LaCie 8Big Pro5 review: Gargantuan capacity and Thunderbolt 5 speed

Macworld At a glance Pros Massive capacity RAID 0, 1, 5 Up to 2.8GBps sequential throughput Cons Large and heavy Nearly $6000 (32TB) and up Our Verdict Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today SSD’s are expensive. What are the 8Big Pro5’s features? To be honest, I miss the old silver drawers and huge blue power button of older LaCie drives. Neil Poulon still does a lot of LaCie’s styling but there was no claim for that as regards the 8Big Pro5. It’s good-looking to be sure, and there is a blue button (much smaller) — it’s just not the conversation starter the old Bigs were. How much does the 8Big Pro5 cost? As configured with 32TB (eight 4TB HDDs), the 8Big Pro5 costs a rather hefty $5,979, or six grand in the vernacular. With 64TB, it’s $7249, with 128TB – $8969, and with 192TB – $11,269. There’s also a 256TB version listed, but it wasn??