LaCie Cloudbox Offers Storage Boost For Cloud Users

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A lot of us have been at least tempted by the whole concept of cloud access. The thought of having your files available on various devices where ever you may happen to go is one that’s hard not to be tempted by. But waiting in the wings is the sudden flash of doubt that says, why trust your files to the ephemeral cloud? What happens if your net connection goes out? Or if they have server problems? LaCie has heard your doubts, o unconvinced, and offers up the LaCie Cloudbox as a result.

The LaCie Cloudbox offers the best of both worlds at once: it’s a 100 gig “hybrid” hard drive that offers just one Ethernet port, and once a day, it takes the contents of your Cloudbox and fires them off to your personal cloud by AES encrypted copy, even if your computer is off at the time. And, should your Cloudbox ever fall prey to one of the inevitable slings, arrows, or malfunctions a device is generally prone to, you can use LaCie’s Online Restore software to go back as far as ten different volumes to restore your files to you.

When you buy one of these, and they’ll hit store shelves this July for a fairly hefty $200 plus an as yet undefined subscription fee for all that cloud access, you’ll even get a year’s worth of cloud storage gratis.

It’s a clever idea, in a way. So many things could go wrong with a hard drive, so it’s not hard to see why people might want a remote backup. Though $200 is quite a bit for a 100 gig hard drive–you could actually buy a bigger solid state drive for less and get better protection that way. That and if you actually used all the space, you’d burn through your bandwidth cap in a matter of days, unless it only uploaded new arrivals.

So what do you guys think about all this? Like the thought of the LaCie Cloudbox, or does it not offer enough for its expanded price tag? Hit the comments section and tell us what you think!