large external drive recommendation

[Charles Dyer]

On 03 Jun 2007, at 17:40:13, Kevin Callahan wrote:

> I was about to order at least one LaCie Big Extreme 1T drive until  
> someone sent me this link:
>
> <http://macworld.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/ 
> product_id=11165851/id_type=masterid>
>
> can someone recommend a reliable big drive (750 minimum, preferable  
> 1T)
>
> are the LaCie BIG drives that unreliable ?

It's a RAID 0. Two 500 GB drives in one case. If one of the drives  
fails, kiss everything on both of them goodbye.

> I have a LaCie 250 (about 2 years old) that I love and an all- 
> terrain (about 8 months old) that is fantastic ..

I used to have two LaCies, a 200 GB d2 and a 250 GB d2, on my  
personal Mac. The 200 gave absolutely no trouble right until about  
March this year, when it simply refused to spin up from sleep. It was  
about 4 years old. The 250 has been replaced twice under the  
warranty, both times because of a power problem rather than the drive  
itself. The current unit is now over a year old and still running.