Comments on: Drobo Repurposed

By: Formatting the Drobo for Time Machine Backups | NSLog();

Formatting the Drobo for Time Machine Backups | NSLog(); — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:06:55 +0000

[...] Dec. 24, 2008: I've long since repurposed my Drobo after running into the same problem a commenter below had: the data backs up but doesn't show [...]

By: Malcolm J

Malcolm J — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:18:49 +0000

Erik J. Barzeski said on December 2, 2008:

Malcolm J said on December 2, 2008:

Have you ever had a drive fail? (how did it respond to that, if yes)

I have not. And I don't know that I can answer your second question.

Alright, thanks though.

The Plaid Cow said on December 2, 2008:

Malcolm J said on December 2, 2008:

And which of the following would you recommend:
1) Drobo
2) Small (mini-ITX) computer running FreeNAS and RAID 5

I have been excessively happy with the ReadyNAS NV. I haven't had a drive fail, but putting in a new one to automatically increase the size of the RAID set was dead simple.

My problem is i need something not so pricy. the readyNAS are EXPENSIVE.

a mini itx box will be cheapest. I can build a box for less than 300$, that can take 3 drives in raid 5.

By: The Plaid Cow

The Plaid Cow — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:16:29 +0000

Malcolm J said on December 2, 2008:

And which of the following would you recommend:
1) Drobo
2) Small (mini-ITX) computer running FreeNAS and RAID 5

I have been excessively happy with the ReadyNAS NV. I haven't had a drive fail, but putting in a new one to automatically increase the size of the RAID set was dead simple.

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:51:43 +0000

Malcolm J said on December 2, 2008:

Have you ever had a drive fail? (how did it respond to that, if yes)

I have not. And I don't know that I can answer your second question.

By: Malcolm J

Malcolm J — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:42:30 +0000

I have a question regarding your drobo experience.
I've been looking into getting one, but people have been telling me its a sham.

Have you ever had a drive fail? (how did it respond to that, if yes)

And which of the following would you recommend:
1) Drobo
2) Small (mini-ITX) computer running FreeNAS and RAID 5

By: Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:58:23 +0000

Are you doing anything for an off-site backup? If you have a disaster at home (robbery, house fire, etc), having an off-site backup is one less thing to worry about.