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LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C
LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C

LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C

(118 reviews)

The LaCie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 8TB USB-C Hard Drive delivers everything you expect – high capacity, lightning-fast speeds and enterprise-class drives. Massive 8TB capacity Shocking speeds up to 440MB/s Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for 4K workflows Innovative design with RAID for reliability USB 3.0 for PC and Mac compatibility The LaCie 2big Dock Hard Drive simplifies and centralises your desktop by connecting your laptop to all of your peripherals via a single cable. Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or digital camera to offload footage or files. Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots. Connect to high-resolution 720-1080p and 4K displays. It is compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers via the included adaptor cable. Delivering robust performance With 8TB of capacity for a massive raw-file library and Thunderbolt 3 transfer speeds of up to 440MB/s, the LaCie 2big Dock is built to keep you creating.

The LaCie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 8TB USB-C Hard Drive delivers everything you expect – high capacity, lightning-fast speeds and enterprise-class drives. Massive 8TB capacity Shocking speeds up to 440MB/s Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for 4K workflows Innovative design with RAID for reliability USB 3.0 for PC and Mac compatibility The LaCie 2big Dock Hard Drive simplifies and centralises your desktop by connecting your laptop to all of your peripherals via a single cable. Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or digital camera to offload footage or files. Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots. Connect to high-resolution 720-1080p and 4K displays. It is compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers via the included adaptor cable. Delivering robust performance With 8TB of capacity for a massive raw-file library and Thunderbolt 3 transfer speeds of up to 440MB/s, the LaCie 2big Dock is built to keep you creating.

$935.00

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16 TB

LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 & USB-C

$935.00

(118 reviews)

The LaCie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 8TB USB-C Hard Drive delivers everything you expect – high capacity, lightning-fast speeds and enterprise-class drives. Massive 8TB capacity Shocking speeds up to 440MB/s Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for 4K workflows Innovative design with RAID for reliability USB 3.0 for PC and Mac compatibility The LaCie 2big Dock Hard Drive simplifies and centralises your desktop by connecting your laptop to all of your peripherals via a single cable. Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or digital camera to offload footage or files. Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots. Connect to high-resolution 720-1080p and 4K displays. It is compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers via the included adaptor cable. Delivering robust performance With 8TB of capacity for a massive raw-file library and Thunderbolt 3 transfer speeds of up to 440MB/s, the LaCie 2big Dock is built to keep you creating.

The LaCie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 8TB USB-C Hard Drive delivers everything you expect – high capacity, lightning-fast speeds and enterprise-class drives. Massive 8TB capacity Shocking speeds up to 440MB/s Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for 4K workflows Innovative design with RAID for reliability USB 3.0 for PC and Mac compatibility The LaCie 2big Dock Hard Drive simplifies and centralises your desktop by connecting your laptop to all of your peripherals via a single cable. Via the front-facing hub, charge your phone or connect a shuttle drive or digital camera to offload footage or files. Directly ingest files from your drone, DSLR, GoPro and other devices with the front-facing memory card slots. Connect to high-resolution 720-1080p and 4K displays. It is compatible with USB-C and USB 3.0 computers via the included adaptor cable. Delivering robust performance With 8TB of capacity for a massive raw-file library and Thunderbolt 3 transfer speeds of up to 440MB/s, the LaCie 2big Dock is built to keep you creating.

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LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt3 & USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive - STGB8000400

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Reviews

100% failure on 2big drives
8 October 2024Robert

originally posted on bhphotovideo.com

I started buying and recommending LaCie drives back in the 1990s. Every LaCie raid drive that I or my clients have purchased since 2020 has failed. Once was a drive failure, saved by RAID1, 3 times enclosure failures. The design concept of Thunderbolt3 and USB card reader/hub is super convenient. The execution (electronics and software) is horrific. If you buy one, register immediately and keep both your receipt and box. You may need them.

