On Tuesday , LaCiefinally made theLittle Big Disk with Thunderbolthard drive available to the populace through the Apple Retail Store and theApple Online Store . The LaCie drive was originally announced in February .
Ever since Thunderbolt made itsdebut in the MacBook Proseven months ago , there have been a few Thunderbolt - based peripheral machine released . Most of the machine are place at professional picture editors — video gaining control corner such as theAja Io XTor theBlackmagic Intensity Extreme , or high-pitched - end RAID array like thePromise Pegasus R4 and R6 . While the slight Big Disk is design to offer the hurrying telecasting editors and lensman desire , its small size , dewy-eyed configuration , and portability makes it appealing to the general consumer who has a Thunderbolt Mac .
The fiddling Big Disk features a pair of 2.5 - inch hard drive , preconfigured for the Mac as a RAID 0 . you’re able to reconfigure the raiment to a RAID 1 or JBOD . The 1 TB niggling Big Disk has a pair of 7200 - rpm drives , while the 2 TB version has two 5400 - rpm crusade . LaCie exact that the private road is capable of read speeds of 190MBps ( Thunderbolt is rated at 10Gbps throughput ) .
The 1 TB Little Big Disk is $ 399 . The 2 TB Little Big Disk is $ 499 . At the time of this article , the Apple Online Store pronounce that the drive ship in one to two week .
LaCie does not admit a Thunderbolt cable television with the drive . You must purchase a $ 49Thunderbolt cable singly from Apple , which is currently the only supplier of the cable .
LaCie also has a version of the Little Big Disk with solid - state drives ( SSDs ) that the company say will send in October .
From September 20 until October 13 , 2011 , LaCie is giving away a Little Big Disk . competition details are available onLaCie ’s Facebook page .
