LaCie ships Thunderbolt-compatible external drive

20.09.2011

The LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt series includes a pair of 2.5-in drives in a Mac OS RAID 0 configuration. The external drive offers read speeds of up to 190MB/sec.

A 240GB solid-state drive (SSD) version of the product is expected out in October. That drive will offer read speeds of up to 480MB/sec, LaCie sad.

The more Little Big Disks you chain together, the higher the performance. Users can daisy chain several Little Big Disks to maximize the interface's capabilities and reach transfer rates around 800MB/sec., the company said.

The Little Big Disk also supports multiple RAID 1 and JBOD. Additionally, it features a heat sink casing and quiet fan for dual cooling.

All drive models will be available shortly through LaCie's reseller channel and LaCie.com. The Thunderbolt cable can be purchased separately on Apple.com.