LaCie d2 Network Home Media Server

LaCie is one of the many companies that makes and sells Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices for home and business. Some of these boxes, including the LaCie d2 Network, are billed by some as "home media servers." While there's no official distinction between a media server and an ordinary NAS server, NAS devices designed for home networks tend to offer more features for easily loading and sharing music and video files from iTunes or P2P networks. d2 includes both iTunes and (limited) BitTorrent server support. LaCie additionally targets Mac owners with the d2 Network, which supports Time Machine and comes with a Mac backup software program.

LaCie still sells its older NAS products too, including Network Space and Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition. d2 Network is the only one of the three LaCie currently offers in 1.5 TB and 500 GB flavors in addition to today's standard 1 TB setup.

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