LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400 Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra, Biggest Quadra Features

LaCie Biggest Quadra	Introduction
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1. Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra

Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie Biggest Quadra. This high-performance, ex- tremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen- dent/Inexpensive Disks) subsystem is ideally suited for integration with databases, imaging systems and e-mail and Web servers.

RAID technology is one of the best means to pro- tect your data, while providing greater performance, data integrity and availability than standard hard disk storage. With single error detection and disk parity used to recover data if a disk fails, a RAID system ideal for safeguarding valuable data while streamlining perfor- mance.

The LaCie Biggest Quadra is the ultimate approach to a flexible RAID solution, managing three different RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and offering the option of RAID 5 + hot spare. Featuring intelligent online re- covery, the LaCie Biggest Quadra allows one drive to be designated a hot spare – if one drive fails, the LaCie Biggest Quadra will seamlessly rebuild the failed drive’s data on the hot spare.

■Biggest Quadra Features

❖Supports powerful RAID 0, 0+1, 5, and RAID 5+spare

❖Hot swappable SATA disk drives for security and recovery

❖eSATA 1.5 Gbits/s interface

❖Automatic on-line rebuilding (RAID 0+1, 5, 5+)

❖Event notification through audible alarm

❖LCD panel for operational status display