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Audio/Video Streaming

With the capacity to store hours of A/V streams, the 
4big Quadra has been developed to suit the demands 
of digital content creators, such as editors who work 
with Apple

®

 Final Cut Pro

®

. It comes with eSATA and 

FireWire 800, so you can get the highest bandwidth. FireWire or iLink 
DV cameras can be chained via FireWire, helping you make the most 
of your equipment if your number of open ports is limited. When used 
in RAID 0 or RAID 5, the 4big Quadra supports multiple audio, DV, SD, 
and HD streams, and up to one stream of uncompressed 10-bit NTSC 
video in playback. Greater performance can even be achieved when 
connecting several units together to a multilane eSATA four-port host 
adapter, in order to support multi-stream uncompressed 10-bit 1080i 
HD post-production. 

Photography / Pre-Press / Imaging

Configured in secured RAID mode, the 4big Quadra can 
archive and protects hundreds of thousand of raw photos 
with comfortable speed for imaging experts, such as Apple 
Aperture

®

 and Adobe Creative Suite

®

 specialists. This makes it 

a fantastic tool to produce and manage professional projects 
and artwork. The LaCie Shortcut Button on the front of the 4big 
makes it even easier to open or back up your favorite libraries 
with a push of a button. 

Backup, Restore, and Recover

The 4big Quadra comes with Genie

®

 Backup Manager Pro for 

Windows

®

 and Intego

®

 Backup Manager Pro for Mac. This software 

enables you to reliably and efficiently back up your documents, emails, 
settings, or other digital assets. With its ease of use, you can schedule 
and customize the type of backup you create. Ideal for creative 
professionals, the Genie and Intego programs can easily find previous 
versions of your documents and restore them. With computer recovery 
options, professionals will be able to restore their configuration and to 
go right back to work in the event of a disaster with their workstation. 
It’s easy to back up directly from your Mac with the native solution, 
since the 4big is compatible with Time Machine

®

RAID 0 mode benchmark***

1TB

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 =

2 hours of uncompressed HD video or 70 hours of DVD or 77,500 raw photos

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LACIE SHORTCUT BUTTON

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Launch Any Backup/Library Application In 1 Push

LACIE  SHORTCUT        

      BUTTON

Launch Any Backup/Library  

Application In 1 Push

Summary of Contents for 4BIG QUADRA USB 3.0

Page 1: ...4big Quadra DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Professional 4 Bay RAID eSATA 3Gb s FireWire 800 400 USB 2 0 Videomaker s Best Hard Drive of 2010 2010 Best Products ...

Page 2: ... most speed demanding applications and backup needs for today s workstations and small servers RAID Performance Taking advantage of a native RAID controller that preserves computer resources the 4big Quadra offers superior support for the most demanding applications Pre configured in RAID 0 for full speed and capacity it can reach up to 260MB s through eSATA 3Gb s Alternative RAID modes such as RA...

Page 3: ...alists This makes it a fantastic tool to produce and manage professional projects and artwork The LaCie Shortcut Button on the front of the 4big makes it even easier to open or back up your favorite libraries with a push of a button Backup Restore and Recover The 4big Quadra comes with Genie Backup Manager Pro for Windows and Intego Backup Manager Pro for Mac This software enables you to reliably ...

Page 4: ...is able to automatically go into standby mode synchronized with the computer activity and reduces the power consumption by up to 80 For maintenance the 4big can optionally be disconnected from the computer during a RAID protection rebuild the 4big will complete the task in standalone mode and you can switch off your computer Quiet and Reliable Operation For the best and most reliable cooling syste...

Page 5: ...reWire 800 FireWire 400 or USB 2 0 port Latest version of Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Mac OS X 10 5 10 6 Minimum free disk space 600MB recommended designed by neil poulton eSATA 3Gb s FireWire 400 RAID Mode Selector FireWire 800 USB 2 0 Power Drive Activity LEDs 4 Swappable Drives On Auto Off A spare drive and drawer for use with the LaCie 4big Quadra LaCie 4big Quadra Spare Drive Item Capa...

Page 6: ...011 LaCie The LaCie logo is a trademark of LaCie Other products and brand names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Specifications and appearance are given as guidelines and may change without notice www lacie com 110128 301357 301359 301434 301435 301562 2TB 4TB 6TB 8TB 12TB eSATA 3Gb s FireWire 800 FireWire 400 USB 2 0 eSATA 3Gb s up to 3Gbit s ...

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