Lacie 2Big Quadra Crash

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jkrepner

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It appears my few month old Lacie 2big Quadra drive has died. Most recent backup was over a week ago so I lost a few days worth of work on the device which was in RAID 0 for speed.

Has anyone else had this happen? The blue light turned red (so now it really looks like HAL) during an edit session. Manual says red means a drive failed....I was hoping that I could buy another and swap drives with the hopes that perhaps something in the case went bad.

Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
At just a few months old (rather, new), it should still be under warranty and LaCie should handle it.

I don't trust LaCie Quadra drives. I've had one fail before... a client brought me a project on two of the D2 Quadras (no RAID). One failed, losing half the footage. That was my very first experience with LaCie Quadra. My LaCie Porsche drives are going strong years later (but they don't make those anymore).
 
Thanks C2V. I'm sure they will handle the drive repair, but they can't repair the projects that are pooped now. My older Lacie 500GB drive has been very solid and for the most part I've trusted Lacie though I read more bad posts instead of good ones.

I'm now working on a G-Raid that will get the time machine treatment every f*cking night to be sure. Live and learn...huh? For what it is worth, the G-Raid drive is quieter than the Lacie 2big Quadra. G-Raid is only Raid 0 and the drives can't be replaced like the more versatile Lacie, but so far so good.

Thanks
Jeff
 
Time Machine will help but it gets bloated, holding many versions of changed files over time up until the volume is filled.

Better to just have timed backups via SuperDuper, Sync Pro X, Chronosync and others. Have it set to do backups hourly or so. Just like Ron Popeil, "Set it and forget it".

The only Lacie products I buy now are just the Rugged series. Have had 4 D2 series external all crap out over the years. I believe in build your own with better components and customization and ease of fixing. Lacie looks fancy but has a less than favorable track record, anecdotally.
 
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Check with LaCie. If it's something mechanical, there's a chance that the data can be easily rescued.

Moving forward, are you working in tape-based or tapeless? I keep my FCP project files on a drive separate from the media, and backed up regularly on a USB drive. If you're editing from tape, you can always restore a rpoject easily from the master tapes. If you are working from tapeless, I'd back up all the source files from the camera on a separate drive for storage, and I'd do it as soon as I pull the card from the camera. That way, again, if you lose your media drive, you can restore a project in much less time. Never keep all your eggs in one basket.

And keep copies of all non-footage resources (music, stills, gfx) backed up on a USB drive as well.
 
photonashville, I agree about Time Machine. I tried to make a backup on Sat but it bitched the drive was full. I was tempted to copy via superduper but didn't. I might look into that more.

C2V, I'm going to call Lacie tomorrow, today I'm biting the bullet and redoing some work. As for your question, both tapes and tapeless. My workflow for tapeless:

1.) Copy from memory card to 2, what I call "Camera Neg Drives".
2.) Encode to ProRess from Camera Neg Drive to my working RAID.
3.) Edit from RAID w/ nightly backups
4.) Export final projects to 2, what I call "Archive Drives"

Of course it would kill the 1 drive that wasn't redundant and wasn't backed up like my workflow plan said it should have been.

I use a simple drive cady to pop in/out internal SATA drives for camera and archive drives since they only get used for backup.

Thanks
 
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