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LaCie 1big Dock Thunderbolt3 External Hard Drive, 16TB
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LaCie 1big Dock 16TB 7200RPM Thunderbolt 3 External Desktop Hard Drive
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originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
My company films on average 150 events per year. Half of those are weddings that take up a TON of drive space, especially if you optimize your footage in a program like Final Cut Pro. We've religiously utilized WD MyBook drives for many years and recently began using these LaCie 1big Docks... specifically the 16GB model. I really wanted to embrace SSD drives, but they're just too expensive still. At least for the amount of space I need for active projects (we need at least 60TB's of space for active projects). So when it was time for new drives, I exhaustively tried a myriad of different drives from different manufacturers recently. G-Drive, WD, other brands. They had to have at least 8TB of space. So, they were all a bit noisy to an extent (any drive at 8TB or ... MoreMy company films on average 150 events per year. Half of those are weddings that take up a TON of drive space, especially if you optimize your footage in a program like Final Cut Pro. We've religiously utilized WD MyBook drives for many years and recently began using these LaCie 1big Docks... specifically the 16GB model. I really wanted to embrace SSD drives, but they're just too expensive still. At least for the amount of space I need for active projects (we need at least 60TB's of space for active projects). So when it was time for new drives, I exhaustively tried a myriad of different drives from different manufacturers recently. G-Drive, WD, other brands. They had to have at least 8TB of space. So, they were all a bit noisy to an extent (any drive at 8TB or better will be a little noisy). No big deal there. The deal breaker for the other drives were they lagged a bit in Final Cut Pro. When playing back footage or skimming over the timeline, it would freeze for a quick second. Doesn't seem like a big deal, but when that's all you do all day long, it becomes irritating. This was the only HDD I could find without any lag issues. And, in speed tests, this was indeed consistently the fastest drive. So I purchased two of these drives to start. I have one nearly filled with about 40 events. Yes... FOURTY events! Mostly weddings. I still have 4TB of space on it. And the drive is still as smooth as can be. The extra ports have come in handy, especially when I'm traveling. The drive is small enough to fit in my computer bag on flights... so I'm happy with it's portability as well. It feels very rugged with an all metal enclosure.Now the drawback... the power source. One, it has a hefty plug with a power brick on it. Most of the other drives I tested were either powered by the USB C cabled connected to the computer, or had a smaller plug without the power brick. But, the extra power for this drive probably explains why it's also the fastest. So, I can live with the additional bulk of the plug. The BIG problem with said plug is... if you damage it... you will NOT be able to power your drive. I damaged one of the plugs (well, my new puppy decided to chew on it rendering the power supply useless). Had I not had another power supply from the other drive, I would not have been able to get any work done as the plug for this unit is unique to it. And apparently it only.I asked Seagate/Lacie for help. They told me they couldn't provide just a power supply. To their credit, they said I could send in the entire drive for a replacement (which would come with a new plug), but I had over 10TB of projects on this one drive and didn't have the time to transfer it all to another drive and keep my clients happy at the same time. So they recommended I look into third party suppliers.I contacted three different companies that ONLY deal with power supplies, and NONE OF THEM had anything like the power supply for this unit. I even sent the damaged one into one of the companies and they said... yea... nothing like that that they know of.So it has a very unique power supply...as do most LaCie drives. And again, to their credit, they followed up with me to see if I had any luck finding a new power supply, which I did not. They finally pulled some strings and was able to get their manufacturer send me a new power supply, at no charge.So, lesson here is, if you buy this drive and damage your power supply somehow, you're dead in the water. If you don't plan on moving this drive off your desk or have any puppies around that like to chew on wires, you should be okay (lol). Just be prepared in the event your power supply fails. Purchasing two of these units will at least also provide you with two power supplies in the event one stops working.LaCie was eventually helpful, but it took about a month to find a new power supply for me.
originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
The LaCie family of drives long has been a favorite of mine. They are robust machines and are long-lasting. The Thunderbolt 3 drives are really fast, and I love the 10TB as a backup because it can accommodate tons of data. Be sure you get the right cables for this drive and that you can connect or adapt to the ports your computer has. Thunderbolt 3 cables are NOT the same as Thunderbolt cables, which were the first Thunderbolt iteration. I still sometimes forget and order Thunderbolt cables when I need Thunderbolt 3 cables, which match up with USB 3 ports. Even with this minor caution, I heartily recommend the D2 LaCie drives! Also B&H is a very good company with which to work.
originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
My wife and I now the owners of 3 16 TB 1big Docks. These are great devices. We use them to serve as external hard drives for our iMacs for our large number of photographs. They're fast and reliable. They are also flexible, with built-in SDXC and CompactFlash Memory Cards if you need them (we don't need them, because most of my cameras require CFExpress cards) The 1big Dock cards are also reasonable in cost given the size. Our observation is that LaCie makes worthy products. We also use SSD LaCie devices as our Time Machines.
