At a look
Professionals
- Large capability
- RAID 0, 1, 5
- As much as 2.8GBps sequential throughput
Cons
- Massive and heavy
- Practically $6000 (32TB) and up
Our Verdict
Worth When Reviewed
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SSD’s are costly.
What are the 8Big Pro5’s options?
To be sincere, I miss the outdated silver drawers and large blue energy button of older LaCie drives. Neil Poulon nonetheless does loads of LaCie’s styling however there was no declare for that as regards the 8Big Pro5. It’s handsome to make sure, and there’s a blue button (a lot smaller) — it’s simply not the dialog starter the outdated Bigs have been.
How a lot does the 8Big Pro5 price?
As configured with 32TB (eight 4TB HDDs), the 8Big Pro5 prices a relatively hefty $5,979, or six grand within the vernacular. With 64TB, it’s $7249, with 128TB – $8969, and with 192TB – $11,269. There’s additionally a 256TB model listed, nevertheless it wasn’t on the market but and no value was supplied.
To be frank, the 32TB value is a bit disappointing, particularly as eight 4TB Barracuda drives are solely $1200. {Test when you will have the field what the drives inside are} Far quicker 8TB NVMe SSDs run round $1300 in the mean time, so a a lot quicker four-disk, 32TB NVMe array could be a pair hundred {dollars} much less when you think about an enclosure.
Notice that there are exterior 8TB USB SSDs accessible for under $900 in the mean time. You possibly can mix these with software program RAID for an advert hoc array, although it’s a little bit of a kludge.
After you get into the bigger capacities, nonetheless, the fiscal math begins to work closely within the 8Big Pro5’s favor. Multiply the $5400 SSD value for 64TB and 128TB and your speaking about hundreds of {dollars} extra for the subsequent three tiers.
I do want the unit was accessible unpopulated for those who have a surplus of HDDs sitting round, or need to use cheaper drives.
How briskly is the 8Big Pro5?
How briskly the 8Big Pro5 is is dependent upon the RAID mode you run it in. At it’s absolute quickest with all eight drives striped in RAID 0, it’s round 2.8GBps. We’ve seen Thunderbolt 5 SSDs almost contact 7GBps so it’s obvious you’re nonetheless coping with laborious drives.
Ought to I purchase the 8Big Pro5?
In my humble opinion, the 8Big Pro5 — which admittedly is a really stylish piece of storage equipment — solely makes monetary sense at 64TB and larger capability. The larger the capability, the extra sense it makes. At 32TB you possibly can go cheaper and much quicker. Nonetheless, kudos to Seagate for a tk.
