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The LaCie 5big Network is a five-bay networked storage device, designed for small to medium offices with large storage space requirements. Available in capacities ranging from 2.5 to 10 TB, the 5big Network represents the most networked storage space offered by LaCie. Ethernet technology enables all users on a network to back up data and share files. The unit supports seven RAID modes, up to RAID 6, most of which enable hot-swapping for uninterrupted data access. A USB port and 3 eSATA ports allow expanded storage and additional backup. For home use, movies and music stored on the device can be streamed to UPnP devices, including game consoles, and large downloads can continue while a computer is turned off thanks to an integrated torrent server. Other features include Active Directory Support and Wake-on-LAN, which enables remote power-on and power-off. The 5big Network is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux, and works with Time Machine on Mac OS X Leopard.
MSRP $800.00
Release date October, 2008
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Features
- RAID NAS
- Five disks
- Ethernet 10/100/1000
- 2.5, 5, 7.5, or 10 TB
- 7 RAID modes
- Hot-swapping
- Active Directory Support
- Wake-on-LAN
- Media streaming
- Integrated torrent server
- USB port
- 3 eSATA ports
- Windows, Mac, and Linux compatibility
- Time Machine compatibility
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LaCie 5big Network | 5TB
• LaCie 301355U 5TB 5big Network Hard Drive
• 5BIG Network 5BAY Raid 0/1/5/5+SPARE/6/10/6+SPARE 3YR
UPC: 093053752965
EAN: 093053752965
MPN: 301355U
LaCie 5big Network | 7TB
• LaCie 301419U 7.5TB 5big Network Hard Drive
• 5Big Network 75TB
UPC: 093053761240
EAN: 093053761240
MPN: 301419U
LaCie 5big Network | 2.5TB
• LaCie 301354U 2.5TB 5big Network Hard Drive
• LaCie 5big 2.5TB Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 RAID 5 Network Storage
UPC: 093053752958
EAN: 093053752958
MPN: 301354U
LaCie 5big Network | 10TB
• LaCie 301424U 10 TB 5big Network Hard Drive
• 5BIG NETWORK 10TB 5BAY RAID
UPC: 093053761080
EAN: 093053761080
MPN: 301424U
Competitors
MSRP $1,200.00
Released July, 2007
Pros
- JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 5+ spare and RAID 6
- Loaded with programs like iTunes and BitTorrent/eMule/FTP/HTTP/NZB
- host websites using included PHP+MySQL
Cons
- difficult to replace drives - no easy access, hotswapping
- expensive
- little known manufacturer
LaCie 5big Network
vs.
Synology CS407e
MSRP $1,700.00
Released September, 2008
Pros
- High speed 1000 Mbit/s transfer rates when used in a GigE network
- RAID 0,1 and 5
- Use it to centralize your home media and stream to any tv or media player in the house
Cons
- Only WD drives can be used as replacements
- designed for non-demanding consumers only, very slow write speeds
- poor value - very expensive for the performance
LaCie 5big Network
vs.
Western Digital WD ShareSpace
Reviews
September 13, 2009
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Pros
- extremely affordable raid6 product with 5 drive bays.
- supports 1.5tb and 2tb SATA drives
- can read from FAT, FAT32, NTFS, HFS+, EXT2, EXT3, REISERFS and XFS formatted drives. Unclear if it is REISERFS3 or REISERS4 that is supported. Unclear if EXT4 will be supported in the future.
- Has three eSATA posts and one USB expansion port for plugging in additional drives.
- Most user forums agree that when a drive fails in RAID5, RAID5+, and/or RAID6 that the unit is able to seamlessly recover data and rebuild if a replacement drive is inserted.
Cons
- not available as a shell, you need to buy the unit with hard drives. The drives LaCie puts in here are definitely not what a knowledgeable person would use. (cheap hitachi's provided at premium cost)
- spare drives / drive trays are available, at an exorbitant price, and only as a drive/tray combo, not tray alone.
- insufficient ram: only 128mb ram with 4mb flash memory. way way low for for a product in this price category; especially with as cheap as ram is these days.
- does not support the (extremely excellent for network storage) ZFS file system :(
- CPU is a Marvell 88F5182 "Orion" processor (@ 500 MHz). a 900-1.1ghz processor would have been more suitable; 500mhz is easily bogged down when making parity calculations (RAID5 and RAID6) leading to this product sometimes crashing if it 'is driven too hard.'
- Customer service/support from LaCie is usually regarded as terrible.
- Huge negative: no support for UPS connection via USB -- if the power fails, you NAS crashes. Not sure how anyone could have missed such a glaring oversight.
- No visible online 'hacking' community to develop and share applications or plugins to enhance this hardware. [as opposed to the very rich hack community with other NAS products such as the D-Link DNS-323]
- No clear instructions on how you would go about upgrading hard drives to larger capacity units. No mention if volume expansion is supported.
- No media player extensibility; which is especially odd when considering that this product is marketed toward *home* and small business. Should work fine with a Popcorn Hour media server nonetheless.
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