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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 11:10 |
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Constable
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Something happened to me today that has had me tearing my hair out - probably because I did not do the correct diagnostics first. My Drobo went down in the sense that the connection to the Mac could not be made. The Drobo is connected directly to the Mac Pro by ethernet. i spent a happy couple of hours playing with the software end, my firewall settings, setting up the Drobo on another computer ... it worked with a firewire connection but not ethernet. So I then did what I should have done previously and checked the ethernet cable. I have never had an ethernet cable go bad on me before (connecters yes, but they were OK). But on this occasion that was the problem. i probably learnt something, but I don't know what. Anyway, the moral is always check your cables if the obvious things fail. Ed
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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 13:23 |
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Robert
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Good you got it sorted Ed, sometimes the obvious isn't quite so obvious when you are right next to it.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 2nd, 2013 13:55 |
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jk
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I use my Drobo with USbB connection but I really should network it. Glad you sorted out the problem Ed as these can be very tricky sometimes.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 3rd, 2013 05:56 |
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Bob Bowen
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My current single time machine back up drive is starting to play up. Do you guys think Drobo is a good reliable way to go with Thunderbolt from my Mac Mini. Wondering about the encryption they use locking one into the system if the drive unit fails.:baffled:
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| Posted: Sun Feb 3rd, 2013 06:49 |
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Constable
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Hi Bob The risk is not zero. Having said that, I have successfully swapped a failing drive in the DROBO RAId system with no difficulties. I must confess that I am paranoid about data and have triple redundancy with wireless drives as well. There are nightmare stories on the web tho' Ed
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| Posted: Sun Feb 3rd, 2013 14:12 |
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jk
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Any technology you choose has weaknesses and strengths. It is really only a question of which you feel most comfortable with! I use an 8 drive Drobo unit. I also have a 4 drive unit for critical data.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2013 05:34 |
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Doug
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I wouldn't touch drobo. I never liked the idea of a proprietary version of raid and have heard many horror stories - not least from Scott Kelby http://scottkelby.com/2012/im-done-with-drobo/ How much data do you have?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2013 07:29 |
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jk
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Read the Scott Kelby problem. The problem is that everyone is scrambling to make a product that gives best cover and ease of use so it is all proprietary. If it works then it works then if it doesnt work it is a disaster. Scott Kelby has industrial needs and really should be using similarly costed products. Drobo, Thecus, Buffalo are the expensive end of end consumer products. I have use Buffalo stuff in the past and similar problems exist also their technology is not so flexible. I cant afford the next step up as this requires $£â‚¬10000 or more to start. To answer your question currently I have Music ~1TB Video ~2TB Programs ~3TB Images since 2000 ~2TB Scanned images prior to 2000 (work incomplete) estimated ~4TB So 16TB is OK. Using individual disks (USB/Firewire attached) is not an option as I dont want the spaghetti this generates and also it means I need to double up to replicate each disk. I dont like using disks larger than 2TB as they are bigger risk (1TB disks are easy to handle but getting less easy to source).
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2013 09:01 |
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Bob Bowen
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Good points JK. My worry was the proprietary aspect aspect if the enclosure went down which was Kelby's problem I think. So if one wanted to change in the future everything stored on Drobo HD's was locked in. From what you say am I correct in assuming all raid type systems may have similar restrictions. I have a number of colleagues who swear by Drobo as a no brainer raid solution. Had looked at the Pegasus systems in the Mac store as they were early Thunderbolt solutions but pricy. No more that Drobo in reality once populated though.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 4th, 2013 10:26 |
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jk
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Yes the Thunderbolt solutions look very nice and transfer rate is great but like everything you need to have a chain of all the latest technology to achieve the fantastic speeds. I chose Drobo in spite of Scot Kelby's problems. I read the article where he was complaining before I purchased. I think he was using the small 4 drive unit Drobo FS units from Generation 1. The current units are Generation 3 so purchasing them should be OK.
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