Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Knowing little about Drobo, can the disks be migrated to a different Drobo NAS model if the current one's electronics gets fried for any reason? Chances are by the time something else goes wrong, the same model will be discontinued. Manufacturers have been know to attempt lock-in based on something like serial number or UUID. :( Regards, Spencer On Jan 3, 2013, at 3:25, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > A few weeks ago I asked about backup solution. > > As luck would have it, someone was selling a Drobo with 4x 2TB drives (for > about 5+ TB usable space) for a very good price. Drobo uses their own > "beyond-RAID" system such that you can upgrade anytime by replacing a > drive, without having to copy the files out or anything. This system would > be good for up to 4x4TB or 16TB. >