A big disappointment
28 May 2024Howard

originally posted on bhphotovideo.com

LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 DockThis is a compact two-drive system capable of RAID 0, RAID1, and JBOD. It comes set up as a RAID 0 but using the downloadable software it is easy to reconfigure the device as a RAID 1, which is my preferred setup as I am more interested in data protection (from a drive failure) than I am in speed. This device replaces a LaCie 4BIG RAID device that is nine-plus years old and it was starting to show its age.Given the amount of storage available on this device, I wassurprised that the necessary software was not included on the drive. One might say this is done so that the customer gets the most recent version of the software. I do not believe that is the case since the first action that the software did after installation was to ... MoreLaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 DockThis is a compact two-drive system capable of RAID 0, RAID1, and JBOD. It comes set up as a RAID 0 but using the downloadable software it is easy to reconfigure the device as a RAID 1, which is my preferred setup as I am more interested in data protection (from a drive failure) than I am in speed. This device replaces a LaCie 4BIG RAID device that is nine-plus years old and it was starting to show its age.Given the amount of storage available on this device, I wassurprised that the necessary software was not included on the drive. One might say this is done so that the customer gets the most recent version of the software. I do not believe that is the case since the first action that the software did after installation was to download a more recent version. The software that is included with the device basically takes you to the LaCie website to register the device and to download the required software (RAID utility and Toolkit ) – both Mac and Windows versions are available for downloading. As a note about the Mac version, if your system is not on a “current”release of MacOS Toolkit will not install.While most of the time this device is quiet, it can get too noisyfor on-desk placement. One might be tempted to place it on one’s desk so as to have ready access to the removable media ports.Had I written this review prior to this past weekend, I would have rated this device at a 4-Star plus.What follows is not a “hit piece” on either LaCie or Seagate(LaCie’s parent organization). In my professional and personal life, I have used and recommended products from both LaCie and Seagate. I am simply very disappointed with my device, as detailed below.On Sunday, of the Memorial Day weekend, I decided to use theCompact Flash (CF) Express reader to copy images that I had just taken with my Nikon D6. The copying speed was excellent, as I had expected considering that I have this device connected to my system using a USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4 compatible) port.My horror came then I tried to remove my 64GB CF drive fromthe device. I could not!I followed the directions of ejecting the whole device, no luck. I installed the Toolkit and tried ejecting the CF drive – no change. Ipowered down the unit (after properly ejecting it from the system, again something was holding the CF in the LaCie Dock.This “holding in” technology reminds me of the early MacIntosh days and the built-in CD drive. Some of you might remember that Appleprovided a little hole on the side of the drive that one could use a paper clip to release a stuck disk – no such hole exists on the LaCie Dock.I cannot fathom why anyone today would design a card reader thatintentionally locks in a CF drive, or for that matter any removable media. Any reasonable design must allow for the removal of such drives, cards, etc. when the device is powered off. I do not know if the “lock” is purely mechanical, in which case it is broken, or electronically controlled, in which case LaCie should have a Utility program to force the ejection of CF drives.So, while I might be tempted to give the LaCie 2big Dock a 4-star rating based on the disk performance and other features, I rate thedevice at ZERO stars; I wish that I could give a negative star rating. Isuspect that I will need to send in my unit in order to get my Compact Flash drive, which will mean that I will not have my main storage system during the repair process – which is a big issue!I would strongly advise against buying this device if you intend to use the included storage card readers.

Awful product and CS - Avoid!
1 October 2024Scott

originally posted on bhphotovideo.com

First some back story. I'm coming from M1 Mac mini on OS Ventura with a Lacie 5Big on Lacie RAID Manager App. It had a few hiccups with each Mac OS update but all-in-all it did ok. It was noisy and slowish but protected the data. Fast forward to now I'm migrating to M2 Mac Studio Max on OS Sequoia and, of course, the old 5Big doesn't load on the desktop. It's fairly old so I'll give Seagate a pass on this. So I contact Seagate pre-purchase support to confirm that their newer 2Big Dock/Toolkit products will work on Sequoia. They say no problem. So yesterday I receive it, install the ToolKit app, load it up and, after doing a Mac Utilities restart to allow 3rd party system extensions, at first all seemed good. The 2Big drive with the iconic blue light was shining, the ... MoreFirst some back story. I'm coming from M1 Mac mini on OS Ventura with a Lacie 5Big on Lacie RAID Manager App. It had a few hiccups with each Mac OS update but all-in-all it did ok. It was noisy and slowish but protected the data. Fast forward to now I'm migrating to M2 Mac Studio Max on OS Sequoia and, of course, the old 5Big doesn't load on the desktop. It's fairly old so I'll give Seagate a pass on this. So I contact Seagate pre-purchase support to confirm that their newer 2Big Dock/Toolkit products will work on Sequoia. They say no problem. So yesterday I receive it, install the ToolKit app, load it up and, after doing a Mac Utilities restart to allow 3rd party system extensions, at first all seemed good. The 2Big drive with the iconic blue light was shining, the 2Big icon showed on the desktop, the Toolkit app let me format it properly, etc. But then the app directed me to update the driver. OK, no problem. One would expect that. Except the update wasn't working. So I contact Seagate CS. It's a hybrid chat via text. 90 minutes later of them asking me questions I've already answered an hour ago like, what computer are you using? What?!? Then suddenly I get a steady red light on the drive light --staring at me like the Evil Eye of Sauron. The kiss of death. Apparently the fan wasn't working and it overheated. Right out of the gate. No thanks Seagate!! Even my old Drobo drives still work and will still show up on the desktop when I connect them. Even to the M2 Mac Studio!! So now the old 5Big is a boat anchor (of course backed up to other drives) and the new 2Big was DOA. The only silver lining is this happened before I began using it to store data!! Avoid avoid avoid!!

