- #LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK INSTALL#
- #LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK PRO#
- #LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK MAC#
The name “SAFE 100” refers to the fact that it sets the drives to a “safe” mode, i.e. You can change the RAID switch from “BIG” to “SAFE 100.” “BIG” (JBOD) is the default setting, in which the drives are concatenated for maximum storage (1TB).
LaCie made an interesting design decision by putting a RAID selection switch on the rear panel. The 10/100/1000 LAN port supports 4k and 9k jumbo frames. If the on/auto/off power switch on the 2big is set to auto, the Shut Down button in the web admin interface will restart the 2big, not shut it down. The rear panel also has a three-position power switch (on/off/auto). You lock the drives into position using a screwdriver to turn the slotted locking screw. The USB ports are only for attaching external storage such as a flash drive or external USB hard drives-the 2big lacks UPS support and does not include a print server. The rear panel has two drive-status LEDs, two USB 2.0 ports, a power connector, and two removable drives. Its sheer mass alone gives it excellent cooling capacity, but the 2big does include a two-speed temperature-controlled miniature blower.įigure 1: Rear view of the 2big network NAS This is probably the most solid NAS enclosure I’ve seen. The case is formed from heavy-duty extruded aluminum. Under normal conditions, the button glows blue, but it changes color to reflect degraded RAID status. The button is actually for automatically copying the contents of an inserted USB key to a network share. Though you might think that the large button on the front panel is a power switch, you’d be wrong. LaCie chose an interesting name for their two-drive NAS entry-2big network.
#LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK MAC#
Now I’m going to take a look at another two-drive device from LaCie-a name long familiar to Mac users.
#LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK PRO#
Recently, I reviewed the two-drive LinkStation Pro Duo.
#LACIE RAID MONITOR 5BIG FAILED DISK INSTALL#
For each of those devices, you have to buy and install your own drives-something that not everyone feels comfortable doing.įor those wanting the simplicity of a two-drive NAS with drives already installed, there are relatively few choices. If you browse through SmallNetBuilder, you’ll find a number of feature-rich two-drive BYOD NASes including the QNAP TS-209 Pro ( reviewed), the Synology Disk Station DS-207 ( reviewed), the D-Link DNS-323 ( reviewed), and several others. For two-drive NASes, there are a lot of choices, but they basically fall into two categories: BYOD (bring your own drive) or devices that ship with the drives already built in. If you want a fault-tolerant NAS, you need a device with at least two drives in order to configure it for RAID 1 (mirroring).
On the low end, “brain dead” simple single-drive NASes such as Buffalo’s LinkStation EZ ( reviewed) require almost no setup, and correspondingly lack many features. Low performance compared to other two-drive NAS productsĬonsumers wanting to add additional storage capacity to their networks face an almost dizzying array of choices.
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