LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400 - Manual (Page 7)

LaCie Biggest Quadra
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Introduction
1. Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra
Congratulations on the purchase of your new
LaCie Biggest Quadra. This high-performance, ex-
tremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen-
dent/Inexpensive Disks) subsystem is ideally suited for
integration with databases, imaging systems and e-mail
and Web servers.
RAID technology is one of the best means to pro-
tect your data, while providing greater performance,
data integrity and availability than standard hard disk
storage. With single error detection and disk parity used
to recover data if a disk fails, a RAID system ideal for
safeguarding valuable data while streamlining perfor-
mance.
The LaCie Biggest Quadra is the ultimate approach
to a flexible RAID solution, managing three different
RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and offering the option of
RAID 5 + hot spare. Featuring intelligent online re-
covery, the LaCie Biggest Quadra allows one drive to
be designated a hot spare – if one drive fails, the LaCie
Biggest Quadra will seamlessly rebuild the failed drive’s
data on the hot spare.
Biggest Quadra Features ■
Supports powerful RAID 0, 0+1, 5, and RAID 5+spare
Hot swappable SATA disk drives for security and recovery
eSATA 1.5 Gbits/s interface
Automatic on-line rebuilding (RAID 0+1, 5, 5+)
Event notification through audible alarm
LCD panel for operational status display
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