Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I read about Drobo going out of business, I started researching what I could do to replace my three Drobo 5C boxes. Everything I read recommended Synology, so when Frank suggested that, I was somewhat familiar with the name and process. It's possible I could have set up the system by myself with lots of time and trial and errors, but Frank is making it almost effortless and giving me more confidence that I can do it with his help remotely. All of the hardware is now here. The actual box got here late yesterday after traveling all over North and South Carolina in a FedEx truck! I'm going to take my time and follow pages and pages of Frank's advice - which I have printed out and read and reread. Believe me, anything is better than a dead Drobo!! I did discover that I can take the drives out of the dead Drobo and put them in one that still works and still have access to everything. I still have 2 Drobos that work, but who knows for how long!! Thanks again, LUG and Frank! I'll let you know when I have everything up and running. Life is exciting these days! Tina On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 12:11?AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > All true, but a Synology box, which I got 6-7 years ago, now sits as an > expensive, oversized paperweight in my house because their only dealer in > India, situated in Mumbai, refuses to service the product once he has sold > it to you. In fact, he will not even respond to any form of communication. > This is entirely Synology's fault, IMHO, for not doing the due diligence on > a dealer's capacity to service the customer, reeking of improving sales at > any cost. As far as I am concerned, I will never buy their product again. I > have just dispensed with the idea of an NAS, and gone back to manual > backups. It takes some time and effort, but that is about all. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 2:37?AM Frank Filippone via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I fear one of our community, who was maybe a non EE will feel > encouraged > > by this type pf message.... and try to build his own NAS..... This kid of > > telling others how to do it is a big problem. You are doing them no > > favors. They will fail. Are YOU going to bail them out? > > > > (At this point, I calmed down) > > > > I assume Peter, Brian, John, Richard and maybe others did the DIY NAS box > > because they have the skill set and could save money and have all > technical > > options open to them. They achieved their individual goals. They KNEW > WHAT > > THEY WERE DOING. > > > > BUT.... As I said, the bulk (50-75% or more) of the cost of a NAS is in > > the HDD, not the box itself. What Peter, et al, has done is both cheap > > and > > good, but Mr. Average Photographer with a bunch of images saved on Drobo > > drives just is not going to be able toget this kind of solution running. > > He > > does not have the skill set. (Yes, I am making a judgement call..... ) > > > > This user just does not have the specialized techie smarts to do this, or > > Richard's or Brian's etc, solution. No less maintain that with upgrades > to > > the OS or other software over time .... DIY NAS really is a dead end... > > FOR THAT SKILL LEVEL. > > > > It is similar to telling a user to go buy his CPU, RAM, other > components > > and design the PCB and wire up your own computer..... It can be done, > there > > is info on the WEB to do it, you would save money...WHO WOULD DO THAT? > > > > ( Blood pressure again restored to normal) > > > > Savings at most is the complete cost of the NAS box, a savings of > $250-500 > > or so. About the price of a Leica camera Battery. > > > > The downside is that you miss an Windows upgrade, something changes in > > your non Windows OS that runs your DIY NAS, and your box again becomes a > > brick. Don't to it. > > > > For those with the skill set, good for you. For the rest of us, > > > > Use external USB HDDs or > > > > Spend the money, buy the finished NAS box. The rest I can help you do. > > > > You do have the skills for this solution..... > > > > But get rid of the Drobo..... before it is too late. > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > > > On 5/17/2024 8:22 AM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > > > Another, and cheaper option, which I implemented some time ago was to > > build a RAID10-based NAS image server (it could store anything but I just > > keep > > > images there) using a Rapberry Pi and terabyte thumb drives physically > > connected via a fast switch and using my local fast Wifi LAN. > > > > > > Instructions are online in several places. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > On 17/05/2024 00:24, Brian Reid wrote: > > >> Frank speaks the truth, and persuasively. If you use Drobo, mind his > > words carefully. > > >> > > >> For many years I used ReadyNAS LAN-connected storage devices. A Drobo > > competitor. > > >> When I saw ReadyNAS circling the drain a few years ago, I spent a lot > > of time trying to figure out what to do next. > > >> With Drobo in an equally advanced state of disintegration, it seemed > to > > me at that time that migrating to yet another vendor of storage > appliances > > >> (such as Synology) would be more risk than I was willing to take, so I > > bought what is in the industry called a JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks), and > > >> set it up with ZFS RaidZ3 and a 10 GB/sec LAN connection. I have a > > Supermicro-based DIY with a dozen 18-TB Seagate Exos SATA-III drives, > > running > > >> FreeBSD 14. I've had it up and running for about a year, and I'm happy > > with it. If I didn't know how to build things like this, I would have > moved > > >> to Synology. > > >> > > >> I've also been watching Synology, and it looks to be sound, stable, > and > > long-lived. My only worry would be that the company is based in Taiwan, > and > > >> China has been acting strangely about Taiwan. > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- https://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/index https://pbase.com/tinamanley