LaCie has been busying showing off new external hard drives at CES. Another one of its announcements is the new LaCie d2 Quadra, available in various storage configurations and starting at around $200.

The LaCie d2 Quadra is designed for professional use primarily. It’s available in multiple interface options - eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB - and sports an aluminum heat sink system to keep things cool. The d2 Quadra has been designed with RAID use in mind - one can connect two more more drives o the host in either RAID 1 for data redundancy and protection, or striped together in RAID 0 for faster data transfers.

LaCie said the d2 Quadra will work with Windows or Mac and features a blue button on the front of the console which can be configured to launch an application or initiate a backup on demand. The LaCie d2 Quadra, running in storage sizes from 320GB to 1TB, should be available starting next month.

LaCie d2 Quadra