Specification

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Device TypeHard drive array
LocalisationWorldwide
Chassis
Built-in DevicesSD card reader

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LaCie 8TB 2big Dock Thunderbolt3 & USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive - STGB8000400

Delivery $12.99

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Reviews

100% failure on 2big drives
8 October 2024

I started buying and recommending LaCie drives back in the 1990s. Every LaCie raid drive that I or my clients have purchased since 2020 has failed. Once was a drive failure, saved by RAID1, 3 times enclosure failures. The design concept of Thunderbolt3 and USB card reader/hub is super convenient. The execution (electronics and software) is horrific. If you buy one, register immediately and keep both your receipt and box. You may need them.

Robert originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
A big disappointment
28 May 2024

LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 DockThis is a compact two-drive system capable of RAID 0, RAID1, and JBOD. It comes set up as a RAID 0 but using the downloadable software it is easy to reconfigure the device as a RAID 1, which is my preferred setup as I am more interested in data protection (from a drive failure) than I am in speed. This device replaces a LaCie 4BIG RAID device that is nine-plus years old and it was starting to show its age.Given the amount of storage available on this device, I wassurprised that the necessary software was not included on the drive. One might say this is done so that the customer gets the most recent version of the software. I do not believe that is the case since the first action that the software did after installation was to ... MoreLaCie 2big Thunderbolt 3 DockThis is a compact two-drive system capable of RAID 0, RAID1, and JBOD. It comes set up as a RAID 0 but using the downloadable software it is easy to reconfigure the device as a RAID 1, which is my preferred setup as I am more interested in data protection (from a drive failure) than I am in speed. This device replaces a LaCie 4BIG RAID device that is nine-plus years old and it was starting to show its age.Given the amount of storage available on this device, I wassurprised that the necessary software was not included on the drive. One might say this is done so that the customer gets the most recent version of the software. I do not believe that is the case since the first action that the software did after installation was to download a more recent version. The software that is included with the device basically takes you to the LaCie website to register the device and to download the required software (RAID utility and Toolkit ) – both Mac and Windows versions are available for downloading. As a note about the Mac version, if your system is not on a “current”release of MacOS Toolkit will not install.While most of the time this device is quiet, it can get too noisyfor on-desk placement. One might be tempted to place it on one’s desk so as to have ready access to the removable media ports.Had I written this review prior to this past weekend, I would have rated this device at a 4-Star plus.What follows is not a “hit piece” on either LaCie or Seagate(LaCie’s parent organization). In my professional and personal life, I have used and recommended products from both LaCie and Seagate. I am simply very disappointed with my device, as detailed below.On Sunday, of the Memorial Day weekend, I decided to use theCompact Flash (CF) Express reader to copy images that I had just taken with my Nikon D6. The copying speed was excellent, as I had expected considering that I have this device connected to my system using a USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4 compatible) port.My horror came then I tried to remove my 64GB CF drive fromthe device. I could not!I followed the directions of ejecting the whole device, no luck. I installed the Toolkit and tried ejecting the CF drive – no change. Ipowered down the unit (after properly ejecting it from the system, again something was holding the CF in the LaCie Dock.This “holding in” technology reminds me of the early MacIntosh days and the built-in CD drive. Some of you might remember that Appleprovided a little hole on the side of the drive that one could use a paper clip to release a stuck disk – no such hole exists on the LaCie Dock.I cannot fathom why anyone today would design a card reader thatintentionally locks in a CF drive, or for that matter any removable media. Any reasonable design must allow for the removal of such drives, cards, etc. when the device is powered off. I do not know if the “lock” is purely mechanical, in which case it is broken, or electronically controlled, in which case LaCie should have a Utility program to force the ejection of CF drives.So, while I might be tempted to give the LaCie 2big Dock a 4-star rating based on the disk performance and other features, I rate thedevice at ZERO stars; I wish that I could give a negative star rating. Isuspect that I will need to send in my unit in order to get my Compact Flash drive, which will mean that I will not have my main storage system during the repair process – which is a big issue!I would strongly advise against buying this device if you intend to use the included storage card readers.

