LaCie 2big 5TB Spare Internal Hard Drive for 2big Quadra/2big Triple/2big Dual/2big Network 1.1/2big Network 2/2big NAS

2019-07-16T18:32:59

Purchased this hard drive just a few days over one year ago. A couple days ago, the power supply failed. 120 volts AC in and 0 volts DC out. According to the Lacie website, my hard drive is under warranty until June 8, 2021. Contacted Lacie for assistance in getting the power supply replaced. I was informed by Lacie that they do not repair nor do they replace defective equipment. I will no longer purchase a Lacie hard drive nor will I recommend one.

WESLEY G.

2018-07-29T12:50:11

The drive cord with the Thunderbolt 2 cable and is very easy to set up. It is fast for an external unit. It is a bit noisy as the fan never turns off.

KEITH H.

2018-07-13T10:14:27

The drive came in and lights came on but would not show in file manager. Drive was not formatted and had no instructions with it about how to do it. Went to LaCie's website and was able to download instructions and the GENI Timeline soft ware to run the backup procedure. Drive has worked great so far after a rocky start with nothing written included in the drive not even instructions tell to get on line to download...

MILTON S.

2018-07-12T22:16:57

I have absolutely no experience with this equipment but am working through getting it set up and running to back up my files and photos. I trust Adorama and am looking forward to being fully up and running.

CYNTHIA D.

2018-06-10T10:19:51

I bought this unit to replace the Apple 5400 RPM 1TB internal hard drive in my late 2014 Mac mini. I would have preferred an SSD but while the price of hard drives like this unit have become very inexpensive, even a TB SSD costs more. My only complaint is the noise of the drives spinning plus the cooling fan. This unit replaced an absolutely silent external 500GB SSD and the hard drive in the mini which is also silent. If Apple can mask the noise from it's internal hard drive, LaCie should be able to do the same. While the LaCie drives will never match the speed of the Thunderbolt2 interface, the dual 72RPM 3TB drives substantially increase the speed of my mini when booting or with any other data operations. I also like that the drives are hot swappable and can be upgraded at any time.

William S.

2018-01-07T12:34:36

This is a RAID storage device. It is quick and run's quietly in the background. It took me a bit of research to understand the value of this device and the software to maximize it's capabilities. The effort is worth it. I provides a synchronized back up of all my photographs and a bootable copy of my MAC.

STEPHEN C.

2018-01-03T15:06:50

It has very fast read and write speed. I don’t even really know why they give an opinion for safe which is slower for I haven’t had any issues in fast mode. I also purchased a 6TB four years ago in which I still have and never had an issue in fast mode! I bought this one because I need more memory.

JESSE D.

2017-12-17T10:33:10

Easy install to Mac system out of the box. Hardware raid, working well as backup

BEN P.

2017-12-14T03:02:18

This is my first thunderbolt that I bought and owned because of the price. So far I am very happy with the performance and would definitely recommend this to a friend.

MARIO M.

2017-12-13T08:54:49

I had been looking for a thunderbolt drive on eBay to fill out a small 3 drive raid 5 configuration. $ was about as low as I could find it (used). This showed up as a new drive on Cyber Monday for $... .I figured let's make it a four drive raid for only $ more. I'm glad that I did. The only minor problem was switching to JBOD for my software raid, the directions could be a little better, but I got it. A big improvement over the thunderbolt 1 version of the 2big. It is still available at $360 or so, still a great bargain. I'm not really sure why LaCie is discontinuing this model. It doesn't have the high end drives in it, but for adding to an existing thunderbolt chain to add extra storage or faster disk access, it fits a nice niche.

David S.

2017-11-08T08:33:39

...I'm finding a standard external portable 3Tb drive faster for editing footage. But it's great for storage, gives you secure feeling with the RAID doubled setup. Sometimes it's wonky with turning on and off (ie it's plugged in to the Mac but it's not showing up on the Finder) and you have to unplug the Thunderbolt wire and replug. :( Overall a solidly built drive

ELI K.

2017-06-22T09:44:32

Easy to set up Raid 1, with included tool. Looks good on the desk. Fast data transfer. Adorama is great to deal with.

Edward M.

2017-06-01T12:22:30

I've had great success with LaCie drives for many years. But not this one. It dismounts from my desktop whenever the PC goes into sleep for too long. Then remounting is impossible without shutting down and restarting. Daisy chaining with multiple LaCie drives also occasionally fails. Disappointing. I've replaced one drive under warranty and had three service calls. Not what I've come to expect from LaCie.

Mark A.

2017-05-24T10:03:15

The big boy was plug and play. I will use it for a work drive as it is fast a powerful. It is speedy and I will use the older drive it replaced as a backup. This one is much faster and hope 8 TB will last awhile. I recommend La Cie drives.

Linda B.

2017-03-31T10:39:09

The only consideration would be to make clear that the user really needs to review the on-line manual to make best use of the unit, such as how to change RAID mode. Also, the drive seemed to unexpectedly disconnect when my Mac Mini went to sleep until I installed the LaCie utility. Now it behaves as expected.

EDWARD C.

2016-12-15T16:02:44

excellent back up...even out on the field

EMMANUEL L.

2016-12-11T10:23:56

Bought the same drive a couple of years ago, and use it in mirroring mode. That drive I use just for photos. This drive will backup that drive, plus other documents. I have another Thunderbolt drive (Seagate), I use for time machine, but it is so slow. Glad I found a good deal on this drive, just when I needed one.

Regina R.

2016-12-10T08:52:26

I have always been happy with Lacie products, They are professional workhorses.

GEORGE M.

2016-10-12T13:41:38

This is a great large capacity hard drive with thunderbolt capability for fast up or download. Adorama had the best price and fast delivery. Such a good feeling when you buy a great product at a great price.

Marshall E.

2016-08-14T06:28:55

Well designed, and plenty of storage for all of my needs.

ADMIN P.