Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of the drives in my Drobo are Western Digital Green and they work fine. Drobo is not really a raid, though, I don't think. Tina On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 6:53 PM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote: > bob no all drives are suited to be used in raid env. western digital green > is one example that does not work. make sure u use drobo approved drives. > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Tina. Looks like that's what I will do. > > Bob Adler > > Palo Alto, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 1:29:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: RAID Question > > > > I just upgrade like it tells you on the Drobo site. Yesterday I pulled > out > > one 1T drive and replaced it with one 2T drive. Drobo reconfigured > > everything but the lights flash red and you are instructed not to pull > any > > more drives until it finishes reconfiguring everything. It took 24 hours > > to > > reconfigure. I've done this four or five times and have never had a > single > > problem. I have my individual files backed up on other hard drives just > in > > case but haven't had to use them. You couldn't access the information on > > the drives you remove in anything accept the Drobo. I use the old drives > > and reformat them for extra storage. > > > > If I were you, I would replace the drives one at a time and not risk > losing > > everything. > > > > Tina > > > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm hoping some of the more tech savvy folks can help me out here. I'd > > like > > > to > > > upgrade my Drobo from 4x1TB drives to 4x1.5TB drives. If I pull all my > > > drives at > > > once, if anything happens to the new 4x1.5TB drive setup, I can put the > > > 4x1TB > > > drives back in. That will put me back to where I was before I upgraded. > I > > > could > > > keep the 4 old drives offsite too, which would help. > > > > > > But then I would need to temporarily store the data on the current > setup > > > somewhere, which is a bit over 2TB. I don't have anywhere to put this > > data > > > temporarily. If I switch the drives 1 at a time, then I can't save the > 4 > > > old > > > drives as a backup; they'll reconfigure where the data is stored each > > time > > > I add > > > a new 1.5TB drive. > > > > > > Do I have this right or am I missing something... > > > Thanks, > > > Bob > > > Bob Adler > > > Palo Alto, CA > > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com