LaCie Offers “Biggest” 5TB RAID Tower

LaCie is not a company many immediately think of when it comes to storage, but no one can accuse of them for not thinking big. In fact, their latest product is called Biggest S2S, and for good reason. It doesn’t hold a measly 1TB, but rather a full 5TB (5,000GB). It’s targeted towards the multi-media creation folks, and those with big pockets thanks to the $3,699 price tag. For those with even bigger pockets, you can pick up four to stack with each other to have access to 20TB.

The 5TB Biggest S2S five-disk RAID boasts a 3Gbit/sec eSATA interface, direct eSATA-to-SATA connection, burst rates of over 200MB/sec, and the ability to link up with three other S2S units on the eSATA PCI-X / ExpressCard to achieve the aforementioned 20TB solution. Furthermore, the disks are hot-swappable and the tower is hot-pluggable, and it can even be setup to beam out email alerts in the event of disk failure. The 5TB S2S is available now for $3,699 with a PCI-X card, or you can toss in an extra Benjamin and go for the PCI-E bundle.

Source: Engadget