk will either be a spare or will be 2000GB: C = (4*1000)/2 A1 A3 A5 A7 Disk 1 A1 A3 A5 A7 Disk ...
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... O P Disk 4 Page 11 LaCie Products with Concatenation Mode ✦✦ LaCie 2big network ✦✦ LaCie Ethernet Disk ✦✦ LaCie 2big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra How Concatenation Capacity Is Calculated Storage capacity in a concatenation configuration is calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity, or C ...drives each with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of combining two physical disks into one volume for greater overall capacity. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare...
... O P Disk 4 Page 11 LaCie Products with Concatenation Mode ✦✦ LaCie 2big network ✦✦ LaCie Ethernet Disk ✦✦ LaCie 2big quadra ✦✦ LaCie 4big quadra How Concatenation Capacity Is Calculated Storage capacity in a concatenation configuration is calculated by multiplying the number of drives by the disk capacity, or C ...drives each with a capacity of 1000GB, the total capacity of combining two physical disks into one volume for greater overall capacity. LaCie RAID Technology White Paper RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 3+Spare RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare...
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...B C D Disk 1 E F G H Disk 2 I J K L Disk 3 M N O P Disk 4 Page 12 Each disk in a JBOD array with four drives each with JBOD Mode ✦✦ Currently, no LaCie products JBOD How JBOD Capacity Is Calculated The total capacity of a JBOD array is the sum of the capacities of each... capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in the array, whether part of Disks. 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 JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of separate devices or...
...B C D Disk 1 E F G H Disk 2 I J K L Disk 3 M N O P Disk 4 Page 12 Each disk in a JBOD array with four drives each with JBOD Mode ✦✦ Currently, no LaCie products JBOD How JBOD Capacity Is Calculated The total capacity of a JBOD array is the sum of the capacities of each... capacity n = number of disks d = disk capacity For example, in the array, whether part of Disks. 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 JBOD JBOD stands for Just a Bunch of separate devices or...