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LaCie 1big Dock Thunderbolt3 External Hard Drive, 16TB
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LaCie 1big Dock 16TB 7200RPM Thunderbolt 3 External Desktop Hard Drive
Delivery between 15–17 June $8.95
LaCie 16TB 1big Dock Thunderbolt 3 External Hard Drive Hub
Delivery $23
LaCie STHS16000800 1big Dock 16TB 7200RPM SATA HDD
Free delivery between Tue – Sat
Lacie 1Big Dock 16TB 7200RPM Enterprise USB-C Thunderbolt 3 External Hard Drive 5YR (STHS16000800)
My company films on average 150 events per year. Half of those are weddings that take up a TON of drive space, especially if you optimize your footage in a program like Final Cut Pro. We've religiously utilized WD MyBook drives for many years and recently began using these LaCie 1big Docks... specifically the 16GB model. I really wanted to embrace SSD drives, but they're just too expensive still. At least for the amount of space I need for active projects (we need at least 60TB's of space for active projects). So when it was time for new drives, I exhaustively tried a myriad of different drives from different manufacturers recently. G-Drive, WD, other brands. They had to have at least 8TB of space. So, they were all a bit noisy to an extent (any drive at 8TB or ... MoreMy company films on average 150 events per year. Half of those are weddings that take up a TON of drive space, especially if you optimize your footage in a program like Final Cut Pro. We've religiously utilized WD MyBook drives for many years and recently began using these LaCie 1big Docks... specifically the 16GB model. I really wanted to embrace SSD drives, but they're just too expensive still. At least for the amount of space I need for active projects (we need at least 60TB's of space for active projects). So when it was time for new drives, I exhaustively tried a myriad of different drives from different manufacturers recently. G-Drive, WD, other brands. They had to have at least 8TB of space. So, they were all a bit noisy to an extent (any drive at 8TB or better will be a little noisy). No big deal there. The deal breaker for the other drives were they lagged a bit in Final Cut Pro. When playing back footage or skimming over the timeline, it would freeze for a quick second. Doesn't seem like a big deal, but when that's all you do all day long, it becomes irritating. This was the only HDD I could find without any lag issues. And, in speed tests, this was indeed consistently the fastest drive. So I purchased two of these drives to start. I have one nearly filled with about 40 events. Yes... FOURTY events! Mostly weddings. I still have 4TB of space on it. And the drive is still as smooth as can be. The extra ports have come in handy, especially when I'm traveling. The drive is small enough to fit in my computer bag on flights... so I'm happy with it's portability as well. It feels very rugged with an all metal enclosure.Now the drawback... the power source. One, it has a hefty plug with a power brick on it. Most of the other drives I tested were either powered by the USB C cabled connected to the computer, or had a smaller plug without the power brick. But, the extra power for this drive probably explains why it's also the fastest. So, I can live with the additional bulk of the plug. The BIG problem with said plug is... if you damage it... you will NOT be able to power your drive. I damaged one of the plugs (well, my new puppy decided to chew on it rendering the power supply useless). Had I not had another power supply from the other drive, I would not have been able to get any work done as the plug for this unit is unique to it. And apparently it only.I asked Seagate/Lacie for help. They told me they couldn't provide just a power supply. To their credit, they said I could send in the entire drive for a replacement (which would come with a new plug), but I had over 10TB of projects on this one drive and didn't have the time to transfer it all to another drive and keep my clients happy at the same time. So they recommended I look into third party suppliers.I contacted three different companies that ONLY deal with power supplies, and NONE OF THEM had anything like the power supply for this unit. I even sent the damaged one into one of the companies and they said... yea... nothing like that that they know of.So it has a very unique power supply...as do most LaCie drives. And again, to their credit, they followed up with me to see if I had any luck finding a new power supply, which I did not. They finally pulled some strings and was able to get their manufacturer send me a new power supply, at no charge.So, lesson here is, if you buy this drive and damage your power supply somehow, you're dead in the water. If you don't plan on moving this drive off your desk or have any puppies around that like to chew on wires, you should be okay (lol). Just be prepared in the event your power supply fails. Purchasing two of these units will at least also provide you with two power supplies in the event one stops working.LaCie was eventually helpful, but it took about a month to find a new power supply for me.
