Comments on: Hardware Review: LaCie 2big Quadra External RAID Hard Drive http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/ A starry-eyed quest for beautiful eLearning and presentations. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:29:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: me http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-2/#comment-1418 me Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:47:25 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1418 Bummer, the drive just goes on and off constantly, must age it too. So, leave it on or turn it off. Bummer, the drive just goes on and off constantly, must age it too. So, leave it on or turn it off.

]]> By: Ana http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-2/#comment-1411 Ana Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:54:11 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1411 I'm so impressed with the loud noise that my Hd 2big quadra does. It's just incredible that Lacie does a Hd with a error so bad like this. It's impossible to edit with this noise arroud. This is to bad. I by I Lacie because I thought it was trustful and I'm so disappointed... THE NOISE IS TO BAD!!! Be careful and don't buy it! I’m so impressed with the loud noise that my Hd 2big quadra does.
It’s just incredible that Lacie does a Hd with a error so bad like this.
It’s impossible to edit with this noise arroud. This is to bad.
I by I Lacie because I thought it was trustful and I’m so disappointed…
THE NOISE IS TO BAD!!!
Be careful and don’t buy it!

]]> By: Jazz1 http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-2/#comment-1379 Jazz1 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:01:07 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1379 In response to you Madeley. My 2Big runs the fan at odd times. Even when my computer is sleeping. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to the fan running. Short of shutting it off with the switch, I can get it to stop by dismounting the hard drive (on a Mac) by dragging it to the trash. But then I have to either remember to turn it back on, or re-mount the hard drive via Disk Utility. In response to you Madeley. My 2Big runs the fan at odd times. Even when my computer is sleeping. There seems to be no rhyme nor reason to the fan running. Short of shutting it off with the switch, I can get it to stop by dismounting the hard drive (on a Mac) by dragging it to the trash. But then I have to either remember to turn it back on, or re-mount the hard drive via Disk Utility.

]]> By: R http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 R Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:35:53 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1378 I bought one as well. It goes to sleep just fine when I don't need it, but when I use it, oh dear. And the hurricane coming out of it is awful. I hacked it to make it shut up, here's a blog post about it: http://eos1dmkiv.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=o8dSDC0BAAA.uXTNv_3Oo24zyDfdkUgHvA.MtLZS_0OFjRSIKoHBQfvqg&postId=882542938514778075&type=POST I bought one as well. It goes to sleep just fine when I don’t need it, but when I use it, oh dear.
And the hurricane coming out of it is awful.
I hacked it to make it shut up, here’s a blog post about it:

http://eos1dmkiv.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=o8dSDC0BAAA.uXTNv_3Oo24zyDfdkUgHvA.MtLZS_0OFjRSIKoHBQfvqg&postId=882542938514778075&type=POST

]]> By: madeley http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1376 madeley Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:10:00 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1376 I have the 2TB Raid unit and finally went on line to inquire if anyone else was having this same issue about a loud fan. My husband was wondering what was making so much noise. Issue is, i finally turned it off, and the fan is still going and is so is the alien blue light! Is this normal? It has been a good half hour since i ejected the unit and switched the power switch from auto to off. I have not read anyone else complaining about this, so i am wondering if this may be an issue. Thank you for posting this blog! Madeley I have the 2TB Raid unit and finally went on line to inquire if anyone else was having this same issue about a loud fan. My husband was wondering what was making so much noise.

Issue is, i finally turned it off, and the fan is still going and is so is the alien blue light! Is this normal? It has been a good half hour since i ejected the unit and switched the power switch from auto to off. I have not read anyone else complaining about this, so i am wondering if this may be an issue.

Thank you for posting this blog!

Madeley

]]> By: Jazz1 http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1367 Jazz1 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:26:01 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1367 The 2Big is noisy, and for the life of me I can't figure out why it seems to go on all night even after I've put the iMac to sleep. I bought it as a replacement to a WD Studio II that quit working with my iMac's Firewire (would not wake from sleep). I guess I'll put up with the noise of the 2Big or should I say 2Noisy ;) The 2Big is noisy, and for the life of me I can’t figure out why it seems to go on all night even after I’ve put the iMac to sleep. I bought it as a replacement to a WD Studio II that quit working with my iMac’s Firewire (would not wake from sleep). I guess I’ll put up with the noise of the 2Big or should I say 2Noisy ;)

