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

[Daniel Thorpe]

I also have a Drobo, first gen, but with latest firmware, and have run it almost 24/7 for over a year with no problems at all - it's amazing!

I think like any product there are some scary stories of people's product not working, but overall I get the impression that Drobos are fairly well regarded, if a little expensive.

I got my Drobo after the 4th out of 5 LaCie products I owed died, so I wouldn't steer clear of them. 

That's my two cents
Dan

On 5 Jan 2010, at 19:39, Terry Payne wrote:

> Am surprised on the comments on the Drobo - we have one that is working just peachy!  I know a couple of other users who have had good experiences, and there seamed to be good comments on a thread on Mac Rumors: 
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> 	http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=502415
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> Drobo is a propriety RAID system, that does have a few limitations - yes, if the box goes, then you do have to replace this with another drobo.  I didn't realise you couldn't swap the discs into a different model - though there are only four models out to my knowledge...
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> 	Terry
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> On 5 Jan 2010, at 19:11, m.c. schraefel wrote:
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>> Thanks for the recommendations.
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>> The advantage of a box is
>> a) fewer cables
>> b) fewer power supplies
>> c) less power.
>> 
>> quiet would be very nice.
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>> THis seems like something a bunch of companies would be leaping into with cheaper big disks, eSATA etc.
>> 
>> thanks all
>> drag to hear about lacie. the cases are so good.
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>> mc
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>> At 18:06 +0000 on 5/1/10, Steve Harris wrote:
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>>> 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
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