The LaCie family of drives long has been a favorite of mine. They are robust machines and are long-lasting. The Thunderbolt 3 drives are really fast, and I love the 10TB as a backup because it can accommodate tons of data. Be sure you get the right cables for this drive and that you can connect or adapt to the ports your computer has. Thunderbolt 3 cables are NOT the same as Thunderbolt cables, which were the first Thunderbolt iteration. I still sometimes forget and order Thunderbolt cables when I need Thunderbolt 3 cables, which match up with USB 3 ports. Even with this minor caution, I heartily recommend the D2 LaCie drives! Also B&H is a very good company with which to work.
My wife and I now the owners of 3 16 TB 1big Docks. These are great devices. We use them to serve as external hard drives for our iMacs for our large number of photographs. They're fast and reliable. They are also flexible, with built-in SDXC and CompactFlash Memory Cards if you need them (we don't need them, because most of my cameras require CFExpress cards) The 1big Dock cards are also reasonable in cost given the size. Our observation is that LaCie makes worthy products. We also use SSD LaCie devices as our Time Machines.
Sent this drive to Seagate for repair today. I've owned five previous had drives from Lacie. This is the first to fail. Was noisy from day 1. I don't recommend these drives. I still have one. We will see how long it last. Not sure if quality control has lapsed since Seagate aquired them.
Got a great price here and quick delivery. One (slight) caveat. Missing the USB-C to USB-A cable that was supposed to be included. I had several extras in my arsenal. Upon install, the drive would not show up in Windows but when I plugged an SD or USB stick into the front portal, it would mount but it was like the LaCie was just a pass-through. Went through several cables with the same results. Finally, a new certified USB cable did the trick. The lesson? USB cables are finicky.
After purchasing a 6TB drive from a competitor I had to return it after several troubleshooting calls to the help desk. Seems the Thunderbolt port was causing my iMac mouse to work very erratically. After trying several Thunderbolt cords with the same result I sent back the unit for a replacement only there were no more in stock and I found out later the item had been discontinued. At that point I decided to go with a different vendor and chose the LaCie. I am very happy with it so far. No more erratic behavior with my mouse and trackpad. It’s very stylish, fast and appears to be very robust. It was easy to set up partitioning it onto two partitions, one for data and one for Time Machine. I have owned several LaCie’s. They are well made.
Based on past experience with Lacie, I bought this drive from B&H. I live in Canada, had it delivered to a hotel in the US, no questions asked about my billing address, unlike some companies. I bought a Thunderbolt 2 dual drive elsewhere, but it had a fairly loud fan, and made a clicking noise when in use, so I returned it, and tried the Lacie. No noise at all.I’m using it with a 2012 MacBook Pro, and an Apogee Element 24, which are both Thunderbolt 2. As the Lacie is Thunderbolt 3, or USB C, I also use 2 Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapters. So I’m future proof, if I ever decide to buy the latest MacBook Pro.Like the headline says, quiet, fast and versatile.A little perspective- back in the early days of computer recording, I bought a 9 GB hard drive ... MoreBased on past experience with Lacie, I bought this drive from B&H. I live in Canada, had it delivered to a hotel in the US, no questions asked about my billing address, unlike some companies. I bought a Thunderbolt 2 dual drive elsewhere, but it had a fairly loud fan, and made a clicking noise when in use, so I returned it, and tried the Lacie. No noise at all.I’m using it with a 2012 MacBook Pro, and an Apogee Element 24, which are both Thunderbolt 2. As the Lacie is Thunderbolt 3, or USB C, I also use 2 Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapters. So I’m future proof, if I ever decide to buy the latest MacBook Pro.Like the headline says, quiet, fast and versatile.A little perspective- back in the early days of computer recording, I bought a 9 GB hard drive for around $900. This drive is 10 TB, for $500.
I have this set up to a Mac Mini via the provided USB-C cable. Despite this being a mechanical drive, the data transfer rates are fast - ~240MB/s. I use this as my primary storage for photographs, videos, music, etc.I was concerned about the drive noise, while it's not silent like my Samsung T7 scratch disk, it's not as loud as others have stated. It's fine when in use for me, most of the time it's sleeping.
