LaCie d2 Professional, USB 3.1 TYPE C, 3.5E, 16TB STHA16000800

I am giving this seller 5 stars for their great customer support. The first drive I received did not work, the driver installation failed for Windows 7, 10, and 11. It would show up in my list of USB devices but did not show up as a hard drive in either of the OS I previously listed. I submitted a return request which was immediately approved and they sent me a new drive a few days later. The new drive works perfectly.

Didn’t dislike anything. It’s exactly as expected. I have a couple of them to perform backups of faster drives. They are large enough to hold 4 dated backups of files which are duplicated on the two backup drives. Monthly, I make a fresh backup and swap it with the other backup drive in my safety deposit box. So, at all times I have 4 months of backup versions offsite and 4 on-site waiting for me to remove the oldest backup and make a new backup. Then swap again to safety deposit box. Works great.

Hands down one of the slowest, most disappointing storage devices of any kind! I am writing a fairly long review (which I never take the time to do), and I know it may appear to some as a mad rant...my goal is to share that this is not user error or due to a specific issue with a file type or specific software application. The poor performance is consistent regardless. I am a commercial director and editor. I've worked with all kinds of storage systems, from RAID to NAS to small portable hard drives. I was looking for something easy to stay on my desktop that I could quickly dump footage to following shoots, so that I could clear my portable SSDs. I would say to call this "professional" or "fast" is comical, but after having this for 10 months, I lean more towards an outright lie. When I purchased this, I was editing on a fully loaded 2019 i9 MacBook Pro. I've now been using it with my fully spec'd out M4 MacBook Pro. Whenever I unlock my computer, the drive rumbles and takes several minutes before it shows in Finder and is accessible. It doesn't matter if I have just plugged in my computer or if my computer was on the lock screen with the Lacie already connected and powered. Every time there is a massive lag. You may think, Oh, that's inconvenient but after it connects, it probably is fine. NOPE. Even after it has been connected, every time I click to access the root folder, it lags; clicking subfolders easily takes 10-30 seconds (sometimes over a minute) for the folder to expand and display files. It doesn't matter if I am editing photos, graphic files, HD video, or 4k videos, RAW, mp4, proxies...it is consistently slow across the board, no matter what. My original workflow plan was: onsite dump cards to my SSDs, come home, and immediately back up all files to the Lacie to clear SSDs, edit off the Lacie so there is a consistent folder structure and organization (instead of editing off of SSDs then dumping once the project is complete). The read/write is so slow and inconsistent that you cannot edit using files stored on the Lacie. It doesn't matter if I am in Premiere Pro, After Effects, doing photos in Lightroom - using Affinity Designer, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Logic, or doing something browser-based like uploading photos for a website edit. There is no correlation between a specific software application or file type - the inconsistency is the same across the board. Even after importing files into Premiere or Lightroom, the speed is so slow and inconsistent that files regularly buffer or take forever to display. I am not just a creative professional; my background is in custom software development, and I have extensive experience with networking hardware. I have tried everything I can to troubleshoot, isolate any potential issues, and optimize this in hopes that it would perform as described. I've owned so many Lacie drives over the years, and it just feels like the reliability and their focus on quality products continue to not be a priority for the company. I know I am being critical, but this was a $634 investment, not a cheap, no-name brand solution. I have conceded to keeping it unplugged and only using it for final backup storage once I am completely done with a project. I hope this helps some other small business professionals or creatives considering spending their hard-earned money on a product that is not "professional" nor "fast." Avoid this product and find another solution that actually does what it says it's supposed to.

Exactly what I expected.

I purchased this Lacie D2 to provide external backup to a QNAP NAS. The read/write speeds are excellent for a single external HD no doubt large due to the fact that this unit has a 20 TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro HD. The Lacie d2 works perfectly, is quiet, and was an excellent choice for high capacity and high speed backup protection.

This drive is heavy duty yet portable I transferred 17 TB from Seagate drive and after 35 hours all files transferred successfully. Like that it’s formatted ExFAT so compatible with both Mac and Pc platforms

Great back up drive with a heavy duty chassis.

ChatGPTI bought two identical Lacie Pro drives from different sellers on Amazon. The first one had loose parts inside right out of the box, and the second one failed to mount after just four days. Despite returning the defective drive, I incurred a restocking fee of 18.14% of the total cost. It seems you're charged regardless of the product's condition. Furthermore, if you encounter defects after transferring important data to these large-capacity drives, data recovery can be exorbitantly costly. The price for data recovery doesn't scale with the amount of data used; they charge for scanning the full 20TB, escalating the expense. Additionally, I found no avenue to lodge a complaint with Amazon or challenge the company responsible. It's frustrating. This refund is for the following item(s): Item: LaCie d2 Professional 20TB External Hard Drive Desktop HDD - USB-C USB 3.1 Gen 2, 7200 RPM Enterprise Class Drives, for Mac and PC Desktop, 1mo Adobe Quantity: 1 ASIN: B09QQPMPNK Reason for refund: Customer return Here's the breakdown of your refund for this item: Item Refund: $594.93 Item Tax Refund: $60.98 Restocking Fee Refund Deduction: ($118.99)

Me llego rapidisimo, en 24h y muy bien empaquetado. Muy buen producto, rapido y fiable sobretodo si los comparo con mis anteriores HD de western digital de 5 tb que iban como una tortuga.

I sailed from the Gold Coast, Qld with video cameras, drojnes and a macbook, plus this HDD. It worked flawlessly and stored all my FCPX libraries, edited footage, fast and flawless. Great !

It is really good itself. Quiet. Does not get warm. Does not vibrate etc. It comes in with all possible plugs I could think of as well which can be easily changed which is AMAZING. The software is simple to understand and so far, worked well. It has 1 semi-con and one real con. Semi-con - It is really heavy for how small it is. Not that you wont be able to lift it but surprisingly heavy. REAL con is the BLUE LIGHT on the front. It is extremely strong and cannot be turned off. You either have to cover it, paint it over or disassemble the device and somehow remove the led. Not only its constantly ON but it also rapidly flashes every now and then and when PC/Laptop is off, it will be off BUT it will still do that occasional flashing for no reason. So far it worked without any problems and the storage is big so that is fine. It mostly just comes to that damn light. It has its own software but you cannot disable the light which is sort of silly. Would be little better if it was not for the BRIGHT BLUE colour of it...

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Hard Disk di qualità superiore. Nulla a che vedere con i classici hdd esterni. Meccanica superba e hardware di livello professionale. (monta un Seagate Iron Wolf classe Enterprice) Velocità di lettura/scrittura particolarmente elevate. Scocca in alluminio molto robusta e design molto elegante. Silenziosissimo Consigliatissimo