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

[Steve Harris]

I've never used one myself, but like I said I've heard a lot of bad  
reports. Possibly from earlier generations.

The reviews on e.g. Amazon aren't exactly good:
http://www.amazon.com/Data-Robotics-FireWire-Storage-DR04DD10/product-reviews/B001CZ9ZEE

- Steve

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:
>
> 	http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=502415
>
> 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...
>
> 	Terry
>
> On 5 Jan 2010, at 19:11, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the recommendations.
>>
>> The advantage of a box is
>> a) fewer cables
>> b) fewer power supplies
>> c) less power.
>>
>> quiet would be very nice.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> mc
>>
>> At 18:06 +0000 on 5/1/10, Steve Harris wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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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