Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have two Drobo units installed although neither are NAS. One is a 4 bay FireWire 400 unit and the other is a newer 5 bay eSATA/FireWire 800. Both have been very reliable. If you are one of the people who like to play with software/hardware then you will find other alternatives that will satisfy you more. For me the Drobo units just work - they are "appliance" RAID units. Increasing capacity means pulling out a disk and inserting a new one of larger capacity. Since you do this "hot" it's a little scary the first time. But after some period of time the rebuild is complete. In the meantime you have full access to all of your data despite having removed a drive. I currently am running 1TB and 2TB Seagate drives in one and a selection of Western Digital green drives in the other (for family reasons too complex to expound upon). As far as I'm concerned they "just work." Which is what i want and need. Adam On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:53 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 >