LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 Datasheet - page 2
Totally Redundant—Totally Reliable
In addition to the 12 hot-swappable disks, dual RAID
controllers, and individually-tested enclosures, its two power
supplies and redundant cooling units are hot-swappable,
providing the ultimate in security. Its casing adheres to SSB
international standard references, delivering increased
quality and affordability. With the 12big Rack Fibre 8, there
is no single point of failure and a backup battery helps to
ensure that cached data within the RAID controllers can even
survive a power failure. And, with the 5–Year Gold Protection
Plan, you receive a five-year warranty on drives and casing.
A Total Storage Solution
The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 offers the most storage, the
highest speeds, and unparalleled reliability. It’s the ideal
solution for post-production professionals working with HD,
as well as for IT managers looking for a rock-solid storage
solution. With an 8Gb/s Fibre Channel interface, it’s faster
than ever, with performances reaching over 1200MB/s
with only 12 drives. The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 has 12
individually-tested enterprise class disks, supports six RAID
modes, including 5, 50, and 6, and allows the user to create
up to 60 cost-effective enterprise class SATA disks or 96
high-performance SAS drive disk arrays.
Perfect for Your Office Today—
and Tomorrow
The 12big Rack Fibre 8 allows scalability and simple
integration, since it can easily expand along with your
organization. With its four Fibre Channel connections, you
can share storage among four desktop machines or even
integrate it into a SAN environment, as a larger solution. Its
pre-configured RAID setups, remote tech support analysis
capabilities, and 5-year warranty and product swap help to
make it one of the best-supported, most reliable options on
the market. The 12big Rack Fibre 8 can be expanded through
dynamic disk array and LUN expansions, and even supports
multiple disk sizes. In addition, the 12big Rack Fibre 8 comes
standard with the best customer support in the industry
through advance product swap, access to specially-trained
tech support in your country, and escalation to the 12big Core
Team if your issue isn't resolved within 24 hours.
The Fastest Speeds on the Market
The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 is perfect for creative
professionals who need to work with multiple streams
of uncompressed HD video. It features four 8Gb/s Fibre
Channel connections, and with active/active dual RAID
controllers, it can provide enough bandwidth to support one
full non-interlaced 4K video stream* with only 12 drives. It
can even reach up to 2590MB/s with expansion units.
•1200MB/swithonly12drivesandupto2590MB/s
•Fullyredundantandreliableforpost-productionorITprofessionals
•Dedicated,trainedsupportinyourcountrywith5-yearwarranty
and product replacement
•Enterpriseclassdrives;supportsmixedSASandSATAdriveconfigurations
LaCie12bigRackFibre8BoxContent
• LaCie12bigRackFibre8dualcontrollerenclosure
• 2xSFPconnectorspercontroller
• 4x8Gb/sFibreChannelLCtoLCopticcables(3m)
• Rackmountingrailkit
• UK,EU,USpowercords
LaCie12bigRackExpansionBoxContent
• LaCie12bigRackExpansiondualI/O
module enclosure
• SFF-8088toSFF-8088MiniSAScable(2m)
• Rackmountingrailkit
• UK,EU,USpowercords
Minimum System Requirements
• PCorMac
®
or server with a 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
• Windows
®
Server2003(IA32,EM64T,IA64);RedHatLinux
AS4/EL5(IA32,EM64T,IA64);SuSELinux9/10(IA32,
EM64T,IA64);orMacOSX10.4orhigher
• Supportedwebbrowsers:InternetExplorer
®
6.0 or higher,
Mozilla
®
Firefox
®
1.5 or higher, and Safari
®
2.0 or higher
The12bigRackFibre8comeswithLaCie's
top-of-the-line5-YearGoldProtectionPlan,
which features:
•Five-yearwarrantyonyour12bigRack
Fibre 8's casing and drives
•In-housetechnicalsupportin13
subsidiaries worldwide
•48-houradvanceproductreplacement