LaCie 2Big Thunderbolt 3 Drive & Dock is the Ultimate Pro Storage Solution - Review

[@miniroll32]

2:47 That reassuring tap on the product sold me

[@Bonabellfilms]

I felt that!! Seriously

[@jimthing]

Two problems with the video review: 1) @2:32 The HDDs inside are "IronWolf Pro" (not plain "Ironwolf"), so they're actually ENTERPRISE class drives, with a higher MTBF rate (^15 instead of ^14). Something important to mention, otherwise people wouldn't understand the high price of these devices. 2) The LaCie brand is pronounced 'lay-see' (US) or 'la-see' (EU), and not 'lass-ee-air'. Otherwise they'd be spelt "LaCier" or similar, which they're not.

[@creatiw]

Also if you're connecting the laptop using the thunderbolt cable, the USB-C 3.1 port turns off. You can't plug anything into that.

[@jimbrannan5825]

I bought a 7 port USB 3 hub and hooked 7 - 5 TB WD USB self powered backup drives to it and got 35 TB's of storage for my media center. The drives were just over $125 each. For a total of $900. The speed is just under what this will do on it's best day but I am very happy with it and I don't need $60 Thunderbolt cables. Plus if one fails it's more easily replaced than paying $400 for one of these 8 TB drives.

[@runneryg]

I bought one a few days ago i just found out i can plug in other Lacie drives which will be helpful to set them up when i need to.

[@soundpost9933]

can we use only NAS hdd's in this 2big dock or we can use normal compute hdd's while using this as dock mode??

[@MaxHuisman]

With the dual Thunderbolt 3 ports on this unit: is it possible to connect two TB3 laptops or desktops, and read/write simultaneously???

[@trondhelgehie6771]

Max Huisman no

[@anatol1204]

Can you put an other hdd in it? For example a 6tb or a wdigital ?

[@painter5483]

Hi Can we connect and use the Lacie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 device with 2 imac usb type c cables at the same time?

[@Not_Vladimir_Putin]

Is this drive enclosure noisy? Would have been nice to include live audio portion of your review to demonstrate, especially since short lightning cable will require this to be so close to computer.

[@trondhelgehie6771]

vidiot2000 its noisy

[@runneryg]

no its no

[@edoardoaleandri1737]

When I connect the 16TB 2BIG hard disk set with RAID1(SAFE) to my Mac book air, Should I display 2 hard disk of 8TB each, its correct? Or the Mac display only one big Hard disk of 8TB without showing the mirror hard disk?

[@jaimeduncan6167]

just one drive, the mirror hide that you have two drives, that way the operative system see just one drive and both drives get the same data. If you want to see two drives configure them as JBOD

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

using a usb-c to hdmi adaptor to watcch 4k video is just as good as one with an hdmi port ?

[@eduardoramos5145]

its this drive suitable to edit video off of it.? Would this increase the speed of rendering videos when editing?

[@B-SPICER]

Its says something about Hardware Raid on the spec page. Can someone explain this ? ;-)

[@MG30001]

Does it turn on/off with the Computer or do you need to grab the power button on the back each time? I plan to place under the desk.

[@iDB]

I don't turn it off each time.

[@MG30001]

Can it daisy chain 4k @ 60 Hz?

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

needs to be reformatted to use with MAC vs. windows; yes ?

[@alexdann2038]

Great review and presentation! Any idea if it works via Apple adapter with Mac Pro on Thunderbolt 2? (and does the usb 3.1 work then?) Thanks!

[@website1337]

It does, source lacie website

[@TheGeoDaddy]

Unless I’m missing something, this looks like half the read/write speed for about the same price point as the QNAP TS-453BT3???

[@McFaceRollSC2]

It's also half the price and disks are included?

[@AugustineLiu]

has anyone actually been able to connect a monitor to this thing? Not sure if my cable is bad or monitor but I have tried multiple variations with no success.

[@runneryg]

yes, you can use an external thunderbolt cable Lacie you need a thunderbolt to drive an apple USB thunderbolt 3 to a thunderbolt 2 cable for about £49 connect the apple USB to the LaCie big 2, and the thunderbolt cable going from Lacie drive to the back of the apple display thunderbolt port on the back. or get a Belkin dock or you can use the USB apple cable from the MacBook pro plugged in.

