LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 FC/RAID Controller

1280MB/s with only 12 drives; up to 2590MB/s SAS and SATA enterprise class drives Premium local support 5-year warranty and product replacement

Peerless Performance
The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 is the ideal solution for post-production professionals working with multiple uncompressed HD streams, and for IT managers looking for a rock-solid storage solution with superior throughput. It features two 8Gb/s Fibre Channel connections per controller. When combined with additional RAID controllers using active/active technology, it can provide enough bandwidth to support one full non-interlaced 4K video stream** with only 12 drives. Reaching 1280MB/s*** with 12 drives, it can even achieve speeds up to 2590MB/s▼ with expansion units. The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 is compatible with all high-performance Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters. LaCie recommends using ATTO Celerity cards with dedicated multipathing drivers for optimized throughput and better reliability. 

Superior Enterprise Class Components
The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 is shipped with hot-swappable enterprise class disks that are developed with Rotational Vibration Safeguard® (RVS) technology, for improved reliability and robustness. Each single component and chassis are individually tested before shipping. Its RAID controller as well as its two redundant power and cooling modules, are hot-swappable, providing the ultimate in security with no single point of failure.▼▼▼ A backup battery helps to ensure that cached data within the RAID controllers can even survive a power failure. Its casing adheres to SBB (Standard Bridge Bay) international standard references, delivering increased quality and affordability, along with near-silent operation. 

Premium Local Support
The 12big Rack Fibre 8 comes standard with the best customer support in the industry. With the 5-Year Gold Protection Plan,▼▼ you receive a five-year warranty on both drives and casing elements. Advance product swap is included, as part of the warranty. You also get access to dedicated specially-trained tech support in your country and escalation to the 12big Core Team if your issue isn't resolved within 24 hours. Using technical reports from a dedicated web interface, the LaCie support team is able to monitor both your configuration to match performance and check for all possible problems. 

A Total Storage Solution
The LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 supports six RAID modes, including 5, 50, and 6. It allows scalability and simple integration. The user can create up to 60 cost-effective enterprise class SATA or 96 high-performance SAS drive disk arrays. With its four Fibre Channel connections you can share storage among four desktop machines or even integrate it into a SAN environment as a larger solution. The 12big Rack Fibre 8 is compatible with StorNext, XSAN, FalconStor HyperFS, MetaSAN and SANmp software. Its intuitive web interface allows you to choose between pre-configured RAID setups and to export tech support file for remote analysis. The 12big Rack Fibre 8 can also be expanded through dynamic disk array and LUN expansions. It even supports multiple disk sizes and mixed SAS/SATA configurations.