[Leica] OT: RAID Question

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Thanks Tina. Looks like that's what I will do.
 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com




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From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 1:29:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: RAID Question

I just upgrade like it tells you on the Drobo site.  Yesterday I pulled out
one 1T drive and replaced it with one 2T drive.  Drobo reconfigured
everything but the lights flash red and you are instructed not to pull any
more drives until it finishes reconfiguring everything.  It took 24 hours to
reconfigure.  I've done this four or five times and have never had a single
problem.  I have my individual files backed up on other hard drives just in
case but haven't had to use them.  You couldn't access the information on
the drives you remove in anything accept the Drobo.  I use the old drives
and reformat them for extra storage.

If I were you, I would replace the drives one at a time and not risk losing
everything.

Tina

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm hoping some of the more tech savvy folks can help me out here. I'd like
> to
> upgrade my Drobo from 4x1TB drives to 4x1.5TB drives. If I pull all my
> drives at
> once, if anything happens to the new 4x1.5TB drive setup, I can put the
> 4x1TB
> drives back in. That will put me back to where I was before I upgraded. I
> could
> keep the 4 old drives offsite too, which would help.
>
> But then I would need to temporarily store the data on the current setup
> somewhere, which is a bit over 2TB. I don't have anywhere to put this data
> temporarily. If I switch the drives 1 at a time, then I can't save the 4
> old
> drives as a backup; they'll reconfigure where the data is stored each time
> I add
> a new 1.5TB drive.
>
> Do I have this right or am I missing something...
> Thanks,
> Bob
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
>
>
>
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