Advice on setup of new mini w/4 Tb LaCie 2Big thunderbolt drive

I'd like to use this primarily as a photo editing workstation. It will be connected to a 27" Thunderbolt Display and will be wirelessly networked to a 4th generation time capsule. It will use Aperture, Photoshop and Lightroom applications and I would like to explore the possible setup options I may have available.

The LaCie 2Big comes pre-formatted as HFS+ Journaled, and is already pre-configured as a striped RAID set (RAID 0) for maximum performance. This is mentioned in the online manual for this device. The price for speed is lost redundancy.
If you want greater data protection through drive redundancy, then LaCie suggests reconfiguring the 2Big into a mirrored RAID set (RAID 1) using Disk Utility. As your data is written to the first drive, it is automatically written to the second drive. If one drive fails, the data remains duplicated on the surviving drive.
With the preceding redundancy, you may wish to relegate TimeCapsule to just backing up your home directory. If you sought triple-redundancy for your media work, TimeCapsule would be spending significant time backing up those large, changing Lightroom catalogs via wireless.
I believe that the Thunderbolt display has its own internal Thunderbolt cable, in addition to the Thunderbolt port. Certainly does not state a Thunderbolt cable is included. You would need to purchase an additional Thunderbolt cable for the LaCie 2Big. Then, it probaby would be your preference as to Thunderbolt chaining.
If you haven't already, the mini should have 8 - 16GB of memory. This will bring the HD4000 up to 512MB VRAM.
Paired with the quad-core i7 and a SSD for the system disk would make for a snappy unit, especially for thread-aware applications like Photoshop.

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I currently run FCP 7 on a brand new MacBook Pro. I use the Thunderbolt port into a Thunderbolt to VGA adapter (third party) to run an external Asis 27" display. It all works quite well. But...
Right now I use a LaCie d2 Firewire 800 external HD as my scratch but would like to upgrade to the new LaCie 2Big Thunderbolt. I want to then run my external display (still using the adapter) off the second Thunderbolt port on the 2Big. Is this possible? My local Apple authorized store was very sceptical although they had never tested it, in fact, they haven't even sold a 2Big yet.
Has anyone done this? Am I going in the right direction. I don't want to pop for the 2Big (+$500) and find out the setup can't be done.
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Yes, I've demo'd this a lot. Thunderbolt out of a computer, to the drive, looped to a monitor. AND!! Thunderbolt to an AJA IoXT for broadcast monitoring, back out to the drive, then the drive to a computer display.
Boggles the mind, but it works

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I've just purchased the new MBP 17" and my Lacie Rugged 500GB drive will not mount.
It will mount over USB though.
I've tried three different FW800 cables and no result.
There are some posts around 10.5.7 update issues, but I've tried everything listed and no dice.
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I had a Western Digital My Passport Studio model like that. It has nothing to do with cables or your laptop. It has to do with manufacturers who fail to adhere to the proper power standards for the interface. Basically, if the drive demands more power then the port will give, it is never going to work.
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I've managed to get the apps loaded without having to do it manualy !! :-)
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Confused yet? I am!
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Complete guide to using iOS 6
http://howto.cnet.com/ios-6-complete-guide/
Guide to Built-In Apps on iOS
https://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/guide-to- built-in-apps-ios
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Apple - iPad - Guided Tours
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT2bD0-OqBM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSPXXhmwYf4&feature=relmfu
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http://www.iphone-mac.com/index.php/Index/howto/id/4/type/select
iPad How-Tos http://ipod.about.com/lr/ipad_how-tos/903396/1/
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 Cheers, Tom

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