[@Jriv463]

Does it necessarily need a DP screen? If I wanna use HDMI, does it work well with a DP to HDMI cable or DP to HDMI converter?

[@nathanzhenho]

Juan Rivera I’m sure a proper adapter should work

[@MG30001]

0:35 Note the DP sticker... bad sign

[@iDB]

Nah, they just had the wordmark printed before, and they just added the icon to it as well.

[@MG30001]

Thanks!

[@BendikHallstensen]

Can you daisy chain it with a 6big?

[@jaimeduncan6167]

yes

Have just received a 2Big Thunderbolt 3 with 20 TB, but I'm not sure if it is damaged. In Raid 1 mode (no active programs access the harddisks), I hear strange clicks. There is no data on it yet. Is that sound normal? I have uploaded an MP3 here: berndkuehl.com/download/LaCie2BigDockThunderbolt3.mp3

I would contact the (online) store where you bought it. Clicks always scare me when coming out of a drive.

[@runneryg]

no its not

[@greek42069]

1:30 the cable is so short because the full capability of thunderbolt 3 suffers the longer the cable

[@jaimeduncan6167]

it does not need the full capabilities of thunderbolt2 eve, so its short because they are too cheep to give long and short cables. ;)

[@squatch545]

Can you buy just the enclosure?

[@jaimeduncan6167]

no

[@MG30001]

How loud is it? The IronWolf 10 TB drives have super bad reviews on Amazon regarding noise

[@iDB]

Its not too loud. It is somewhat loud for sure, but especially with the open back, it isn't anything I wouldn't expect.

[@MG30001]

I just switched from Windows PC to an iMac using LaCie 8 TB Porsche drives. It's very silent and I never want that old PC noise again :/

[@iDB]

It's definitely not silent, but it isn't something that is unbearable. It can make noise, but nothing too loud.

[@jimthing]

These are "IronWolf Pro" HDDs (not plain "Ironwolf"), so they are actually ENTERPRISE drives, with a higher MTBF rate (^15 instead of ^14). A major thing not mentioned on the video.

[@samdeepak]

That's like your personal data tower 😱

[@runneryg]

I have the Lacie Big 5Thunderbolt 2 20TB I GET SPEEDS OF 510MB WRITE AND READ 500 MB also have the LaCie big 2 thunderbolts 3 speeds of 300MB.

[@CodyWardTV]

That’s for sure not how you say their name. It’s Lacey, like the name. Seriously, check out their KZbin channel.

[@nekr0ph]

Literally unwatchable.

[@CodyWardTV]

Home Button 😂😂😂

[@MG30001]

LahSee

[@donpnz]

Just bought one. Thanks

[@jaimeduncan6167]

how are you doing with the noise? are you in PC or mac?

[@unclejezza]

Lah-see-aye?!? LaCie (pronounced Lah-See)

[@q8rover566]

Not SSD Drive :(

[@robsinHL]

Q8 ROVER it would cost thousands if it was

[@ed.t.hansen6499]

warranty is only good in USA i get one mo. warranty in Asia

[@Dominion-1]

Thunderbot 3, two usb-c, sd card reader blah, blah, blah. *How can I dim that bright azz blue light.*

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Liberty masking tape 😂 sorry I couldn’t resist

[@DonaldBillings]

I just put a piece of the rubbery, removable anti-scratch tape over it. We live in an open concept home in it blinks like an airport runway when the mac is in sleep mode.

[@unmeitobaku4741]

Not as good as the 150tb harddrive lol

[@andreazadar]

Wow

[@Bonabellfilms]

That is pronounced La Compagnie not LaH-See

[@stuartmarshall7099]

Arghhhh why make this if it cannot power your laptop??? So frustrating.

[@Boucha]

👍🏾👍🏾👌🏾👌🏾....

[@koiphish]

You getting lazy man... you have dirt on keyboard and that monitor was horribly dirty! Dont get lazy on us man! We enjoy your videos and even buy stuff you recommend (from your links), but most of us Apple device users are clean freaks and thats just nasty.