LaCie 8big Rack 48TB Thunderbolt™ 2

LaCie 8big Rack Thunderbolt™ 2 EC Fastest 1U Storage for 4K Workflows.

•Up to 1330 MB/s* speeds for 4K video editing
•8 bays in a 1U rack for superb storage density
•Dual Thunderbolt 2 ports for storage expansion
•Hardware RAID, Enterprise Class drives, and full component redundancy design by neil poulton 

Fibre Channel DAS has been dethroned. Featuring Thunderbolt 2 speeds of up to 1330 MB/s and 48 TB in a 1U rackmount size, the LaCie 8big Rack has seized the crown. Video pros, meet the king of storage for 4K workflows. Thunderbolt 2 Speeds for the 4K Era 

Thunderbolt 2 Speeds for the 4K Era
With Thunderbolt 2 technology, the interface is no longer the performance bottleneck. For the 8big Rack, LaCie harnessed the breakthrough performance potential of the Thunderbolt 2 I/O, squeezing the absolute best speeds out of the hard disks. Add a hardware RAID controller and 7200 RPM disks, and the result is incredible, sustained speeds of up to 1330 MB/s that turbocharge 4K workflows, file transfers, or backups.

With this kind of speed, videographers can work directly from RAW files in Apple® Final Cut Pro® or Adobe® Premiere®, get maximum quality from footage, and see edits in real time. No need to first convert footage into a lower resolution. Avid® Pro Tools® users will notice incredibly smooth audio mixing, even when working with hundreds of tracks simultaneously. Professional photography agencies and other Adobe Lightroom® or Apple Aperture® users can browse through archived libraries of thousands of RAW and edited images, with zero lag.

Bulletproof Reliability
With full component redundancy, the LaCie 8big Rack gives professionals superb reliability and data security. Fans, disks, and PSU** are fully redundant, hot swappable**, and user-serviceable. And hardware RAID 5/6 provides security against disk failure and data loss, without compromising on transfer speeds. Whatever the contingency, zero data loss, and zero downtime. Seagate Enterprise Class hard disks provide superb accessibility, reliability, and robust performance. Designed to operate 24x7 on 16-bay racks, these HDDs feature 1.2 million house MTBF (mean time between failure) for extraordinary availability.

The LaCie 8big with Enterprise Class drives comes with a five-year warranty that covers drives, enclosure, and spare parts, ensuring a solid long-term investment. Enterprise Class drives feature 128 MB cache, 7200 RPM, and rack environment optimization, offering the ideal solution for handling aggressive workloads. For maximum reliability of your critical data, depend on the LaCie 8big with Enterprise Class drives.

The 8big Rack’s innovative cooling system prolongs component lifespan, featuring three efficient, thermoregulated cooling fans to drive airflow. A metal sheet beneath the disks dissipates heat, and cool air flows under the sheet to drain hot air away. Above and between the two rows of disks, air flows from front to back, conducting heat away from sensitive components.

The Most Powerful I/O, Reinvented
Thunderbolt technology redefined external storage with its speed and versatility for bandwidth-intensive applications. Thunderbolt 2 builds on those advances by doubling the speed potential to 20 Gb/s and enabling simultaneous RAW 4K video editing and display. And thanks to support for DisplayPort 1.2, it’s now possible to daisy chain higher-resolution displays such as 4K monitors. In addition to higher performances, the Thunderbolt 2 I/O offers dramatically simpler connections than Fibre Channel. Connect the LaCie 8big Rack to a computer via the Thunderbolt cable – no HBA (host bus adapter) necessary – and instantly the volume mounts on your OS. And unlike Fibre Channel, Thunderbolt 2 is truly a plug and play and single-vendor solution. No port mapping or multipathing is required to achieve this performance. Thunderbolt technology even supports optical cables, which means you could connect a LaCie 8big Rack to a computer located up to 60 meters (197 feet) away. Thanks to dual Thunderbolt 2 ports, you can daisy chain up to six devices to a computer via a single cable (included in the box). For example, you could connect a total of 36 LaCie 8big Racks via the six Thunderbolt 2 ports on a single Mac Pro®, enabling more than 1.7 PB (1728 TB) and more than 3000 MB/s – in a mere 36U. Compared with Fibre Channel solutions, the LaCie 8big Rack delivers outstanding scalability in half the space, a much simpler setup, and unprecedented performance.

Innovative Design, Breakthrough Usability
The LaCie 8big Rack industrial design demolishes the status quo for rack storage, with a relentless focus on usability for professionals. 8 x 3.5” Disk Bays Pack more storage in valuable server room space. Reduce the initial investment by purchasing the 4-disk version*** and adding additional disks as needed. Metal Sophisticated aluminum front and all-metal enclosure. Status LEDs From any angle, instantly check system health, disk status, and Thunderbolt connectivity, even when many LaCie 8big Racks are installed in a cabinet.

Power-Saving Mode
Save energy by pressing the power button to spin down disks without interrupting daisy chain transfers. Press and hold the button to shut down the product completely. ID Buttons From front or rear, press the ID button for an easy way to target a specific LaCie 8big Rack for maintenance. No more guesswork, counting screws, or waiting for a second person to help.Alarm Impossible-to-miss notification of degraded RAID. Silence the alarm with the mute button. 

