GearLog: LaCie Intros Big Storage for Businesses
One has a single disk, one has two disks, one has five. Multi-disk models offer RAID 5 and/or 6 support. Prices start at $229.
“Small- and medium-size businesses, LaCie has your storage needs covered with a line of three new big data solutions. They include the d2 Network 2 (with a single disk), the 2big Network 2 (with two disks), and the 5big Network 2 (shown above, with five disks). The line offers data access of up to 70MB per second and lets users share files or back up networked Windows and Macintosh computers.
LaCie designed the Web-based administration tool to be extra-easy, and it can be used to manage users, groups, and shares, as well as to place data use quotas easily. Admins can also join a Windows domain using Active Directory, to automatically import users and existing permissions.”
