LaCie's Network Space 2 will assimilate your data, resistance is futile
By Tim Stevens 
posted Nov 4th 2009 9:04AM
posted Nov 4th 2009 9:04AM
LaCie Network Space 2: Simplifying The Network Storage Experience
LaCie today announced the LaCie Network Space 2, design by Neil Poulton – a leading-edge Network Attached Storage (NAS) and media server. The LaCie Network Space 2 combines the performance of a full-featured NAS solution, with a unique and customized way to manage the total experience.
Easy to Use
LaCie Network Space 2 was designed to be as convenient and user-friendly as a classic USB external hard drive. With the advanced LaCie Network Assistant, you can be up and running in a few short steps. To help you manage your desired product preferences, the LaCie Network Assistant now offers new dashboard functionality. You can customize the dashboard with useful widgets to access network and drive information, administer user accounts and monitor drive capacity.
Home Entertainment
LaCie Network Space 2 makes it easy to stream photos, music and videos to computers on the local network or to any UPnP/DLNA compliant devices like PlayStation®3 or Xbox® 360. It includes iTunes® server software so Mac and PCs can see and play content from the LaCie Network Space 2 directly through the iTunes interface. It also includes Download Machine that allows multiple torrent downloads, even when your computer is turned off.
High Performance and Versatility
While the LaCie Network Space 2 can perform at speeds of up to 65MB/s** over the Ethernet connection, you may choose to leverage it as an external USB hard drive – connecting it directly to your computer for off-network file transfer and accessibility.
Additionally, there is a USB 2.0 host connection in the front of the device that allows you to connect a USB flash drive, external hard drive or digital camera, and import files automatically without the need of a computer.
Eco Friendly
The LaCie Network Space 2 includes a built-in power management widget, which lets you control both the light on your drive, as well as your drive's Eco Management; placing the drive into a low power setting at scheduled time intervals or when the product is inactive. Additionally, the Network Space 2 can be awakened through its Wake-on-LAN functionality, making it a powerful, efficient and eco-friendly media server for the home.
"The LaCie Network Space 2 is a state-of-the-art solution for customers wanting to share and store media files from anywhere in the house," said Patrick Salin, LaCie Digital Home Business Unit Manager. "LaCie's new dashboard functionality makes it simple for users to enjoy the features of network storage, and further shows our commitment to enhancing the experience of our customers."
Designed exclusively for LaCie by Neil Poulton, the compact LaCie Network Space 2 has a sleek, mirror-polished black finish with a blue LED strip on its underside that creates an ambient glow.
Availability
The LaCie Network Space 2 is available in a 1TB capacity in Europe and will be available worldwide later this year. For more product information, visit www.lacie.com.
About Neil Poulton
Neil Poulton was born in Thurso, Scotland. A graduate in Industrial Design from Edinburgh University and Milan's Domus Academy, Poulton first came into public view in 1989 as the creator of "the ageing pens," pens made from a "living," wearing plastic that changes color and form with use. Today, Neil Poulton designs and develops best-selling, award-winning products for a variety of international clients including LaCie & Artemide. Since 1991, Poulton has lived and worked in Paris, France. www.neilpoulton.com
About LaCie
Located in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong, LaCie is the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for Windows, Apple and Linux users. LaCie creates external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original designs and leading-edge technology. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is listed on Euronext under FR0000054314 (LAC). For more information, visit www.lacie.com.
LaCie today announced the LaCie Network Space 2, design by Neil Poulton – a leading-edge Network Attached Storage (NAS) and media server. The LaCie Network Space 2 combines the performance of a full-featured NAS solution, with a unique and customized way to manage the total experience.
Easy to Use
LaCie Network Space 2 was designed to be as convenient and user-friendly as a classic USB external hard drive. With the advanced LaCie Network Assistant, you can be up and running in a few short steps. To help you manage your desired product preferences, the LaCie Network Assistant now offers new dashboard functionality. You can customize the dashboard with useful widgets to access network and drive information, administer user accounts and monitor drive capacity.
