LaCie 5big Office: Backup Solutions for Small Businesses

LaCie announced the 5big Office Series, its latest five-bay NAS solutions.

With easy setup, collaboration and total data protection, the 5big Office Series is a long-term investment for any small business.

They feature the Windows Server operating systems and an Intel Atom processor.

Powered By Windows
The 5big Office, powered by Windows Home Server 2011, is for backing up as many as 10 PCs. The 5big Office+, powered by Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, backups as many as 25. Get up and running on either system with a setup process and a Windows environment. The 5big Office Series helps business groups collaborate.

Hardware
The 1.6GHz Intel 64-bit Atom processor and 2GB of RAM enables maximum simultaneous data access and backups for all employees. Additionally, the 5big Office Series’ cooling system protects internal components, ensuring long-term reliability.

Optimized Data Usage
The single-drive version allows users to add additional drives, as needed, for up to 10TB of total capacity. It reduces the initial investment and assures a long-term solution. Its PC backup data deduplication only backs up a single instance of redundant data. This optimizes storage space as well as increases backup speed.

5big Office+: Integrate Multiple Offices
The 5big Office+ offers all the features of the 5big Office, but brings tools – including DFS-R/N – for integration with off-site servers. IT managers can centralize and consolidate data, even when it’s spread across multiple geographic locations. The 5big Office+ also features Windows domain/Active Directory support, a dual-core processor, dual Ethernet links, and can backup more PCs.

Additional Features:

• Complete Data Protection: Automated backups of office computers make complete data protection easy.
• Disaster Recovery: Restore a file or even a complete workstation operating system using a simple wizard. The 5big Office Series also supports secure RAID-1 and RAID-5 modes for automatic, hardware-level protection.
• Off-site Protection: For an additional level of data protection, the user can also backup data to an offsite location with NAS-to-DAS backup, NAS-to-NAS backup or Wuala, LaCie’s Secure Cloud Storage service.
• Employee Collaboration: The system can serve files to any operating system – PC, Mac, or Linux – on the network.
• Wuala Secure Cloud Storage: The product comes with a 100GB of trial Wuala Secure Cloud Storage that lets users store and back up files online and access them from anywhere.
• Centralized Monitoring: Control RAID, users, or monitor backup status.

3-Year Limited Warranty
The LaCie 5big Office Series is protected by a three-year limited warranty that includes complimentary web-based resources, expert in-house technical support, and worldwide repair/replacement coverage. Advance Care Option can also be purchased.

Availability
The LaCie 5big Office is available in single-disk 2TB capacity and the 5big Office+ is available in single-disk 2TB or five-disk 10TB capacities through the LaCie Online Store and storage partners, starting at $749.00 with one 2TB HDD and $1,499 for 10TB.