LaCie 1 TB Big Disk Extreme External Hard Drive with Triple Interface ( 300797U )

by LaCie

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 11 x 2 inches ; 5.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AY8DF0
• Item model number: 300797U
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Box Content: LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 1TB, LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM with Silverlining Utilities and SilverKeeper software, FireWire 800 cable, FireWire 400 cable, iLink/DV cable, USB 2.0 cable (USB 1.1 compatible), drive stand for upright desktop use, external power supply.The LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface delivers seriously impressive capacity while reaching transfer rates that are up to 50 percent faster than 1st regular generation FireWire 800 drives. With FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces, this plug & play hard drive can help you share data among the widest range of user platforms. Achieve a transparent, built-in RAID 0 array without complicated configuration with its compact 5.25 1U design. Use it to store presentations, archive image banks or pre-press files, or exchange audio/video projects. Share among multiple users and environments with its convenient plug & play. With up to 800Mbits/s per bus and up to 64MB/s per drive burst, it's ideal for a variety of professional applications, including digital audio and video, graphic design and system backups. Its size can also be conveniently stack, stood upright or rack-mounted. It is specially designed to be ultra-quiet with its fanless heat dissipation. Operating System - Mac OS 10.2x or greater, Windows 2000 or higher Weight - 5.51 pounds, 2500 grams Dimensions - 1.7 x 10.6 x 6.8 inches, 44x270x173mm Buffer - 8MB minimum Software Configuration - Driver-free for Windows XP/2000 or Mac OS X; Silverlining for Mac OS 9; Silverkeeper for backup with Mac OS 9 & Max OS X System Requirements - FireWire 800 equipped computer - Mac OS 10.2 or greater or Windows 2000/XP FireWire 400 or iLink equipped computer - Mac OS 9.x/10.x or Windows 2000/XP Hi-Speed USB 2.0 equipped computer - Mac OS 10.2.x or greater or Windows 2000/XP USB 1.1 equipped computer - Mac OS 9.x/10.x or

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Video and Photo Enthusiasts, April 29, 2007

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R. Auger - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 1 TB Big Disk Extreme External Hard Drive with Triple Interface ( 300797U ) (Personal Computers)

Compared to Similar Drives:

I've owned the drive for about 8 months, and must say that I've loved it from day one. Similar Raid drives that I've had experience with have either burned out or have noisy fans. I also use the Lacie Rugged portable drive. With my MacBook Pro, I've used both intensely with great results. I've had experience with many other Raid and portable drives.

Cooling and Noise:

Since the hard drives are mounted next to eachother by the skinny side, and not by the fat side like most Raids, they do not generate so much heat for eachother. The drive stays very cool, even after intense hours of running during massive video encoding or batch picture processing. This is also helped since the stress is spread across drives. As mentioned, most Raid's are like a 747 with noise and still stay very hot. This drive is calm, stable, and quite, no matter what you do to it.

Speed:

Even when daisy-chaining two other HD's and a scanner, this thing is still blazing. With a 100gb transfer of pictures, I clocked it at around 80-100 mb/s. When copying and pasting, it makes a light noise, rather than a loud chug chug clack clack from one side of the HD to the other.

Travel and Wear:

As a transient college student, I have traveled many time with this drive with no problems. Its been subjected to cheep air conditioners and heaters, along with very humid dorm rooms. No problems, always ran without a hitch. Even though the drive is thin, it still stays very stable with its heavy metal stand.

Quality:

This thing is a beauty and looks its price. The case and vertical stand are made of solid metal, and you can feel its weight and quality. Its connections are tight and well located. The cooling system is quiet and worked fanastically.

Other Reviews:

Unfortunately with high-end HD's, who are mostly bought by busy professionals, buyers seem to only take the time to review if they've had a bad experience. Would you write your congressmen to tell him you were happy? If you look at reviews of other Raid drives, such as Western Digital, you'll see similar bad reviews, people saying they switched to Lacie. Those drives are genuinely noisy and have other concerns, however. You don't know if people are throwing things on top of them or knocking them around all of the time, or tearrying them out while there processing data. Overall, a great product product.

54 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars dont store valuables on this, September 28, 2006

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R. Kupelian "rogerk142" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 1 TB Big Disk Extreme External Hard Drive with Triple Interface ( 300797U ) (Personal Computers)

Both of my LaCie Big Disk Extremes have been returned to manufacturer within a year of purchase due to power issues. In each case I have lost time and valuable data (they reformat the drive after repair as stardard operating procedure). Lacie makes decent drives so this surprised me. Later models may have fixed the problem, but the LaCie Big Disk Extreme has issues.

52 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lasted less than a year..., September 29, 2006

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Richard Munroe (Belmont, Ma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 1 TB Big Disk Extreme External Hard Drive with Triple Interface ( 300797U ) (Personal Computers)

Then simply stopped working. After some additional research LaCie has a reputation for unreliable drives (which I knew ahead of time having bought LaCie drive years ago and then stopped). Typical failure rates of 40+% in under a year. Buy drives from anybody else. Fortunately all I kept on this disk were system backups and I can simply start using another disk.