Home Entertainment
LaCie Network Space 2 makes it easy to stream photos, music and videos to computers on the local network or to any UPnP/DLNA compliant devices like PlayStation®3 or Xbox® 360. It includes iTunes® server software so Mac and PCs can see and play content from the LaCie Network Space 2 directly through the iTunes interface. It also includes Download Machine that allows multiple torrent downloads, even when your computer is turned off.
High Performance and Versatility
While the LaCie Network Space 2 can perform at speeds of up to 65MB/s** over the Ethernet connection, you may choose to leverage it as an external USB hard drive – connecting it directly to your computer for off-network file transfer and accessibility.
Additionally, there is a USB 2.0 host connection in the front of the device that allows you to connect a USB flash drive, external hard drive or digital camera, and import files automatically without the need of a computer.
Eco Friendly
The LaCie Network Space 2 includes a built-in power management widget, which lets you control both the light on your drive, as well as your drive's Eco Management; placing the drive into a low power setting at scheduled time intervals or when the product is inactive. Additionally, the Network Space 2 can be awakened through its Wake-on-LAN functionality, making it a powerful, efficient and eco-friendly media server for the home.
"The LaCie Network Space 2 is a state-of-the-art solution for customers wanting to share and store media files from anywhere in the house," said Patrick Salin, LaCie Digital Home Business Unit Manager. "LaCie's new dashboard functionality makes it simple for users to enjoy the features of network storage, and further shows our commitment to enhancing the experience of our customers."
Designed exclusively for LaCie by Neil Poulton, the compact LaCie Network Space 2 has a sleek, mirror-polished black finish with a blue LED strip on its underside that creates an ambient glow.
Availability
The LaCie Network Space 2 is available in a 1TB capacity in Europe and will be available worldwide later this year. For more product information, visit www.lacie.com.
About Neil Poulton
Neil Poulton was born in Thurso, Scotland. A graduate in Industrial Design from Edinburgh University and Milan's Domus Academy, Poulton first came into public view in 1989 as the creator of "the ageing pens," pens made from a "living," wearing plastic that changes color and form with use. Today, Neil Poulton designs and develops best-selling, award-winning products for a variety of international clients including LaCie & Artemide. Since 1991, Poulton has lived and worked in Paris, France. www.neilpoulton.com
About LaCie
Located in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong, LaCie is the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for Windows, Apple and Linux users. LaCie creates external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original designs and leading-edge technology. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is listed on Euronext under FR0000054314 (LAC). For more information, visit www.lacie.com.
Universal Serial Borg
RAID is not a backup solution anyway, two drives syncing on a cron job would be nice.
Does it even take two drives? I can't tell.
I love the idea of people backing up their back ups.
As if both your Hard Drives are going destroy themselves in the time it takes to buy a new one...
@Oli D
I have seen it happen. I agree it is sufficiently unlikely so as to be pointless for mr average, but if you have a small business and you need data backed up then the more backups the better.
@ Oil D
I've seen machine that have had both drives fail due to some outside source IE lighting, and some people are just rather nuts about backups. Hell if my drives die and I never made a backup well then the data was not that important.
Yeah. It would be silly to store a third copy of your information offsite because peoples' houses never burn down.
I dont get the feeling this drive is particularly for business customers.
If my house burned down, my data would be the last of my worries...
I would prefer a 2 drive internal mirror option. Or at least a way to schedule a backup to have that extra safety net without having another external drive cluttering up the place and wallwarts hogging my outlets.
Sure, you can always rebuild a house if it burns down, but can you replace a lifetime of digital memories?
A friend's house was robbed earlier this year. They took everything that wasn't nailed down, including his PCs, and all his backup gear. Along with the gear went a lifetime of photos.
I always recommend buying a $79 backup drive, and keeping it off-site. It's cheap insurance.
Jackflap is correct. You are a fool to not make a backup of your data, at least if it's important to you. I have seen entire Raid 10 arrays go poof in the blink of an eye. Of course we had backups on nas, but the point still remains.
