Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] drobo question
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 20:20:22 +0200
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Hi Tina,

I am afraid that if you want to get into RAID etc. then you will need  
to spend the time to get at least a basic understanding of it. That's  
what I did. It doesn't hurt that much :-)

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Aug 2, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 10:25 AM 8/2/2009, you wrote:
>> You have articulated my own reservations about a proprietary solution
>> like Drobo very well, Leo.
>>
>> Nathan
>
> I've already ordered the Drobo for the farm with 4 1T WD Green  
> drives so I'm pretty much committed to that.  At the house, I have  
> an empty 6 bay case that is several years old.  Can I order 6 1T WD  
> Green drives for that and set up a RAID 5 - I have no idea what that  
> means.  Would it be better to buy a RAID 5 already set up?  Since I  
> have no idea what that means. ;-) Is there a tutorial somewhere or  
> software?  For Windows XP?   If I set that up at the house and Drobo  
> at the farm and use one of my Seagate portable (designed for travel)  
> 350GB hard drives to carry stuff back and forth (I have 4 of  
> these).  Would that work?
>
> Thanks to everybody for your help.  I just want to take photos and  
> have them safe.  I don't want to be an IT person or learn any  
> computer programming. It's all I can do to learn Leica M8  
> programming ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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Replies: Reply from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] drobo question)
In reply to: Message from leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson) ([Leica] drobo question)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] drobo question)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] drobo question)