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Lacie Porsche Design 8TB USB 3.0 3.5" External Hard Drive $239.20 Delivered @ Tech Mall eBay

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Lacie Porsche Design 8TB USB 3.0 3.5" External Hard Drive $239.20 Delivered @ Tech Mall eBay
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Taegukgi on 24/10/2018 - 08:07 ebay.com.au (1257 clicks)
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Great price on this external HDD. Cheapest according to StaticIce.

With the LaCie Porsche Design Drive's USB 3.0 interface, you'll be able to get the job done faster than ever before. Speeds up to 5Gb/s allow you to transfer a 700MB video file in just under 7 seconds. Back up your photos, exchange audio and video files with your friends, or make sure that your important files are kept safe. With the LaCie Drive, the possibilities are endless. Backed by a 2 year LaCie warranty.

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  • systmworks on 24/10/2018 - 08:14
    +4

    Has the reliability of this brand improved ?
    I saw a lot of their NAS's die at client sites a few years ago, so we stopped using them.

    • Schpeltor on 24/10/2018 - 08:55
      +2

      I have 2 of Lacie's Porsche Design 2TB Desktop version, works well after 6 years. I guess they are using Seagate drives inside.

      • PainToad on 24/10/2018 - 09:38
        -2

        guess they are using Seagate drives inside

        No thanks.

    • shuffle1 on 24/10/2018 - 10:32

      FWIW I had a Lacie Neil Poulton 1TB from about 10 years ago, which just died last week.

  • Schpeltor on 24/10/2018 - 09:00

    Lacie's newer version of this drive supports USB-C. Official Lacie site: https://www.lacie.com/as/en/products/porsche-design/porsche-…

  • hippo2s on 24/10/2018 - 09:12

    Can the HDD be broken out of the case and used in a desktop?

    • Berek on 24/10/2018 - 09:32
      +6

      Yes but you wouldn't want to. It's an archive drive.

      • joshf14 on 24/10/2018 - 10:08

        How about ripping it out and putting it into a Synology NAS? That's what the archive drives are typically built for, yes?

        • wellzi on 24/10/2018 - 11:13
          +2

          No way! NAS drives are made for NAS. :)

          Archive drives are made for plug in once, backup your stuff, and plug in again when you want to restore it all.

          • samfisher5986 on 24/10/2018 - 11:15

            @wellzi: Not true.

            Archive drives just aren't suited to a lot of small operations nonstop as they slowdown.

        • Diji1 on 24/10/2018 - 11:14
          +1

          No, archive drives are less suitable for NAS due to the slower method they use to write data and they lack low power state meaning they will take a while to spin up or use more power than a NAS drive.

        • Whisper Quiet on 24/10/2018 - 11:18

          Seagate Archive drive is the worst large HDD ever built. Shingled drives (SMR) allow for more space but everything else suffers. They've had so many issues with these, thats why its stuffed in externals so no one can see them. Theres even disclamers from Seagate saying its not meant for NAS usage. Loud Slow Unreliable

      • FLICKIT on 24/10/2018 - 10:17
        +3

        I asked about this in another deal…It "seems" they contain Barracuda Compute drives:
        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/410553#comment-6491239

        • samfisher5986 on 24/10/2018 - 11:14
          +2

          Correct, thats what mine had inside.

      • Diji1 on 24/10/2018 - 11:12

        There's no reason to not use an archive drive in a desktop.

      • samfisher5986 on 24/10/2018 - 11:12

        So what?

        Archive drives perform great except in specific copying situations that don't happen if you use it to store large files.

        • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 18:30

          How large do u refer to? 5gb?50gb?

      • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 18:23

        I was planning to do that. What do u mean by archive drive?

    • samfisher5986 on 24/10/2018 - 11:14
      +1

      Yes, I have done this and there is no reason not to

      It comes partitioned as 3TB + 5TB so you'll need to delete both partitions and make an 8TB partition (if thats what you want)

    • NobalaKoba on 24/10/2018 - 14:24

      Might be better off spending $250 and getting an 8TB My Book from Amazon Australia, shipping is free if you have prime and they contain white labelled Reds, which are the same as Reds but support 3v reset.

      • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 18:34

        Really? Any link?

        • NobalaKoba on 26/10/2018 - 19:29

          To buy the drives or that they're Reds supporting 3v reset?

          • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 20:21

            @NobalaKoba: That it is 250 and wd red inside.
            To be honest I just need the inside and cheap price for my home desktop, to keep pictures, movies n stuff.

            This lacie price is cheap enough, compared to buying 3.5 bare.

            • NobalaKoba on 26/10/2018 - 20:36
              +1

              @[Deactivated]: Link to $250.

              Link to red inside

              3.3v reset instructions. There's alternative methods and this is only needed on older PSU's generally. The 3.3v pins aren't used on anything else, they're reserved pins so it's even safe to snip them on your PSU cable.

              I've got some myself and they work fine, going to use them almost exclusively in a 100TB NAS. No point paying more for a RED when I can get the same drive for less, only differences being it has a 3.3v reset feature and it calls itself a white.

              If it runs like a red, lasts like a red, internal circuits looks like a red then for all intents and purposes, it's a red, just being given a different label.

              • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 20:41

                @NobalaKoba: It's $270 after shipping.

                Thanks man.

                I don't quite understand the 3.3v reset. So this is just for when the drive fails?

                Also, isn't it a bad idea to have so many drives of the same model and brand? What if there is a common defect that causes all Ur drives to fail?

                • NobalaKoba on 26/10/2018 - 21:15
                  +1

                  @[Deactivated]: Ah, sorry. It's free shipping if you have Amazon Prime. Amazon Prime should cost the same as the shipping anyway, so might as well get it.

                  Often drives stop being recognised, and to fix that you need to physically unplug and plug them back in if a restart doesn't work, with a 3.3v reset it basically does that when that pin is powered, it turns off the drive and turns it back on. Only really used by datacenters and large servers atm. Some older PSU's send power down the 3.3v line even though they shouldn't, which results in the drive not powering on, no harm is done, but you just need to make sure power isn't going down the 3.3v line or you can't use the drive since it'd be locked in reset.

                  Basically, the 3.3v reset isn't something most consumers would use, so just make sure that line isn't powered and it'll be the same as not having a he feature.

                  Yeah, it is a bad idea to get them all from the same batch, but my orders will be spread out over time so it'll be different batches.

                  • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 21:35

                    @NobalaKoba: Oh I didn't know Prime gets free shipping for US stuff. I'll do that then.

                    Let me read some more about the reset, sounds troublesome if the drive may get undetected.

                    • NobalaKoba on 26/10/2018 - 21:42
                      +1

                      @[Deactivated]: To avoid the reset you can put electrical tape etc over the pin or even snip the pin on the power cable. The 3.3v pin is completely unused on other drives anyway, so having the cable for it powered is 100% useless.

                      You could also buy a sata power splitter or extension cable and snip the 3.3v from that, just make sure you're buying a safe cable.

                      I've been using mine fine with the tape method, but in my new NAS/Server I'll just snip the 3.3v instead.

                      It's worth noting that not all PSU's even have this issue, as the 3.3v pin was reserved until the 3.3v reset function was added, so it shouldn't have been powered anyway.

                      • [Deactivated] on 26/10/2018 - 22:04

                        @NobalaKoba: Shame I didn't chat with you when they have 12% cash back

  • starspawn on 24/10/2018 - 10:56

    Ahhh I want one of these for when I upgrade my Macbook pro next year.

    Great price and Lacie have been making quality drives for years!

    • WhyAmICommenting on 24/10/2018 - 11:04
      +8

      You mean enclosures, right?

    • donkeyhokey on 24/10/2018 - 13:13

      What a waste. If you don't need gigantic amounts of space, and want to make the most of your TB3 port, the Samsung T5 will do up to 540MBps.

      In a year's time, the just released Samsung X5 will be available. 2300MBps on TB3.

      This HDD spin drive will do 150MBps on a good day. Having USB3 doesn't magically turn it into a super fast drive.

      • The Magic Pudding on 24/10/2018 - 14:21
        +2

        "What a waste. If"
        So if not, if buyers actually know their own needs it's not a waste at all.

  • Alzori on 24/10/2018 - 12:48
    +5

    700MB video file

    Hmmmmm… 🤔

    That seems to be axxoing a lot of this little drive.

    • jaasoon on 24/10/2018 - 14:05

      the good old days!

  • havebeerbelywillsumo on 24/10/2018 - 17:10
    +1

    Pity there isn't a red one, it'd be faster for sure.

  • Savvy shopper1111 on 24/10/2018 - 18:03

    Annoying that these don't work with Sony Android smart TVs, big let down.

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