Early benchmarks of the new Thunderbolt LaCie Little Big Disk have been posted online by MacRumors forum member ender21. The device just became available last week. The 1TB model costs $399.99 and the 2TB model costs $499.99.
Using SATA Drive
With Transfer rates. I only did one transfer per configuration, using a 6.22GB Quicktime file, reading from a 6Gbps SSD to the TB Drive, and back again.
1) 1 7200RPM 500GB Drive
6.22GB File
TO Drive - 67 secs = 93MB/s - Peak 106MB/s
FR Drive - 60 secs = 103MB/s - Peak 119.5MB/s
2) 2 7200RPM 500GB Drives - Raid 0
6.22GB File -
Block Size 256K
TO Drive - 41 secs = 152MB/s - Forgot to note Peak
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194MB/s - Peak 197.5MB/s
Block Size 128K
TO Drive - 41 secs = 152MB/s - Peak 175.5MB/s
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194MB/s - Peak 202MB/s
Block Size 64K
TO Drive - 38 secs = 163.6MB/s - Peak 193MB/s
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194 MB/s - Peak 197MB/s
Block Size 32K
TO Drive - 39 secs = 159MB/s - Peak 185MB/s
FR Drive - 31 secs = 200MB/s - Peak 199.9MB/s
3) 1 5400RPM Seagate 1TB Drive
TO Drive - 72 secs = 86MB/s - Peak 96MB/s
FR Drive - 72 secs = 86MB/s - Peak 96MB/s
Using SSD Drives
I used two Crucial M4 64GB SSDs (FW0009). Using the same 6.22GB file.
1) Block Size 64K
TO Drive - 207MB/s - Peak 216MB/s
FR Drive - 183MB/s - Peak 204MB/s
2) Block Size 128K
TO Drive - 214MB/s - Peak 220MB/s
FR Drive - 188MB/s - Peak 192MB/s
3) Block Size 256K
TO Drive - 214MB/s - Peak 220MB/s
FR Drive - 188MB/s - Peak 222MB/s
For those who prefer graphs, AnandTech has created some nice ones which can be seen below...
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Using SATA Drive
With Transfer rates. I only did one transfer per configuration, using a 6.22GB Quicktime file, reading from a 6Gbps SSD to the TB Drive, and back again.
1) 1 7200RPM 500GB Drive
6.22GB File
TO Drive - 67 secs = 93MB/s - Peak 106MB/s
FR Drive - 60 secs = 103MB/s - Peak 119.5MB/s
2) 2 7200RPM 500GB Drives - Raid 0
6.22GB File -
Block Size 256K
TO Drive - 41 secs = 152MB/s - Forgot to note Peak
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194MB/s - Peak 197.5MB/s
Block Size 128K
TO Drive - 41 secs = 152MB/s - Peak 175.5MB/s
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194MB/s - Peak 202MB/s
Block Size 64K
TO Drive - 38 secs = 163.6MB/s - Peak 193MB/s
FR Drive - 32 secs = 194 MB/s - Peak 197MB/s
Block Size 32K
TO Drive - 39 secs = 159MB/s - Peak 185MB/s
FR Drive - 31 secs = 200MB/s - Peak 199.9MB/s
3) 1 5400RPM Seagate 1TB Drive
TO Drive - 72 secs = 86MB/s - Peak 96MB/s
FR Drive - 72 secs = 86MB/s - Peak 96MB/s
Using SSD Drives
I used two Crucial M4 64GB SSDs (FW0009). Using the same 6.22GB file.
1) Block Size 64K
TO Drive - 207MB/s - Peak 216MB/s
FR Drive - 183MB/s - Peak 204MB/s
2) Block Size 128K
TO Drive - 214MB/s - Peak 220MB/s
FR Drive - 188MB/s - Peak 192MB/s
3) Block Size 256K
TO Drive - 214MB/s - Peak 220MB/s
FR Drive - 188MB/s - Peak 222MB/s
For those who prefer graphs, AnandTech has created some nice ones which can be seen below...
Read More [via AnandTech]