A little background is probably needed, if you get bored, skip to the end. A few weeks ago, I upgraded from a 2013 max config 27 core i7 with SSD with 32GB RAM and 4GB video to a 2015 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 64GB of RAM and an 8GB Radeon Pro 580 with SSD, of course. I do quite a bit of 4K video editing and production, nothing too professional, some for fun and some for my business. Of course, I generate HUGE video files and have added a 4TB and 3TB external USB 3.0 drives to accommodate storage. While USB 3.0 was great, back a few years ago, I just found myself sitting around waiting too much. ENTER the LaCie 10TB d2 Thunderbolt 3. This thing is blazingly fast. It completed a 7TB+ Time Machine backup of my SSD drive and files move ... MoreA little background is probably needed, if you get bored, skip to the end. A few weeks ago, I upgraded from a 2013 max config 27 core i7 with SSD with 32GB RAM and 4GB video to a 2015 iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), 4.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 64GB of RAM and an 8GB Radeon Pro 580 with SSD, of course. I do quite a bit of 4K video editing and production, nothing too professional, some for fun and some for my business. Of course, I generate HUGE video files and have added a 4TB and 3TB external USB 3.0 drives to accommodate storage. While USB 3.0 was great, back a few years ago, I just found myself sitting around waiting too much. ENTER the LaCie 10TB d2 Thunderbolt 3. This thing is blazingly fast. It completed a 7TB+ Time Machine backup of my SSD drive and files move back-and-forth super fast. This is pricey, but you get a ton of storage and spectacular performance. Well worth it in my mind. Until Thunderbolt 4 comes out, of course!
Initially had lots of problems getting my !6" MacBook Pro to load the driver. Turns out you need to go into systems and change "permissions" which I was reluctant to do. Even after deciding I would do that it took a great deal of sleuthing on the internet to find out how to actually do it. Now that it is done it runs quickly. The computer is only three months old and up to date so that wasn't the problem. I've had many exterior hard drives and never had any problems setting up RAID so it wasn't me either. Not totally happy I had to degrade Apple's protections but just wanted a hard drive to work so threw in the towel. Works fine now and like the free data recovery plan.
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| Device Type | Hard drive array |
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| Built-in Devices | SD card reader |
| Installed Devices / Modules Qty | 1 |
LaCie 16TB 1big Dock Thunderbolt 3 External Hard Drive Hub
The 1big Dock consists of an external hard drive and laptop docking station, both designed for filmmakers who want to centralize their desktop devices and store a huge amount of business data thanks to high-performance Thunderbolt 3 technology. Get 5-in-1 docking power with an integrated USB hub and charging dock with slots for CF and SD card readers, DisplayPort 1.4 output, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chain mounting with universal USB compatibility. Get the best performance in speed and reliability with the Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drive for the most resource-intensive film projects. Charge a USB-C Mac or any other laptop with Thunderbolt 3's 45W (30W if other devices are daisy-mounted). Even get up to 70W of power using a laptop power supply. Gain lasting peace of mind with the five-year product included with the 1big Dock, including Rescue data recovery services.
The 1big Dock consists of an external hard drive and laptop docking station, both designed for filmmakers who want to centralize their desktop devices and store a huge amount of business data thanks to high-performance Thunderbolt 3 technology. Get 5-in-1 docking power with an integrated USB hub and charging dock with slots for CF and SD card readers, DisplayPort 1.4 output, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chain mounting with universal USB compatibility. Get the best performance in speed and reliability with the Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drive for the most resource-intensive film projects. Charge a USB-C Mac or any other laptop with Thunderbolt 3's 45W (30W if other devices are daisy-mounted). Even get up to 70W of power using a laptop power supply. Gain lasting peace of mind with the five-year product included with the 1big Dock, including Rescue data recovery services.
The 1big Dock consists of an external hard drive and laptop docking station, both designed for filmmakers who want to centralize their desktop devices and store a huge amount of business data thanks to high-performance Thunderbolt 3 technology. Get 5-in-1 docking power with an integrated USB hub and charging dock with slots for CF and SD card readers, DisplayPort 1.4 output, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chain mounting with universal USB compatibility. Get the best performance in speed and reliability with the Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drive for the most resource-intensive film projects. Charge a USB-C Mac or any other laptop with Thunderbolt 3's 45W (30W if other devices are daisy-mounted). Even get up to 70W of power using a laptop power supply. Gain lasting peace of mind with the five-year product included with the 1big Dock, including Rescue data recovery services.
The 1big Dock consists of an external hard drive and laptop docking station, both designed for filmmakers who want to centralize their desktop devices and store a huge amount of business data thanks to high-performance Thunderbolt 3 technology. Get 5-in-1 docking power with an integrated USB hub and charging dock with slots for CF and SD card readers, DisplayPort 1.4 output, and two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chain mounting with universal USB compatibility. Get the best performance in speed and reliability with the Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drive for the most resource-intensive film projects. Charge a USB-C Mac or any other laptop with Thunderbolt 3's 45W (30W if other devices are daisy-mounted). Even get up to 70W of power using a laptop power supply. Gain lasting peace of mind with the five-year product included with the 1big Dock, including Rescue data recovery services.
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