LaCie Takes Big Disk Extreme+ to 2 TB

By Geoff Duncan July 19, 2007

Accessory and peripheral maker LaCie has taken the wraps off its Big Disk Extreme+ external hard drive, pushing the line’s capacity to 2 TB.

"LaCie is excited to introduce this high-capacity solution for professional users," said Olivier Mirloup, LaCie Hard Disk Drive Business Unit Manager, in a release. "The Big Disk Extreme+ is a triple threat with high-performance storage, high capacity and a user-friendly quick backup feature for data safety and recovery."

The new unit offers three interfaces—two FireWire 800 ports, one FireWire 400 port, and a USB 2.0 port—along with a LaCie Shortcut Button which can be used to launch any document or application with just a press: we recommend that it launch the bundled EMC Retrospect backup program for either Windows or Mac OS X. The drive offers a transparent RAID 0 array (we presume that means two 7,200 rpm 1 TB drives) along with 32 MB of cache; the drive also sport’s LaCie’s d2 design with a head-dissipating aluminum housing, a "smart" fan system, and a three-position switch for customized power management.

LaCie says the 2 TB drive is available today for $849, although the Web site says the company is only taking pre-orders, with units to ship in early August. The Big Disk Extreme+ units are also available in 1 and 1.5 TB capacities.

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