At this week’s National Association of Broadcasts (NAB) event, LaCie is announcing three new storage solutions featuring Thunderbolt 2 technology: The LaCie 8big Rack, 5big, and 2big.
The LaCie 8big Rack Thunderbolt 2 is the company’s first Thunderbolt 2 rackmount storage solution. It sports up to eight 6TB 7200RPM hard drives from Seagate for 48TB in an 1U size.
Now featuring Thunderbolt 2 technology, hardware RAID 5 and industry-leading capacity, the new LaCie 5big is nearly two times faster — delivering speeds of up to 1050MB/s. Thanks to Seagate’s new 6TB 7200RPM hard drives, it boasts a 20% capacity increase, which makes it the most compact 30TB storage device on the market. With these advances, the new LaCie 5big gives video professionals huge capacity and ample bandwidth for improving 4K workflows – right on the desktop.
The new LaCie 2big boasts a host of features including Thunderbolt 2 technology, hardware RAID and a new industrial design. It boasts speeds of up to 420MB/s along with two 6TB 7200RPM hard drives from Seagate.
The LaCie 8big Rack, 5big and 2big, featuring Thunderbolt 2, will be available this quarter through the LaCie online store and LaCie resellers. Pricing will be announced when the product is available for purchase. Go to www.lacie.com/nab2014 .