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1. LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE UPGRADE
2. LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PORTABLE
3. LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE

You can buy spare 6TB hard drives pre-mounted in sleds for $499 each. The competing Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo and Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo are a bit trickier to open and swap drives.

LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PORTABLE

The drive sleds are more convenient than the ones on the older 2big Thunderbolt and the Editors' Choice LaCie 5big, but the G-Technology G-Dock ev with Thunderbolt is just slightly more convenient, since it uses push buttons to eject its portable drive cartridges.

LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE UPGRADE

The USB 3.0 is a stopgap before you upgrade to a Thunderbolt Mac or Windows workstation, or as a way to transfer large files from an older Mac or PC to a new one. The drive comes formatted for HFS+, so you'll have to reformat for exFAT if you're using the drive with both operating systems, or reformat for NTFS if you want to use the drive solely with Windows. Since there are both Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3.0 ports, the drive can be used with Macs and Windows PCs that have either interface. LaCie includes a plastic tool that resembles a SIM extraction tool for a smartphone and is used to push the recessed buttons that control the RAID settings. It can be set for RAID 1 mirroring (6TB total capacity) or JBOD (just a bunch of disks) (two 6TB drives) via a control panel next to the I/O ports. It's formatted for HFS+ and set up with a RAID 0 striping configuration for a single 12TB volume by default, which is how we tested it. The ports and control panel are protected by a removable panel, which helps keep the cables from disconnecting. Both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 cables are included. Ports include the AC adapter jack, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, and one USB 3.0 port. The drive array is definitely desktop-class, as it measures about 5 by 4.5 by 8.5 (HWD), and you'll have to plug it into the wall for power. There is no locking mechanism for the drives, so be careful if you have children nearby or work in a non-secured location. You can take out the hot-swappable drive sleds with a simple pull. The 2big Thunderbolt 2 has a pair of removable drive sleds in the front, while you had to flip the older design around to get to the drives in the back. It is a good choice if you need to keep a large amount of data on hand at all times, but its speed is closer to drives with the original Thunderbolt interface.ĭesign and Features The 2big Thunderbolt 2 is built into a large desktop-class enclosure, which is much blockier than the older LaCie 2big Thunderbolt (6 TB) we looked at two years ago. It uses the speedy 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 interface to move large amounts of data to and from your Mac or Thunderbolt-2-equipped Windows workstation. If you're a graphics arts professional, a musician with large sample libraries, or a scientist manipulating large data sets, then you should look at the LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 2 (12TB) ($999.99), a speedy high-end, desktop-class hard drive array.

LACIE 8TB 2BIG THUNDERBOLT 2 EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE SOFTWARE