[OSX-Users] Re: opinion: standalone smaill raid array

[Steve Harris]

On 5 Jan 2010, at 15:56, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>> Personally given the countless (well, around 10 or 12) Lacie power  
>> supplies I have replaced over the past couple of years, I wouldn't  
>> recommend any Lacie products to anyone, they are over-priced bits  
>> of junk these days.
>
>
> oh that's a drag. i was looking into maxtor but they've just been  
> reaquired and products look not up to it.
>
> recommendations for this kind of configuration?

Not Drobo either, I several people who've had them fail, and there's  
no easy way to recover the data when they do. You have to buy another  
identical machine and switch the disks. That can be hard if the model  
you have is out of production.

I use a linux box with a load of disks, but it's not exactly trivial  
to setup. You can get 1.5TB disks for under £100.

- Steve