Howard originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Awful product and CS - Avoid!
1 October 2024

First some back story. I'm coming from M1 Mac mini on OS Ventura with a Lacie 5Big on Lacie RAID Manager App. It had a few hiccups with each Mac OS update but all-in-all it did ok. It was noisy and slowish but protected the data. Fast forward to now I'm migrating to M2 Mac Studio Max on OS Sequoia and, of course, the old 5Big doesn't load on the desktop. It's fairly old so I'll give Seagate a pass on this. So I contact Seagate pre-purchase support to confirm that their newer 2Big Dock/Toolkit products will work on Sequoia. They say no problem. So yesterday I receive it, install the ToolKit app, load it up and, after doing a Mac Utilities restart to allow 3rd party system extensions, at first all seemed good. The 2Big drive with the iconic blue light was shining, the ... MoreFirst some back story. I'm coming from M1 Mac mini on OS Ventura with a Lacie 5Big on Lacie RAID Manager App. It had a few hiccups with each Mac OS update but all-in-all it did ok. It was noisy and slowish but protected the data. Fast forward to now I'm migrating to M2 Mac Studio Max on OS Sequoia and, of course, the old 5Big doesn't load on the desktop. It's fairly old so I'll give Seagate a pass on this. So I contact Seagate pre-purchase support to confirm that their newer 2Big Dock/Toolkit products will work on Sequoia. They say no problem. So yesterday I receive it, install the ToolKit app, load it up and, after doing a Mac Utilities restart to allow 3rd party system extensions, at first all seemed good. The 2Big drive with the iconic blue light was shining, the 2Big icon showed on the desktop, the Toolkit app let me format it properly, etc. But then the app directed me to update the driver. OK, no problem. One would expect that. Except the update wasn't working. So I contact Seagate CS. It's a hybrid chat via text. 90 minutes later of them asking me questions I've already answered an hour ago like, what computer are you using? What?!? Then suddenly I get a steady red light on the drive light --staring at me like the Evil Eye of Sauron. The kiss of death. Apparently the fan wasn't working and it overheated. Right out of the gate. No thanks Seagate!! Even my old Drobo drives still work and will still show up on the desktop when I connect them. Even to the M2 Mac Studio!! So now the old 5Big is a boat anchor (of course backed up to other drives) and the new 2Big was DOA. The only silver lining is this happened before I began using it to store data!! Avoid avoid avoid!!

Scott originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
CRASHED WITHIN 7 DAYS
20 March 2024

This drive is terrible and it crashed within days of ownership, setting it up, and transferred over 10k files which at the moment are not recoverable. Has it set up on my Mac in Raid 1. Both drives are down and I've spend hours working with Seagate...yes you read that correct! Lacie is a company now under Seagate. They sent me the recovery software to walked me through the steps, but now I have to send the drive in which will take 30 days or more with no other option. I'm 43 yrs old and this is the worst experience with an external drive I've ever had... not to mention I can't return it for a refund because I'll be past my 30 days due to this drive malfunction!!!! Stupid.

