Comments on: LaCie 301340U 1 TB D2 Ethernet Network Attached Storage

By: David D. Kuhl

David D. Kuhl — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:37:32 +0000

Previously I had a 500GB Lacie Disk Mini which served me very well for a backup drive for 3 years until the circuit board fried. The only real issue I had with the Disk Mini (other than the frying) was the loud fans which continuously ran since there was no remote power-on/off. Well Lacie fixed the loud fans and the remote power on/off in the 1TB D2 however there are some caveats.

I had my old Disk Mini unit sitting in a cabinet with my cable modem and router and it worked out fine. When I put the 1TB D2 in the same cabinet and did my first backup the unit over heated and shut itself down (I must say it was nice to receive the e-mail from the unit when it over heated — a great feature) Since then I’ve had to move the unit outside of the cabinet and it has not overheated. Another advance in the D2 (over the Mini) is that you can remotely shut it down and start it up. The start-up function is nicely controlled from the desktop icon (in both mac and pc) however to shut it down you have to go to the unit’s web page, click through several pages and then press a button — but hey, they added the feature!

Over all the 1TB D2 seems good I use it to back-up a windows vista laptop as well as a os x leopard laptop. However we will see if this circuit board will fry after 3 years of use.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: G S of NYC

G S of NYC — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:31:44 +0000

Works very well. I have 3 drives of this model in 1Tb, 1.5TB and 2TB

All are fast and silent. If setup properly, the drives automatically share media with PS3 and PCs on your network.

Best Lacie model i purchased in a long time.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Alexandre

Alexandre — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:53:37 +0000

I was very disappointed with the performance of this product. It’s big, heavy, hot, make noise the old hard drives. It is easy to install, the interface is friendly but does not have many details. Worst of all, this product is that the torrent client stop download from time to time and you must restart the service to continue the download.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Matthew Terwilliger

Matthew Terwilliger — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:44:27 +0000

Cutting right to the chase, I put a lot of research into this product (obviously not enough) and have been using peacefully since this summer. (2009) About a month ago, the drive crashed. I just sent it in for repair a few days ago (I had to pay the shipping-ugh) and from what their techs tell me, I will not be getting my data back.

Well LaCie, congratulations, I will never buy another one of your drives again. I advise all of you people out there the same- as someone who works a lot with computers, I have not had a drive ever fail in just 4 months! So, if you're looking for a network attached storage device that you can backup your computer on and store some excess stuff that you don't want on your local HD, then look further. However, if you enjoy losing precious data, then LaCie drives are most certainly for you!

Well I understand defects happen, I have talked to several other people who I work with and most of which say that they will never buy another LaCie again, they are unreliable and certainly not well built. While customer service was very helpful, they advised me that there will be no attempt made to recover my data (stated in the warranty) and they will be doing nothing to compensate me, however they do advise redundant backup systems. Joy, so I can go out and buy more LaCie stuff? Pass.

Hope this review helps! Rating: 1 / 5

By: WH Jones

WH Jones — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:11:06 +0000

I purchased the LACIE drive because I am convinced it is top of the line however, I am a computer user not a “techie” so I would have loved to have a user friendly simple instruction manual with a 1, 2, 3, format.
Rating: 4 / 5