NAS or Drobo Recommendation
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- ArmandoEstrada
I know, its been asked a bunch of times and I look at those threads. But maybe I don't need a NAS drive. I am looking for external storage solution that i can pop two drives in, one primary and one back up that has a Gigabit Ethernet port. I don't need it to manage anything since it will be connected to a OSX server. I would like the ability to swap out drives as needed.
Most NAS drives i see have a lot of capabilities I don't need and want.
Maybe a Drobo?
And before anyone goes there, ill save you the trouble:
Thanks
- prophetone0
nasty nas in your area... 'bout to cause drobo-steria?
- see_bee0
All I need is one drive.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah
All I need is one drive.. that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
All I need is one drive.. fuck the cars, the jewelry
All I need is one drive.. to spread my files to the whole world
- vaxorcist0
3 friends who have Drobo's, two have had serious problems... one of those may have been due to not reading the manual....
- never feed a drobo after midnight, no matter how much he clicksprophetone
- ArmandoEstrada0
Serious as in "I lost all my data" or serious as in "Im a idiot and I fucked up"?
- vaxorcist0
one lost all data, but was able to get it back after paying a huge amount, the other wasn't as serious, but one huge issue is that Drobo uses its own unique format...
I would rather use NAS + backup drives sent to relatives, and online backups....
- dibec0
love.
love.
love.
- twooh0
There are downsides, and benefits to both. I've had my Drobo for almost 5-years now. I've had an extended warranty on it, and had to return it twice, but the service is always next day delivery.
I've heard a lot of people complain about them, but I have to say that I really like mine so far.
The biggest beauty behind it, is being able to hot swap drives, and being able to mix brands, and storage sizes. When I bought it 5-years ago, the maximum allotted was 4TB. Now it's 15TB.
I don't think you can't do that with any current NAS, from what I understand.
- twooh0
What it really comes down to, is what do you need it for? I use mine as both a RAW photo/film storage, backup, archive, and media drive. It's also linked up to my PLEX server with 7TB of media. So if your goal is speed, and all purpose, I'd say a Drobo is a really good bet. Just my 2 cents.
- formed0
I'll second the Synology. There support is great, too. Had ot replace mine and it was no hassle, no trouble shoot for 10 hours, etc.
- Peter0
I'm happy with my ReadyNAS
http://www.netgear.com/business/…
It torrents and it backups by itself.Hotswap. Plex. Remote controlled. Etc. All the stuff I never use is available.