La Cie LaCie Big Disk Hard Drive User Reviews

"Unreliable"

We've had the 1TB server for just over a year...  inexpensive, lots of storage unreliable, slow, crashes, not enough user configuration

LaCie Ethernet Disk (800GB)

Windows, Mac, FTP and HTTP access can be enabled/disabled per sharepoint however when FTP is...

"FTP access when FTP disabled"

Windows, Mac, FTP and HTTP access can be enab...  blue light for HD access security problems

LaCie Ethernet Disk (160GB)

Have 500gb model with 500gb external firewire disk (to backup the array). Web management interface...

LaCie Big Disk Extreme with Triple Interface 600GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, External, USB 2.0 / FireWire 400 / FireWire 800

It's a great drive. I have always trusted this brand and have never been given a reason not to.

LaCie Big Disk 600GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, External, USB 2.0

I use this disk under Linux, and formatted it as ext3, it's cool, easy to plug and play, best of all, it's almost noiseless. noiseless, durable, flex...

LaCie Big Disk 500GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, External, USB 2.0

extremely easy setup. very quiet running. flawless operation so far. attractive case with clever vertical or flat mounting options. Good history with ...

LaCie Ethernet Disk 1TB Hard Drive, 7200RPM, External, Ethernet RJ-45

You can't find a better deal for what you get. Very easy to install and setup. Great for home music, pictures and video's and backing up computers to ...

Much better than the Western Digital Raid drive

This is the best external hard drive I've owned. I'm using the Raid 0 mode to backup three drives inside my Mac Pro. Using Time Machine with this driv...

Good device

So far so good with this drive, set up in Raid 1. Out of the box it was set to what appeared to be RAID 1, but the little circular screw mechanism was...

Raid selection wheel - bad

Just bought this and can only get two modes JBOD and Fast after two hours of trying to get the stupid little dial to line up just perfectly. I finally...

This LaCie Failed

After 6 months of use, this drive began to fail. Not a quick death mind you but a slowly over the 5th to 6th month of low usage. Just when we would th...

Time Machine?

Can this be used with Mac OS X Leopard's Time Machine for several Macs to share? I've got a LaCie 2big Triple RAID and use it with FireWire 800 and m...

One caveat: The LaCie admin

One caveat: The LaCie admin interface doesn't allow for user quotas, so one person can fill up the entire drive.

The Good The Bad and the UGLY.

If your needing a massive storage box this is it. If you need "Volumes" you can hot swap on the fly for the same $$ you need to look at a BURLY BOX fr...

no service support after warranty expires

I have two similar 2TB LaCie drives and both failed during the 1 year warranty. One had the whole unit promptly replaced and the other had the externa...

What he said

Good value. Temperamental.

Not Reliable DO NOT PURCHASE!

lots of space. I have had two lacie externals, a 500 gig Big Disc and a 1tb Bigger Disc.

Short life!!

I have three LaCie hard drives and this is the third review on the most recent one I have purchased. Please feel free to read the other reviews on her...

Poort product - and poor service

Poort product - and poor service LaCie Harddisks look nice. That's because they spend quite of money on design. Wish they would spend the money on cus...

I don't recommend it

I don't recommend it Not only have I had the drive fail after a crash, losing all data, at this point a gig HD is so cheap, I can't think of why someo...

MAC problems, but solved. MAC Happy!

MAC problems, but solved. MAC Happy! I bought this external hard drive used off an online auction site. I was skeptical because of all the bad write...

Fast, reliable, perfect.

Fast, reliable, perfect. Despite the claims in the other review, the warranty on this unit is an impressive 3 years. I've been using this drive on a ...

LaCie Biggest FW800

Very acceptable

LaCie 2BIG Network - NAS - 1 TB - HD 500 GB X 2 - RAID 1 - Gigabit Ethernet

Great for bringing my old mac together with pc's Not as fast as I would like

LaCie 301239EK

Compact, quiet, quite flexible placement options. USB ports do not allow direct connection to a computer as a USB disk. Connecting via the USB ports m...

Rock Solid

Rock Solid I've been in the design industry for 13 years and everywhere I have worked, Lacie has become synonymous with quality and reliability. You'l...

Dont waste your money

Dont waste your money Purchased one 13 months ago and it has just failed big style. The power supply failed first, well it was intermittent some times...

Avoid these items

Avoid these items I have been unfortunate to own three of these drives, two 250GB models and this 1TB model. The first two died within a month of each...

Power supplies are completelly unreliable for these units

Power supplies are completelly unreliable for these units I have 4 of these drives. So far I have had 5 power supplies fail, two of which were replace...