Frank originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Drive is good, the managing software, not so much.
27 March 2024

I purchased this drive a couple of months ago and the first one came with a defective card reader. B&H replaced it without a hassle (thank you B&H) but the big issue with this drive it the software for a Mac with an M series processor requires Rosetta to function and you need to install the LaCie driver if you want to change the RAID Type. Since I don’t have Rosetta running on my Mac, I used my 2015 Intel MacBook Pro to set it up to RAID 1. It now works perfectly without any Seagate (LaCie) drivers or software on my M1 Mac and has never given me an unexpected disconnect warning so it seems it is the Seagate software not the hardware that can be a problem. The speed of the drive in RAID 1 mode is about the same as a single stand alone drive as expected. It’s been ... MoreI purchased this drive a couple of months ago and the first one came with a defective card reader. B&H replaced it without a hassle (thank you B&H) but the big issue with this drive it the software for a Mac with an M series processor requires Rosetta to function and you need to install the LaCie driver if you want to change the RAID Type. Since I don’t have Rosetta running on my Mac, I used my 2015 Intel MacBook Pro to set it up to RAID 1. It now works perfectly without any Seagate (LaCie) drivers or software on my M1 Mac and has never given me an unexpected disconnect warning so it seems it is the Seagate software not the hardware that can be a problem. The speed of the drive in RAID 1 mode is about the same as a single stand alone drive as expected. It’s been over 3 years since the introduction of the M series chips and Seagate is still relying on Rosetta. Really?

R Stone originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Failures and poor customer service
26 June 2024

I purchased one of these in March 2023. I use it in a JBOD configuration, with one drive my archival storage and storage for photos and videos, with the second drive serving as a backup (I run Carbon Copy Backup every night to duplicate the active drive onto the backup - this works great as I have a reasonably up-to-date backup without the speed impacts of other types of array configurations). One of the drives (fortunately the backup) died in January of this year. It was still under warranty, so LaCie - which is now part of Seagate - said they would send me a new one. But it would be a completely different unit, so I had to back up the data off the old one before I could send it (or they would be happy to do it for me for several hundred dollars). That took a ... MoreI purchased one of these in March 2023. I use it in a JBOD configuration, with one drive my archival storage and storage for photos and videos, with the second drive serving as a backup (I run Carbon Copy Backup every night to duplicate the active drive onto the backup - this works great as I have a reasonably up-to-date backup without the speed impacts of other types of array configurations). One of the drives (fortunately the backup) died in January of this year. It was still under warranty, so LaCie - which is now part of Seagate - said they would send me a new one. But it would be a completely different unit, so I had to back up the data off the old one before I could send it (or they would be happy to do it for me for several hundred dollars). That took a couple days to accomplish, because all I had available was some smaller, slower drives. Eventually I got it done, packed it up according to their requirements (anti-static wrapping had to be purchased) and shipped it via UPS at my cost (!!!) and after about a week and a half received a new one.Now (June 2024) one of the drives has died on the replacement unit. Called Seagate again: unit still under warranty, we will replace it. But first just mount the drive and give us some info off it. This is where I lost it: if I could mount the drive I wouldn't be looking for a replacement, would I??? This time they said they could send me the new drive first so I could transfer the data to that and then send the failed unit back - for the small cost of $13.95. Fine, just do it. That was over a week ago. The drive still hasn't been shipped - I have tracking numbers from UPS but they haven't received the package yet.It's a good unit - plenty fast enough for my video editing, lots of storage, very happy with the JBOD configuration, and the card slots on the front are a nice bonus - hence the 2 stars. But if the replacement for the replacement dies (assuming it ever gets here) I'm not going to subject myself to Seagate's bizarre interpretation of customer service again - it's going in the bin and I'm getting a couple new Sandisk units.

Tom originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Good for managing your photos on a Mac
14 April 2024

I purchased a LaCie 2big Dock as an upgrade to my previous storage system.I'm making great use of the extensive connector standard support, like Thunderbolt RAID-Drives, and the new CFexpress cards, which work great with my new camera. The dock itself is quite compact, and the included Seagate drives (2 x 16TB) operate fairly quietly.It is very easy to switch between RAID modes using the LaCie RAID Manager software. The only issue I had was the very elaborate installation process: The official guide for making the software run on macOS seems to be outdated. I managed to find special instructions on how to install the driver for the RAID Manager on macOS Sonoma, but it took me some time to discover, and was not linked by the installer itself. After following the ... MoreI purchased a LaCie 2big Dock as an upgrade to my previous storage system.I'm making great use of the extensive connector standard support, like Thunderbolt RAID-Drives, and the new CFexpress cards, which work great with my new camera. The dock itself is quite compact, and the included Seagate drives (2 x 16TB) operate fairly quietly.It is very easy to switch between RAID modes using the LaCie RAID Manager software. The only issue I had was the very elaborate installation process: The official guide for making the software run on macOS seems to be outdated. I managed to find special instructions on how to install the driver for the RAID Manager on macOS Sonoma, but it took me some time to discover, and was not linked by the installer itself. After following the instructions, the rest of the installation went very smoothly.

