La Cie 5big Thunderbolt™ 2 Professional 5-Disk Hardware RAID Dual Thunderbolt 2 For 4K & other bandwidth-hungry workflows, external storage needs to be fast, secure, reliable, & quiet. The new La Cie 5big fits the bill, delivering Thunderbolt 2 speeds for 4K video editing, up to 30TB capacity, & hardware RAID 5/6 for no-compromise data security. With Thunderbolt 2 technology, the interface is no longer the performance bottleneck. For the 5big, La Cie harnessed the breakthrough performance potential of the Thunderbolt 2 I/O, squeezing the absolute best speeds out of the hard disks. Add a hardware RAID controller & 7200RPM disks & the result is incredible, sustained speeds of up to 1050MB/s that turbocharge 4K workflows, file transfers, & backups. The La Cie 5big offers RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, & JBOD. Its hardware RAID controller delivers sustained performance, better flexibility, & the ability to connect the product to another computer while keeping the RAID configuration. Preconfigured in HFS+ & RAID 5, it is truly plug & play for Mac® users. & easily customize the RAID mode to suit your needs using the La Cie RAID Manager utility. RAID modes 5 & 6 provide complete data protection against disk failure, while providing excellent speed & capacity. This is perfect for when you want to use a single storage product for both editing & backup. Even in the case of disk failure, the La Cie 5big’s hot-swappable disks mean zero data loss or downtime. You could instead choose RAID 0** to maximize speed & capacity for current projects, & then move completed projects to archival storage incredibly quickly. Or, choose JBOD, which means that you can see & use each disk independently. With five working days a week, you can assign each disk to a daily backup. It’s even possible to set up multiple RAID volumes. For example, create both a 3-disk RAID 5 array for current projects, & a 2-disk RAID 1 array for backing up source files & final footage.