I had a lacie, and the damn powerbrick went bust and dropped the 12 volt to 10 volt, in such cases it doesn't matter how many disk you have in it, they will all have to deal, although the more drives the higher the required amperage the more tricky it is to make a reliable powerbrick for it at low cost.
It's very common incidentally for the powersupply to go, on all brands, I think they all use the same chinese powersupply manufacturer anyway, so for increased reliability it might work to pick a 2.5" that is powered over USB, albeit that those have less capacity.
n.b. This was not a statement about LaCie, it's the same for all externals.
I don't think the point is to have a backed-up backup, but to use this as external storage for media files or archiving.
It ain't fun getting Locutus a Christmas present.
"Capped at 1TB"!?! What year is it? 2007? I mean really. REALLY!
Its not actually a whole lot, im running out of space with just 1TB.
@fox, I think that was his point
Borg Queen to LaCie NS2: "You are an imperfect being, created by an imperfect being."
Borg Queen to 757: "You are an imperfect boeing, created by an imperfect being."
Interesting setting for the picture taking.
Seems strangely appropriate..............
Those things are always presented without cables. In real life, once connected with all the power supply usb whatever cables are always uglier thant what you expected.
And without all the fingerprints. Nowadays its easier to create a sufficiently believable 3D rendering than get a tidy photo of a fingerprint & dust magnet that this product is also bound to be.
I wonder what design genius it took to create a shiny black box with a light. Probably Dolce & Gabanna.
How will this work with Time Machine? Can I do wireless backup? Time Machine is quite expensive versus this ...
Time Machine is very cheap (free), Time CAPSULE on the other hand is pricey. But you are getting a router and NAS in one box
Aha sorry, yeah, I meant Time Capsule.
Now if they would drop the light and the branding on the side... and maybe make the surface as black and matte as possible/ie suck in all light...
How is this company still around. Do an google search on their quality/failure rate and discover the real LaSuck, I mean LaCie.
I'm never buying another LaCie storage device again. I bought one of the USB Porsche 500 GB external drives back in 2007, and the power supply died in 2008. I've never had an issue with a power supply on a piece of tech until I bought this piece of junk. Then, last week, the drive started malfunctioning, and conveniently for Lacie, since there is only a one year warranty on it, so I am out $30 to get a new power supply to hopefully recover my data. This power supply issue seems to be one of those planned obsolescence things, which is probably why the external drives were so cheap. Low initial cost, high maintenance cost.
Next time, I'll spend a little more, because my data needs better protection than what LaCie is willing to provide.
Saw my chance to chime in:
I'm beyond disgusted with the equipment LaCie puts out at a "premium" price. Of the 10 LaCie drives purchased by my organization over the past 2 years, 1 was still working... as of yesterday... but then it died at the end of the day. It's ridiculous. Nothing but failures from this company. I will never -ever- purchase another item from them ever again. They have ZERO tech support. You may as well call their sales staff instead since all you ever get is a pitch to buy a new power supply or a new drive all together. What about the lost data? I guess that's just TS for the customer.
phew...
I really dislike that company. I'm amazed they continue to stay in business.
@ Alex
Why don't you just pop the drive out of the computer and put it in a pc, or if you have a laptop a friends pc to recover the data. (thats if its urgent and are not particulary bothered about having an external)
Jesus, why does LaCie hate human eyes? The eye pokingest peripheral ever.
to add to Lacie issues, I 'like' how drives in their boxes have a shorter warranty than the identical drives purchased separately.
For example, an OEM Seagate might have a 3 year warranty. The same exact drive, shipped in a Lacie enclosure has a 1 year warranty because quite often (more often than not), the point of failure of the unit is the enclosure circuit board itself.
Well nothing stops you from taking out the drive and using it in something else if the enclosure failed.
That is some 2001 space odyssey shit right there
Lacies are the biggest POS drives ever... I just had 3 drives die this year, and they wanted to charge me $99 to "repair" a 500GB drive...