originally posted on digitec.ch
Good storage but with a few annoying bugs, especially for the price.
17 September 2021

Does the storage job well, but has few annoying bugs that shouldn?t exist at this price point. First thing is this drive will not completely sleep when using the TB3 connection, it does sound like the drives spin down at some point but the fan is still going, and the blue light is on constant. When plugged in using USB-C the drive will go into to sleep where everything is off, with the power light flashing every few seconds.Why a pay a premium for TB3 when the features are buggy. The fan is significantly louder than the old TB2 2Big drive, seems excessive since drives don?t really require a large amount of cooling. Examining the case, it is significantly smaller than the old TB2 version of this drive, and doesn?t seem to have adequate flow path for air to cool the ... MoreDoes the storage job well, but has few annoying bugs that shouldn?t exist at this price point. First thing is this drive will not completely sleep when using the TB3 connection, it does sound like the drives spin down at some point but the fan is still going, and the blue light is on constant. When plugged in using USB-C the drive will go into to sleep where everything is off, with the power light flashing every few seconds.Why a pay a premium for TB3 when the features are buggy. The fan is significantly louder than the old TB2 2Big drive, seems excessive since drives don?t really require a large amount of cooling. Examining the case, it is significantly smaller than the old TB2 version of this drive, and doesn?t seem to have adequate flow path for air to cool the drives anyway. This could also be another reason why the fan ended up being so much loader than the last version, as it?s trying to force air through a very restrictive flow path. It would be nice to have a settings option to disable the flashing blue light when the drive is sleeping. Having a constant flashing blue light is annoying if this drive is in the same room you sleep in, and also really unnecessary, as the drive will wake up when you wake your computer the blue power light will turn on solid and thus let you know it?s working at that point. Many routers have this feature. A premium product that needs some more thought from its designer.

DAVID originally posted on adorama.com
Solid So Far!
1 May 2024

I now have two of the LaCie 40TB 2big DockThunderbolt 3 RAID drives. I use one to archive all my photo and video files. I use the second one to back up the first using the sync feature with the Get Backup Pro app that is simple and works great as an inexpensive way to do backups of only incremental changes. Both RAID drives are set to RAID 0 which is the only way I would use them. I've read several reviews with problems but most of them seem to regard RAID 1 configurations which I don't use. This drive is still fairly slow since it's only 2 bay but seems good so far for backup. Prior to this I had used WD and G-Raid drives for years with mostly good results but from what I've read in multiple places the quality of WD has declined to the point where I decided to make ... MoreI now have two of the LaCie 40TB 2big DockThunderbolt 3 RAID drives. I use one to archive all my photo and video files. I use the second one to back up the first using the sync feature with the Get Backup Pro app that is simple and works great as an inexpensive way to do backups of only incremental changes. Both RAID drives are set to RAID 0 which is the only way I would use them. I've read several reviews with problems but most of them seem to regard RAID 1 configurations which I don't use. This drive is still fairly slow since it's only 2 bay but seems good so far for backup. Prior to this I had used WD and G-Raid drives for years with mostly good results but from what I've read in multiple places the quality of WD has declined to the point where I decided to make the switch to LaCie.

Richard originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Yes, as a long term proposition
18 January 2024

A good solution to the inevitable problem of large Raw files - inbuilt storage filling up. I moved my Lightroom catalogue & all images from the iMac (2Tb) to the LaCie, set up as a two drive RAID, (10TB + 10TB). One drive mirrors the other. I had no previous experience of RAID, but the supplied software made this a relatively easy procedure. Surprisingly (to me), the Mac only sees the LaCie as a single 10Tb drive, but the led lights on the drive indicate both are working well. It is a little slower than the Macs built in SSDs and there is some noise of the audible type, but overall I think this should solve my storage problems for many years to come.

Neil originally posted on wexphotographic.com

Specification

General
Device TypeHard drive array
LocalisationWorldwide
Chassis
Built-in DevicesSD card reader

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