Easy Access
The cable management arm lets the LaCie 8big Rack glide out from the cabinet without unplugging cables. And accessing components is as easy as clicking a hidden latch to release the top panel.

Tool-Free Maintenance
Quickly identify failing components thanks to the internal status LEDs for fans and disks. Then, simply pull out and replace the failed component. 8 x 3.5” Disk Bays Metal Status LEDs Power-Saving Mode ID Buttons Alarm Easy Access Tool-Free Maintenance Packed with Value for Pros LaCie RAID Manager software gives you a centralized, powerful way to configure and monitor all the LaCie 8big Racks that are connected to a single workstation. From one application, you can control the RAID mode, system monitoring, and email alerts. Select RAID 0▲, 1 (two-disk configuration only), 5, 6, 10, or JBOD. RAID Manager even supports RAID migration, so you can move from RAID 5 on 4 disks to RAID 5 on 8 disks – without data loss. And system monitoring can alert you of problems or potential problems via desktop notifications or email, so you can address issues before they result in data loss. For the ultimate in peace of mind and value, the LaCie 8big Rack features a five-year limited warranty. It includes comprehensive, complimentary web-based resources, expert in-house technical support, and worldwide repair and/or replacement coverage. You can even upgrade this service with warranty extensions and fast product replacement. Learn more at www.lacie.com/warranties.

Thunderbolt on Windows
You can connect this product to a Windows computer via the Thunderbolt connection. 
* These transfer rates were achieved using AJA System Test when connected to a 13" Macbook Pro® with a 2.8GHz Intel® Core™ i7 processor and 8GB RAM. Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors, such as RAID mode, RAID configuration, and disk capacity. ** The 4-disk version ships with a single PSU, and is therefore not hot-swappable. Purchase an additional PSU Kit to ensure full redundancy. *** The 4-disk version includes 4 empty disk drawers with screws. ▲ Hot swapping will result in data loss in a RAID 0 array. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage.

Capacity: LaCie 8big Rack Thunderbolt 2 EC 48 TB LAC9000598U 48TB 8 x 6 TB Enterprise Class HDDs 8 hot-swappable

Internal Storage:  * 7200 RPM/64 MB cache (or greater) hard disks with 1.2 million hours MTBF and 24x7 power-on operation

Media Interface: 2 x Thunderbolt™ 2 20 Gb/s

Interface Transfer Rate: Reads | Writes (MB/s)** 48 TB (8-disk) 

Performance Benchmark: RAID 0: 1330 | 1060 48 TB (8-disk) RAID 5: 1130 | 1020

Thunderbolt 2 Technology: Bidirectional 20 Gb/s permits a high-resolution display and RAW 4K video editing

Power-Saving Mode: Reduce power consumption by pressing the front button to spin down disks without disrupting daisy chain transfers (short press initiates power-saving mode; long press turns product off completely)

RAID Modes:  Preconfigured HFS+ RAID 5 Hardware RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 6 / 10 / JBOD

Daisy Chain:
Configure RAID using LaCie RAID Manager software
Connect up to six Thunderbolt-compatible devices – including Thunderbolt 2 and LaCie Thunderbolt Series products – to a computer via a single Thunderbolt cable***

Security: AES 256-bit software encryption▲, Cable management arm

Cooling: 
Redundant, hot-swappable fans
Aluminum front and all-metal enclosure
Efficient cooling for long-term reliability

Additional Features:
Tool-free component replacement
Cable-free fan, disk, and PSU connections
Two-step easy access to components
Front-facing status LEDs: disks, power, alarm
ID button: from front or back, user-friendly way to identify a product when many are installed in a rack
Alarm with mute button System monitoring and email alerts for failure and warning events

Acoustic:Idle: 50 dB Operating mode: 53 dB Operating max: 69 dB▲▲

Power Supply: 2x 100-240 V; 50/60 Hz; 250 W

Dimensions (W x H x D): 477 x 44 x 772 mm | 18.9 x 1.7 x 30.4 in.

Weight: 20 kg | 44 lbs 

System Requirements:
•Computer with a Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt*** port
•Latest version of Windows® 7, Windows 8 (see here for drivers information) / Mac OS® X 10.9 or later
•Minimum free disk space: 600MB recommended

Software:
•Intego® Backup Manager Pro for Mac®
•Genie® Backup Manager Pro for PC
•LaCie Private-Public▲ (protect data with AES 256-bit encryption)
•LaCie RAID Manager (administration console) 


Box Content:
•LaCie 8big Rack
•2x Internal power supplies
•Thunderbolt cable
•Rack mounting kit
•Hard disks
•Cable management arm kit
•Quick Install Guide

Comments:
* Hot swapping will result in data loss in a RAID 0 array. ** These transfer rates were achieved using AJA System Test when connected to a Mac computer via the Thunderbolt 2 interface. Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors, such as RAID mode, RAID configuration, and disk capacity. *** To achieve full interface bandwidth, connect the product to a Thunderbolt 2 port on a computer or device. ▲ Encryption software is only available via download and is not available in Russia. ▲▲ These measurements have been made under normal conditions, one meter/three feet from the front of the product. This value may vary with conditions and product configuration. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage.  
     
 

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