LaCie has its network storage the 5big Network 2-series extended with a version that is without disks is provided. Users can for a relatively low entry price for a bare nas buy and the disks, a maximum of five pieces, deliver.
The 5big Network 2-series is already available, but as yet yielded, LaCie nas, and only with disks of 1, 2 or 3TB pre-installed. The company is now abandoned, and delivers the 5big Network 2-nas also bald, so that the user can determine the storage capacity and type of disks in the five drive bays can be built in. So it might be possible to Hitachi’s new 4TB drives to build a storage capacity of 20TB, although these discs are not yet on the list of compatible drives. The drives in various raid modes to be configured, where hotswap is supported.
The five-bay-nas from LaCie comes with two gigabitnetwerkinterfaces, two esata ports and two usb 2.0 interfaces. The devices measure 173 to 196 at 220 millimeters and roads without disks 7,6 kilo. The 2big series supports access via Samba, ftp and nfs, and can be done via a web interface be approached. The nas’and also as a print server, bittorrent-client, and Time Machine used to be, and can media via upnp or daap to stream. The bare-bones version has a suggested retail price of 349 euros, but for something more affordable available.
