Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] Drobos
From: jmilton2 at maine.rr.com (Jack Milton)
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:30:39 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1Dd7qAozbMed2Vagt5j1Pt84M4FQcY+FSOXCmwZwe3PXg@mail.gmail.com> <6dd1a3782c73223c812ea9770cfd5d5d@reid.org>

Hello Brian,
 I know NAS has advantages, but what do you think of the complexity for the 
average user?

Thanks,
Jack Milton

> On Jun 30, 2022, at 1:24 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> 
> wrote:
> 
> I use ReadyNAS, and have for at least 20 years. I own 5 ReadyNAS devices 
> and count on them for everything.
> 
> ReadyNAS is part of Netgear, which is doing fine. But they are planning to 
> close down the product line. I have therefore done a lot of studying of 
> the marketplace. I think that the best bet for me to migrate to is 
> Synology. It might well be the best bet for you to migrate to.
> 
> 
> On 2022-06-30 09:08, Tina Manley via LUG wrote:
>> Does anybody here use Drobos to store their photos??  I have 4 5C Drobos
>> with 100 TB of photo files.  Drobo went bankrupt last week.  Their 
>> software
>> for restoring files is proprietary and I'm having nightmares about sudden
>> failures.
>> I've been using Drobos for many years and have never had a drive fail but
>> there is always a first time!
>> If you have Drobos are you switching to something else?  What would that 
>> be?
>> TIA
>> Tina
> 
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