LaCie announced a refresh of their popular 5big NAS unit at NAB2014, adding Thunderbolt 2, support for 6TB hard drives and a hardware RAID controller to enhance performance. Read on for details.
In my last article, I showed you how to set up the ISCSI target on a QNAP NAS to support backing up a 5Big Office+ NAS from LaCie. Now, I show you the LaCie side of the configuration. Read on for details.
Today LaCie announced its professional 5-bay RAID server is now available in a diskless model. Now, users can get all the benefits of the 5big Network 2, designed by Neil Poulton, but with the flexibility to scale their storage and security as they desire – making it an efficient investment for resourceful professionals and small businesses alike.
As well as announcing the 5big Office Server with WHS 2011, LaCie have also announced the 5big Office + Server with Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials.
We first told you about the LaCie’s entrance into the Windows Home Server market back at CES 2010, then it took until August for it to be released. Now we have our unboxing of the 5big Backup Server in preparation for our hands-on review.