1. Introduction
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LaCie Biggest S1S
User’s Manual
1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new
LaCie Biggest S1S! This high-performance,
extremely flexible RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent/Inexpensive Disks) subsystem is
ideally suited for integration with databases,
imaging systems and e-mail and Web servers.
RAID technology is one of the best means to
protect your data, while providing greater
performance, data integrity and availability
than standard hard disk storage. With the
ability to provide single error detection and
redundant information to recover the original if
a disk fails, a RAID system is an ideal means to
safe-guard valuable data while also stream-
lining performance.
The LaCie Biggest S1S is the ultimate approach
to a flexible RAID solution, with its ability to
manage three different RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and also offer the option of RAID 5 + hot spare. Featuring intelligent
online recovery, the LaCie Biggest S1S allows one drive to be designated a hot spare – that way, if one drive fails, the LaCie
Biggest S1S will seamlessly rebuild the failed drive’s data on the hot spare.
1.1. What Your LaCie Biggest S1S Can Do
• Supports powerful RAID 0, 0+1, 5, and RAID 5+spare
• Hot swappable disk drives for security and recovery
• Easy installation on PC or Mac - no driver required
Important Info:
Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the
user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help
prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you keep
TWO
copies of your data; one copy on your
external hard drive, for instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard drive, another external hard drive
or some other form of removable storage media, such as CD, DVD or Tape. LaCie offers a complete line of CD, DVD
and Tape drives, and if you would like more information on backup, please refer to the LaCie white paper on
backup methods and technology.
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