LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt With 6Gb SATA Interface

LaCie announced that the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series, design by Neil Poulton, now features SATA III SSDs (6Gb/s interface).

With read speeds up to 635MB/s, the LaCie Little Big Disk is a fast portable Thunderbolt solution. It can transfer a 50GB project in less than two minutes or edit six uncompressed 422 streams at the same time.

For content creators and professional users, the Little Big Disk delivers FC rackmount speeds in a portable solution.

"We saw an opportunity to make the LaCie Little Big Disk even faster and jumped on it," said Erwan Girard, Professional Business Unit manager, LaCie. "The new LaCie Little Big Disk can complete tasks in minutes that used to take hours. This saves our customers time and therefore money."

At just 1.4 pounds, the Little Big Disk is a portable unit. While meeting with a client, photographers can browse smoothly through digital photo libraries and experience zero lag time. Away from the studio, videographers can reduce the time to publish a project. They download their footage directly from a compatible camera to the Little Big Disk, and begin the edit process in the field.

The product features a pair of 2.5" SATA III SSDs. A RAID array can be configured using the Mac OS Disk Utility for performance (RAID-0) or security (RAID-1). It supports daisy chaining up to six compatible devices such as displays and other peripherals.

The new Little Big Disk joins LaCie’s line of Thunderbolt storage solutions, which include the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series, 2big Thunderbolt Series and eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series.

The Little Big Disk is protected by a three-year limited warranty. It includes web-based resources, expert in-house technical support, and worldwide repair/replacement coverage. Additional services can also be purchased.

The Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series SSD is available in 512GB and 1TB capacities through the LaCie Online Store and storage partners starting at the suggested retail price of $699.00. The Thunderbolt cable is included with purchase.