LaCie 301317U Little Big Disk Quadra 500GB eSATA-Firewire400-Firewire800-USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (Aluminum)
Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:37
Binding : Electronics
ProductGroup : CE
Manufacturer : Lacie
Brand : LaCie
Label : Lacie
Publisher : Lacie
Model : 301317U
Studio : Lacie
Color : Aluminum
Lowest Used Price: USD $191.99
- Compact, portable 500 GB hard drive designed by Neil Poulton
- Compatible with both Mac and PC
- Plug-and-play usability with automatic backup
- Connects through eSATA, Firewire400, Firewire800, or USB 2.0 interfaces
- Measures 1.6 x 3.3 x 5.5 inches (WxHxD); 3-year limited warranty
The LaCie 500GB Little Big Disk Quadra is one-of-a-kind FireWire bus-powered innovation offering daisy-chaining directly to digital video cameras, and bootability via FireWire (Mac) or eSATA (Windows). Now you can get convenient portable data storage without sacrificing performance. Connect via eSATA or FireWire 800 for fast burst transfer rates up to 30% higher than conventional desktop hard disks. This quadruple interface hard disk comes with eSATA 3Gbits, 2 x FireWire 800 (6-pin FireWire 400 adapter included) and USB 2.0 connections for complete compatibility. Easy to use thanks to the included LaCie Setup Assistant. The bundled advanced backup and restoration software EMC Retrospect Express helps you easily save your multiple projects. Fully plug & play with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Windows Vista. About 60 percent lighter than desktop hard disks, this small storage solution easily travels with you anywhere. With unsurpassed capacity for a mobile hard disk, it provides ample storage for transporting tons of files between home and office.The world-renowned designer Neil Poulton designed the distinctive Little Big Disk Quadra exclusively for LaCie. Thanks to its unique, fanless cooling system, it¿s the quietest hard disk for its capacity, making it ideal for AV professionals. The heat sink surface provides more area than the standard design for heat dissipation away from the drive, increasing reliability. Box Contents: LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra, eSATA-to-eSATA cable FireWire 800 (9-pin) cable, FireWire 800 to Firewire 400 (9-to-6 pin) cable, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter kit (needed for eSATA & USB users only), Removable drive stand, Quick Install Guide, LaCie '1-Click' Backup Software (Windows and Mac), Silverkeeper for quotmatic backup & file verification (Mac), EMC Retrospect Express 6.1 for Mac (not currently compatible with Leopard), EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.0 for Windows, & LaCie Setup Assistand (preloaded on the drive).
Quite and very good performance. (2009-06-03)
This firewire 800 Lacie external drive has two 250GB drives which provide excellent performance. It is used on our media center Apple Mac Mini and is extremely quite since it doesn't use a fan for cooling. Very pleased with the purchase.
Fast and Silent (2009-05-26)
I own three of these. They all take their power from the firewire 800 port (daisy-chained) on my MacBook Pro (Aluminum). Fast, silent, very compact.
Best of the best ! (2009-01-16)
Far faster than a traditional firewire or usb 2.0 drives. As far as I know this is the only bus powered raid. It uses raid 0 . It does not have mirroring capabilities. Using firewire 800 it is very fast.I have the 320gb version of this unit.
Awesome drive (2008-09-09)
This drive has now been in use for several months as backup for my system. The Little Big Disk Quadra's small physical size, holding 500 GB disk space, is perfect for my needs, and works so well I ordered another for off-site storage.
Capable Drive in a Small Package (2008-08-14)
I am using this drive as an eSATA backup for an office PC with critical files using Norton Ghost v14. Daily and system backups are speedy and painless. Wish the supplied eSATA cable was longer. Setup was a no-brainer.
