Today at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, LaCie announced the LaCie 12big Thunderbolt 3, a professional 12-bay desktop RAID storage unit. With up to 96TB of capacity, the performance of Thunderbolt 3 and RAID 5/6, the LaCie 12big has been designed to serve video professionals.

LaCie added a hardware RAID controller and 7200RPM drives, and the result is record-breaking speeds of up to 2600MB/s - and 2400MB/s in RAID 5.

The LaCie 12big features 256MB cache and 7200RPM Seagate enterprise-class drives. These HDDs are rated for 8760 hours of operation per year for extraordinary availability. The LaCie 12big also comes with a five-year limited warranty that covers drives, enclosure and spare parts.

The LaCie 12big will be available this summer in 48TB, 72TB and 96TB capacities through the LaCie online store and LaCie resellers