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Hard disk drives (HDD) Review
LaCie 4big Quadra 4TB review
LaCie's chunky DAS is designed to meet the balance of speed and security you require
Our Score
Last reviewed: December 2nd 2008
| Price at launch | £660.00 |
| MPN | 301357EK |
| Description | 4-BAY RAID, USB, FireWire 400 & 800, eSATA HDD |
| Features | RAID Support / 4 hot-swappable disks |
| Colour | Silver |
| Dimensions | 222 x 180 x 175 |
| Warranty Length | 3 Years |
| Weight (kg) | 7.1 |
| Additional Requirements | Computer with an eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 or Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port / |
| OS Requirements | Apple Mac OS X 10.3, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP |
| Power Supply | 100-240Vca; 50/60Hz |
| Required Hard Disk Space (MB) | 600 |
| Software Provided | Genie Backup Manager ProTM (Win) / Intego Backup Manager ProTM (Mac) |
| Average Seek Time | 10 |
| Cache Size | 16 |
| Drive Speed | 7200 |
| Ethernet | no |
| External / Internal/Integrated | External |
| HDD Capacity (TB) | 2 |
| Internal/External | External |
| Number of Hard Drives | 4 |
| Power Consumption (Operational) | 37 |
| Drive Width | 3.5in (PC) |
Lowest prices for
4big Quadra
Best Price
from Warehouseexpress.com
| Other retailers | Price |
|---|---|
| Purelygadgets | £469.95 |
| Misco.co.uk | £500.24 |
| Anvika.com | £519.99 |
Product Summary
Key specs
Drive Speed: 7200 |
External / Internal/Integrated: External |
Drive Width: 3.5in (PC) |
For
>
Beautifully constructed
>Blindingly fast as single stripe
>Multiple RAID modes
>Extremely quiet
Against
>
Poor security by default
>Finite capacity
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