Unlike the previously evaluated enclosures, we opted to let the power consumption recording go on beyond the completion of the CrystalDiskMark workload. While the older enclosures carry the average power consumption numbers, the graph for the LaCie d2 Professional below allows readers to observe spikes in the power consumption also.
"The LaCie d2 Professional is a single hard drive inside a stylish USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C enclosure."
10TB of storage in a single point of failure. why? filling it up at max write speeds will take close to 14 hours; what data do you want to put on there that you're ok to just lose.
that single spinning drive will fail and take all it's data with it.
configuring it as a backup destination for things already on your laptop/desktop would be the only real use case; but with 10TB size, it means your source data should also be sufficiently big; if you can spend the money to buy a few 10TB disks; why not just go for 2 disk solution with RAID 1, at least that way you can ensure that a failed disks won't just mean ALL DATA is lost.
I don't understand the use case.
if you are a professional content creator, the content you create is your money maker. And you want to ensure that content is stored safely. Stored on a single drive, would be the least safe option.
To add to PCN's comment: In addition to drive failure by itself, external damage (fire, water/flooding, mechanical damage through heave objects falling) is also important to consider. So, having at least one of your backups (plural!) in a different location is essential if your work/business/career depends on it, and RAID 1 doesn't do that, unless you use a quite fancy network-based variant. A portable drive like this can be a cheaper way to keep a backup somewhere else.
In addition to backup, such reasonably fast and big portable drives are really useful in, for example, video production (taking a full copy of hours of raw video files to editing). You'd be surprised how small a 1-2 TB drive suddenly looks when RAW 4K video at 400 Mbs is involved.
Hi Ganesh, thanks for the review. Question:The temperature graph for the LaCie ends at 1300 seconds, while the comparator drive's (Seagate) goes to 4800 seconds. Why not show the thermals of the LaCie out to that time? For storage thermals, I find that the longer they are stressed, the more meaningful the numbers are for actual use. These big drives are often used for TB backups, and they take hours to complete, even at 200 Mb/s.
The LaCie drive completes the required data transfer in 1300 seconds, while the Innov8 takes a lot longer for the *same amount* of data.
In any case, I don't expect the LaCie to suffer from similar issues because it is NOT a SMR drive and the chassis thermal design is pretty good (all metal, conducive to quick heat dissipation)
While I understand which consumer is being targeted, I can't say that I understand why. Like others have mentioned in regard to failure points, etc. it seems risky to spend so much and not get some form of redundancy.
For example, last week I picked up two 10TB easystore externals for $320 ($160 each). White label, full featured WD Reds. Not as fast, but certainly a significantly better value and safer. Toss two in a double enclosure as a redundant drive pool and you could still benefit from read striping with the right software.
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jlovins - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
The section for "Power Consumption - CrystalDiskMark" appears to have incorrect image set.ganeshts - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
As I explained in the review:jmke - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
"The LaCie d2 Professional is a single hard drive inside a stylish USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C enclosure."10TB of storage in a single point of failure.
why?
filling it up at max write speeds will take close to 14 hours; what data do you want to put on there that you're ok to just lose.
that single spinning drive will fail and take all it's data with it.
configuring it as a backup destination for things already on your laptop/desktop would be the only real use case; but with 10TB size, it means your source data should also be sufficiently big; if you can spend the money to buy a few 10TB disks; why not just go for 2 disk solution with RAID 1, at least that way you can ensure that a failed disks won't just mean ALL DATA is lost.
I don't understand the use case.
if you are a professional content creator, the content you create is your money maker. And you want to ensure that content is stored safely. Stored on a single drive, would be the least safe option.
PeachNCream - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
If you backup from internal storage to an external device, the loss of both at the same time is unlikely enough that RAID 1 may not be a necessity.eastcoast_pete - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
To add to PCN's comment: In addition to drive failure by itself, external damage (fire, water/flooding, mechanical damage through heave objects falling) is also important to consider. So, having at least one of your backups (plural!) in a different location is essential if your work/business/career depends on it, and RAID 1 doesn't do that, unless you use a quite fancy network-based variant. A portable drive like this can be a cheaper way to keep a backup somewhere else.eastcoast_pete - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
In addition to backup, such reasonably fast and big portable drives are really useful in, for example, video production (taking a full copy of hours of raw video files to editing). You'd be surprised how small a 1-2 TB drive suddenly looks when RAW 4K video at 400 Mbs is involved.jmke - Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - link
then it's not an option for a "professional content creator"having an internal scratch disk inside your system will be infinitely faster.
eastcoast_pete - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
Hi Ganesh, thanks for the review. Question:The temperature graph for the LaCie ends at 1300 seconds, while the comparator drive's (Seagate) goes to 4800 seconds. Why not show the thermals of the LaCie out to that time? For storage thermals, I find that the longer they are stressed, the more meaningful the numbers are for actual use. These big drives are often used for TB backups, and they take hours to complete, even at 200 Mb/s.ganeshts - Monday, April 29, 2019 - link
The LaCie drive completes the required data transfer in 1300 seconds, while the Innov8 takes a lot longer for the *same amount* of data.In any case, I don't expect the LaCie to suffer from similar issues because it is NOT a SMR drive and the chassis thermal design is pretty good (all metal, conducive to quick heat dissipation)
nathanddrews - Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - link
While I understand which consumer is being targeted, I can't say that I understand why. Like others have mentioned in regard to failure points, etc. it seems risky to spend so much and not get some form of redundancy.For example, last week I picked up two 10TB easystore externals for $320 ($160 each). White label, full featured WD Reds. Not as fast, but certainly a significantly better value and safer. Toss two in a double enclosure as a redundant drive pool and you could still benefit from read striping with the right software.
Quantumz0d - Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - link
With the latest Backblaze data on the annual HDD report, I would highly recommend users to not choose Seagate.