2TB Lacie 2Big esata error in Raid 0 and capacity

Lacie shows capacity 1.25TB in stripe ( instead 1.8TB ) , error blinking in RAID 0 mode - LED blinks without any activity too

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[mibpowermac]

I solve both problems few months ago -so only summary -

a) capacity - defective drive - solution was exchange Lacie drive

b) Second part - red blinking - just wait to RAID mirror is created, it takes few hours. No word in manual about it ..

Lacie , when inserts 2big line to distribution , does not know answers for any simple questions .I have 10 years of experience with Lacie and in case of Tech Support I can say - lazy people without knowledge of basic IT things and own product line ...

[mibpowermac]

2 TB drive ( tested 2 pcs of same reference )

in raid 0 - 931GB, but LED blinks red , LED blinks still -without HDD activity on drive

in jbod = 2x 931GB, correct

in fast , big ... capacity only 1.25TB , not 1.8TB

[mibpowermac]

2TB drive

in RAID 0 : error LED , 1x 931GB

in JBOD 2x 931 GB

in stripe , big etc .. capacity 1.25TB only ( not 1.8TB )

[kawaiiultraneo]

@yay4furryanimals Interesting... but what if the drive is set to "Fast" or "BIG" and the drive still blinks? There's nothing in their stupid manual about it. :(

[kawaiiultraneo]

@mibpowermac Hey there, I just discovered your video... and oddly I'm experiencing the same problem. At the time of discovery, it has the stock drive in... Then I've switched out the hard drives for some brand new OEM units and a week on, that silly left light is still blinking!! Could this possibly be a hardware issue?

[kawaiiultraneo]

@mibpowermac Hey there, I just discovered your video... and oddly I'm experiencing the same problem. At the time of discovery, it has the stock drive in... Then I've switched out the hard drives for some brand new OEM units and a week on, that silly left light is still blinking!! Could this possibly be a hardware issue?

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

i wonder what brand hard drives were in there. they sure took a while to spin up... maybe hitachis? deathstars... i ;like WD myself.. never had a WDC fail on me

[acabraja]

If u create a raid 0 array out of 2x500gb you will have one big 1tb array.

I'm sure you ment raid1...

[yay4furryanimals]

From Lacie

"If you have reconfigured the drive for the SAFE100 (RAID1) setting, then this is perfectly normal. The LED on the back of the unit for one of the drives will flash in this manner while the unit builds the RAID set.

This process can take between 10-12 hours on a drive this size.

Make certain to leave the drive on continuously until this process completes. If the unit is powered off before this finishes, then the rebuild will have to start over from the beginning."

[yay4furryanimals]

Interesting, I just got this drive, same exact behavior. However, I tried copying a file to it. Then I threw it into big mode, and that file was actually on both drives.

1.5TB 2big dual

vista x64

[tmd5]

Some versions of this come formatted as NTFS. I myself have the same blinking lights and Raid 1 will NOT work. Probably going to RMA it.

[bealerDSB]

I agree, Lacie are for the msot part Mac Mac Mac..

(from the vid, prob damaged the boots by now / Lol ) .. ? peace