Today LaCie announced the availability of 5TB, 7200 rpm hard–drive capacities in its 5big Thunderbolt Series, 2big Thunderbolt Series and d2 Thunderbolt Series. The drives are targeted at video and photo professionals and as the name reveals, connect to the computer using the Thunderbolt interface.
The 5big Thunderbolt is able to house five discs of 5 TB resulting in a whopping 25 TB of available disk space. The drives can be put in a RAID 0 or 1 setup and LaCie promises speeds of up to 785 MB/s. By default the drives are configured as a RAID 0 array. LaCie specifies that while idle the 5big drive generates 25-28dBA of noise, while operating that increases to 25-29dBA.
All LaCie professional products are protected by a three year limited warranty, which includes web based resources, technical support, and worldwide repair/replacement coverage.
