LaCie 1TB NAS Drive for $275

[jbass]

what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

 

[MrScott81]

Originally posted by: jbass
what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

I would imagine that once you have the drive up, you can format it to whatever file system you want.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: MrScott81

Originally posted by: jbass
what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

I would imagine that once you have the drive up, you can format it to whatever file system you want.

NAS are a different animal than your normal usb/firewire external drives. you need to format in the web interface and some of them don't allow for NTFS, etc.

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Originally posted by: jbass
what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

Checking LaCie's site doesn't shine any light on the answer other than the fact that the mini does NTFS and the BigDisk is supposedly the bigger version of this. I pulled the trigger on this and will have it in-hand tomorrow and can check then and post back unless others have already done so

Currently DVD images and other media are kept on my rig in my sig below but I wanted something to offload everything to. If the LaCie won't allow NTFS, I'll be using it as media storage serving content throughout the house. I, like you, wanted to store DVD images but will be satisfied if it won't. If I can just get the mp3's, TV shows/cartoons and divx on the LaCie that will suffice for now. I'm currently storing around 50 images along with the other media but could store 200 or so if the LaCie will just hold the other media.

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan

Originally posted by: jbass
what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

Checking LaCie's site doesn't shine any light on the answer other than the fact that the mini does NTFS and the BigDisk is supposedly the bigger version of this. I pulled the trigger on this and will have it in-hand tomorrow and can check then and post back unless others have already done so

Currently DVD images and other media are kept on my rig in my sig below but I wanted something to offload everything to. If the LaCie won't allow NTFS, I'll be using it as media storage serving content throughout the house. I, like you, wanted to store DVD images but will be satisfied if it won't. If I can just get the mp3's, TV shows/cartoons and divx on the LaCie that will suffice for now. I'm currently storing around 50 images along with the other media but could store 200 or so if the LaCie will just hold the other media.

Could you please transfer a 10+ gig file for me?

Thanks

 

[jbass]

Thanks. Looking forward to your findings.

 

[mrrman]

I like the review posted "Ive owned 4 LaCie drives and every one has died on me" makes me want to buy a few

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Originally posted by: vfrjim

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan

Originally posted by: jbass
what file system does this use? I need to store DVD images.

Checking LaCie's site doesn't shine any light on the answer other than the fact that the mini does NTFS and the BigDisk is supposedly the bigger version of this. I pulled the trigger on this and will have it in-hand tomorrow and can check then and post back unless others have already done so

Currently DVD images and other media are kept on my rig in my sig below but I wanted something to offload everything to. If the LaCie won't allow NTFS, I'll be using it as media storage serving content throughout the house. I, like you, wanted to store DVD images but will be satisfied if it won't. If I can just get the mp3's, TV shows/cartoons and divx on the LaCie that will suffice for now. I'm currently storing around 50 images along with the other media but could store 200 or so if the LaCie will just hold the other media.

Could you please transfer a 10+ gig file for me?

Thanks

My tracking information shows a delivery of Wednesday but I'll create a rar tonight of a few .iso's and make a 10gb file and transfer that one and let you know when I get it in.

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: mrrman
I like the review posted "Ive owned 4 LaCie drives and every one has died on me" makes me want to buy a few

4 drive failures? I'm gonna play the 'user error' card

 

[Glendor]

Originally posted by: brxndxn

Originally posted by: mrrman
I like the review posted "Ive owned 4 LaCie drives and every one has died on me" makes me want to buy a few

4 drive failures? I'm gonna play the 'user error' card

I'll second that...

 

[hytek369]

looks pretty slick, but i hear drive issues???

 

[jbass]

updates?

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: jbass
updates?

 

[ghart999]

Received mine yesterday and got it up and running in 15 minutes. Currently transferring 450GB of media to it. Its taking quite a while from what I expected via 100MB ethernet.

 

[jbass]

what type of file system does it use? I need to store DVD images and cant be stuck with FAT32

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: ghart999
Received mine yesterday and got it up and running in 15 minutes. Currently transferring 450GB of media to it. Its taking quite a while from what I expected via 100MB ethernet.

It will take 10 Hours 44 Minutes 14.71 Seconds assuming optimal transfers to get 450GB of data onto the HD.

1000MB would be 1 Hours 4 Minutes 25.47 Seconds. A bit faster.

 

[pete777]

Hi
is there any external case that does raid 1?
thanks
just want to buy the case

 

[ghart999]

Originally posted by: pete777
Hi
is there any external case that does raid 1?
thanks
just want to buy the case

Are you looking for NAS or just direct connect via USB/1394?

 

[pete777]

via usb
thanks

i have one from d-links but is not sata and is proprietary

 

[jbass]

I really want to order this if someone can please confirm the file system it uses.

 

[kki000]

from lacie's online manual.
"Click the Format button to continue, or the Close this window button to quit the process (Fig. 5.5.1.A.).
Keep in mind that the file system format cannot be changed."

A closeup of the screenshot shows the filesystem as xfs?

http://www.lacie.com/download/manual/ethernetbigdisk_en.pdf

 

[jbass]

Interesting...

Keep in mind that the file system format cannot be changed.

I see two drives in that screenshot, one showing xfs and the other showing EXT3?

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Originally posted by: jbass
Interesting...

Keep in mind that the file system format cannot be changed.

I see two drives in that screenshot, one showing xfs and the other showing EXT3?

The drive doesn't allow for NTFS formatting. What I did was format with EXT3 filesystem and am installing a driver on my XP boxes called Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. This allows me to map the BigDisk as a network drive to my Windoze boxes. Seems this is the only option since NTFS isn't...

As far as xfer rates go...it took a little over 2 hours to transfer 800+ gigs via 1000mb network. Not bad.

 

[jbubrisk]

Hi guys, don't mean to steal the thread, but since you guys were mentioning RAID and such, I thought I mention this drive I'm looking at: Western Digital My Book Pro II WDG2TP10000N 1TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / 1394b External Hard Drive - Retail

It costs a lot more (around $100), but it has RAID capabilities, a 3-year warranty (not bad), and the ability to manually swap out the drives! It comes with "EMC Retrospect Express" backup software, don't know if thats good though.
FYI, the drives have 16 MB buffers in the 1 TB edition, and I found this on their support site:

"The My Book Premium II and My Book Pro II hard drives are pre-configured for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. These products also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates half the capacity to mirror the data in both internal hard drives. These products DO NOT support JBOD or any other RAID configurations."

"The My Book Pro Edition II hard drive ships with a HPS+ (Journaled) format. This Macintosh native format is not compatible with Windows based computers therefore the drive will need to be repartitioned and reformatted before usage in a Windows based computer."

On that note, the My Book Premium II comes with NTFS, but only has a 1 year warranty. I think the software is different too (probably because of the file format).

OK I'm done!

 

[vfrjim]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan

Originally posted by: jbass
Interesting...

Keep in mind that the file system format cannot be changed.

I see two drives in that screenshot, one showing xfs and the other showing EXT3?

The drive doesn't allow for NTFS formatting. What I did was format with EXT3 filesystem and am installing a driver on my XP boxes called Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. This allows me to map the BigDisk as a network drive to my Windoze boxes. Seems this is the only option since NTFS isn't...

As far as xfer rates go...it took a little over 2 hours to transfer 800+ gigs via 1000mb network. Not bad.

Were you able to transfer that 10 gig file?