The LaCie 4big Quadra Bundle is a four-bay RAID storage bundle presented in this Chinese-language LaCie leaflet. The bundle contains two LaCie 4big Quadra units, a LaCie eSATA II PCI Express Card 3Gb/s - 4Ports, a LaCie Rescue Kit with a spare 2TB drawer and power supply, eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 cables, and backup software for PC or Mac.
Each 4big Quadra can be set to hardware RAID 0, 5, 3, 10, 3+Spare or 5+Spare, and the two units connected through the eSATA card can be combined by the host into software RAID 0. The leaflet also covers the Genie Backup Manager Pro and Intego Backup Manager Pro software, the Auto/On/Off power management, the Noctua NF-P12 cooling system, box contents, system requirements and full specifications. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Bundle capacity | Up to 16TB |
|---|---|
| Interfaces | eSATA 3Gb/s, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 |
| Interface transfer rate (maximum theoretical bus speed) | eSATA 3Gb/s: up to 3Gbits/s (300MB/s); FireWire 800: up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s); FireWire 400: up to 400Mbits/s (50MB/s); USB 2.0: up to 480Mbits/s (60MB/s) |
| Burst read transfer speed per 4big Quadra | eSATA 3Gb/s: 200-230MB/s; FireWire 800: 80-90MB/s; FireWire 400: 35-40MB/s; USB 2.0: 30-35MB/s |
| RAID modes | RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 3, RAID 3+Spare, concatenation, RAID 10 |
| Rotational speed / cache | 7200 rpm / 4x16MB or higher (per disk drive) |
| Power consumption (single unit) | Standby: 10.3W; idle: 34W; seek: 37W |
| Power supply | 100-240Vca; 50/60Hz |
| Noise (single unit) | Standby: negligible; idle: 25 to 28 dBA; seek: 25 to 29 dBA |
| Dimensions | 178 x 220 x 196 mm |
| Warranty | 4big Quadra: 3-year limited warranty; PCI eSATA card: 1-year limited warranty |
Two LaCie 4big Quadra units, a LaCie eSATA II PCI Express Card 3Gb/s - 4Ports, a LaCie Rescue Kit, eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 cables, and the LaCie utilities and user manual.
RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 3, RAID 3+Spare, concatenation and RAID 10.
With each 4big Quadra in hardware RAID 5 and the host combining them into software RAID 0, the leaflet states speed up to 400MB/s and capacity up to 12TB.
The 4big Quadra has a 3-year limited warranty and the PCI eSATA card has a 1-year limited warranty; a 3-year Advance Care option is also described.