[Leica] Drobo

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Just to chime in a bit here.?I have a?Drobo also with 4x1TB drives. I've had 
power outages and other "events" that have caused all the lights to blink 
red. I have about 1.6TB out of?an available 3.4TB of data.
When the lights blink red and it's working, basically what it's doing is 
rebuilding. This has taken up to 2 full days for me.. You can access your 
files during that time, but writing new files is not recommended.
So my guess (and hope) is that when all is?said and done, Tina will have 
full access to her Drobo with no lost data. I think that for the non-techies 
it's one of the most cost efficient and reliable systems available...?
Best of luck, Tina.
Bob
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 2:09:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Drobo

Tina I'm holding my breath for you on the extra copies. Since one computer
(presumably with a different Operating System) is recognising the Drobo but
not your Windows 7 machine, maybe it is worthwhile contacting Drobo and see
what they have to say? Of course continuing the extra copy is vital in the
meantime but maybe you won't have to do that format and start again? I would
certainly talk to them before taking any irrevocable action.
Other possibilities, issues with the physical connection between your laptop
and the Drobo and/or, a corrupted driver in your Windows 7 machine? I
remember that you have reported in the past problems with the power
connection (and maybe voltage fluctuation in your area) to your Drobo and
also USB connections on portable drives.
Good luck! Drobo won't be getting my money for a while longer. I must
investigate where the Imagestore project is up to.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 27 April 2010 22:15, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> LUG:
>
> The Drobo is still flashing red and is not accessible from my Windows 7
> laptop; however, I was able to hook it up to my tiny Acer netbook and the
> Acer can access the files (No, I have no idea why!).? I'm moving them all
> over on to other external hard drives.? I do have them backed up but don't
> want to depend on only one backup if I do have to reformat the drives.? The
> little Acer worked all night and is about a quarter of the way through the
> files.? I had just downloaded an update for the Drobo dashboard software
> recently so I'm hoping it's just a glitch in the software and that the four
> 1T drives are all o.k.? We'll see!
>
> Michael Pollan was not able to come to the dinner last night because his
> father-in-law had a stroke.? Larry the Cable Guy (really Dan) was there.
>? He's a really nice guy - nothing like his persona on TV.? I had to sign
> model releases to appear on the History Channel program. Photos will follow
> after I get my computer straightened out.
>
> Tina
>
> --
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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