Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tina. This is very useful. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using Drobo > Mine is the smallest Drobo - a 4 bay one. They also make 5 bay and 8 bay > Drobos. Mine is USB connected and is plenty fast for me. > I'm backing it up on a 1T WD My Book external hard drive. Somehow Acronis > compresses it enough so the incremental back-ups of the Drobo and my > laptop > only take up about 700GB. I also keep the individual Raw photo files > backed > up on Seagate hard drives - one per year of photos. I think 3 is the > minimum number of back-ups to be safe according to the DAM book! > > Tina > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:11 AM, A. Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Tina. Sounds good so far. Which model Drobo do you >> have? >> >> One point is not clear. How do you back up multiple TB of data from the >> Drobo to another HD? I assume you will need several HDs to do this? >> >> Also, can you comment on the Drobo's speed? My current media server, an >> HP >> Media Vault, is very slow even with an ethernet connection. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using Drobo >> >> >> >> I'm using a Drobo and think it's great. I had one 1T drive start to >> fail >>> and the Drobo warned me. I replaced it with a 2T drive and never lost >>> anything. Mine has 3 1T and 1 2T drives so I still have plenty of room >>> for >>> expansion. It's about 3/4 full now. I do keep it backed up with >>> Acronis >>> on >>> another WD hard drive. It's super easy to use and makes no noise at >>> all. >>> Someday I'd like to get the really big Drobo and do away with most of my >>> external hard drives. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:53 AM, A. Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I'm in need of a new NAS box. Looking at NAS boxes on the market the >>>> Drobo >>>> looks very interesting. Have any list members used the Drobo? If so, >>>> please >>>> comment, pro or con. >>>> >>>> Suggestions for other NAS boxes are welcome too. Ease of use, data >>>> security >>>> and easy back ups are the main criteria. Price (within reason), >>>> appearance, >>>> noise levels, OS, etc are not so important. I am not averse to a DIY >>>> solution. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> Akhil >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >