LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 Datasheet - Case Studies
1240MB/s
ACreativeSuiteStorage Solution
•Oneworkstationattachedtoone12bigRack
Fibre 8 enclosure
•4x8Gb/sfibrehostbusadaptorconnectionfor
enhanced transfer speeds
•Scalablestorageuptofiveenclosures
•Mediaaccessedbyoneuser
CentralizedMedia/
SMBPost-ProductionSAN
•Fourworkstationsattachedtothree12big
Rack Fibre 8 enclosures
•1x8Gb/sfibrehostbusadaptorconnection
per user
•Scalablestorageuptofiveenclosures
•Independentprojectmediaaccessedbyfour
users simultaneously
•Youmayalsoreplaceoneworkstationwith
a multipurpose server and retrieve your
shared media via a SAN fi le system
Case Studies
Howthe12bigRackFibre8CanWorkforYou
Workstation
12big Rack Fibre 8
8Gb/s Fibre
Channel Link
EnterprisePost-ProductionSAN
•Multipleworkstationsandoneserverattached
to fi ve 12big Rack Fibre 8 enclosures via
multi-port Fibre Channel switch
•Upto4x8Gb/sfibrehostbusadaptor
connections per user depending on switch
port availability
•Fivefullcapacityenclosures
•SharedmediaviaSANfilesystem
Workstation 1
Workstation 2
Workstation3
Workstation 4
Workstation 5
Workstation 6
Workstation 7
Workstation 8
Workstation 9
Workstation 10
12bigRackExpansions
12big Rack Fibre 8
Mini SAS
Mini SAS
Mini SAS
Mini SAS
Fibre Channel Switch
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SAN File System
Multipurpose Server
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Workstation 1
Workstation 2
Workstation3
Workstation 4 or
SAN File System
Multipurpose Server
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12big Rack Fibre 8
8Gb/s
Fibre
Channel
Link
12bigRackExpansions
Mini SAS
Mini SAS
Mini SAS
1255MB/s
780MB/s
780MB/s
780MB/s
780MB/s
2452MB/s
1874MB/s