]]> By: Jerry LeBlond http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Jerry LeBlond Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:03:49 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1364 Chris, Thanks for your in depth "user" review. Wish there were more like you. I to am in the process of buying 2TB Raid unit. I've looked into Fantom, Buffalo, Verbatim. I came upon your site when eyeing the LaCie 2d Quadra. Your review only confirm all of the other posts that I read. The last response (Christian) said "LaCie's support disabled the fan altogether...". Did he actually send the unit to LaCie for this or was accomplished otherwise? One Raid that's going to get a closer look-see is the WD MyBook Studio II 2TB. Sure it's a plastic enclosure...maybe it doesn't need metal since it supposedly run so cool. Plus, selling for almost $100 less (on-line purchase) than the LaCie, it's well worth considering. I would love to hear back from other WD Studio II users regarding their experiences with the unit. Chris,
Thanks for your in depth “user” review. Wish there were more like you. I to am in the
process of buying 2TB Raid unit. I’ve looked into Fantom, Buffalo, Verbatim. I came upon your site when eyeing the LaCie 2d Quadra. Your review only confirm all of the other posts that I read. The last response (Christian) said “LaCie’s support disabled the fan altogether…”. Did he actually send the unit to LaCie for this or was accomplished otherwise?

One Raid that’s going to get a closer look-see is the WD MyBook Studio II 2TB. Sure it’s a plastic enclosure…maybe it doesn’t need metal since it supposedly run so cool. Plus, selling for almost $100 less (on-line purchase) than the LaCie, it’s well worth considering. I would love to hear back from other WD Studio II users regarding their experiences with
the unit.

]]> By: Christian http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Christian Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:09:05 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1360 I bought the Lacie 2big Quadra two years ago. From day one, the excessively loud fan annoyed me. I ended up placing it in a closed compartment of my desk which was somewhat bearable. As some reviewers mentioned their unit didn't have the same noise issue, I eventually RMA'd the unit. Lacie's support disabled the fan altogether, from what I can see, rather than replacing it with a quieter unit. The drives now heat up to 55 degrees Celsius (external temperature measured directly on the drives with an infrared thermometer). As this is still below the 60 degrees which the built-in Seagates are spec'ed for, it at least did away with the noise. Apart from that issue I had no problems with the RAID. I use RAID1 on eSata and the average throughput is 120MB/s. I bought the Lacie 2big Quadra two years ago. From day one, the excessively loud fan annoyed me. I ended up placing it in a closed compartment of my desk which was somewhat bearable. As some reviewers mentioned their unit didn’t have the same noise issue, I eventually RMA’d the unit. Lacie’s support disabled the fan altogether, from what I can see, rather than replacing it with a quieter unit. The drives now heat up to 55 degrees Celsius (external temperature measured directly on the drives with an infrared thermometer). As this is still below the 60 degrees which the built-in Seagates are spec’ed for, it at least did away with the noise. Apart from that issue I had no problems with the RAID. I use RAID1 on eSata and the average throughput is 120MB/s.

]]> By: Kitt http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Kitt Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:40:43 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1357 I too bought the LaCie 2big Quadra External RAID Hard Drive. Originally chose this drive for its redundant raid configuration and its connectivity options. This drive was to be used as a backup for my wife's photography. Upon plugging it into to her new imac, I chose to use firewire 800. This drive is so loud it has been mistaken for a tv left on with static blairing in the background. After two days of annoyance to sound, I decided to use the USB cable as a connection option. To my suprise, the fan noise is cut down drastically. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this? I too bought the LaCie 2big Quadra External RAID Hard Drive. Originally chose this drive for its redundant raid configuration and its connectivity options. This drive was to be used as a backup for my wife’s photography. Upon plugging it into to her new imac, I chose to use firewire 800. This drive is so loud it has been mistaken for a tv left on with static blairing in the background. After two days of annoyance to sound, I decided to use the USB cable as a connection option. To my suprise, the fan noise is cut down drastically. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this?

]]> By: Chris http://www.equixotic.com/2009/07/02/hardware-review-lacie-2big-quadra-external-raid-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Chris Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:05:58 +0000 http://www.equixotic.com/?p=397#comment-1353 Hi Anthony, Not a peep from LaCie regarding the fans. Not from my own inquiry as a customer, and not in response to this review. Sad to see a serious product shortcoming like this completely ignored by the manufacturer. Buyer beware. Chris Hi Anthony,

Not a peep from LaCie regarding the fans. Not from my own inquiry as a customer, and not in response to this review. Sad to see a serious product shortcoming like this completely ignored by the manufacturer. Buyer beware.

Chris

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