Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Drobo end days. Date: 20 Feb 2014 04:49:24 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net ROB3ig6LzA2BPjU3UG7wSQy2nqAgHcNzCN68fI3+pG7U1mg8ik Cancel-Lock: sha1:t5MliiczG06FVMQ8xk2mtKDlu5o= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:56731 On 2014-02-20, Kevin McMurtrie wrote: > In article , > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> On 2014-02-20, Alan Browne wrote: >> > On 2014.02.19, 18:09 , Jolly Roger wrote: >> >> On 2014-02-19, Alan Browne wrote: >> >>> >> >>> It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. >> >>> It was the surety of backup redundancy and the risk of single point >> >>> failure... >> >>> >> >>> I am selling my first gen (2nd edition) Drobo. I can't find a partner >> >>> nearby with a similar (or compatible, at least) Drobo in case the >> >>> electronics goes T-U on this one. >> >> >> >> If mine goes out, I'll just purchase a replacement. I'll be back up and >> >> running in a matter of days, which is perfectly sufficient for me. And >> >> if and when it becomes insufficient, I'll just purchase a second Drobo >> >> to run along side this one. >> >> >> >>> I've ordered two Thermaltake dual drive SATA docks (USB 3.0) to replace >> >>> the current Drobo and my USB 2.0 based dual drive dock. >> >> >> >> That's a definite step down, IMO; but whatever floats your boat. >> > >> > I don't see the "down" at all. I can manually swap drives around and >> > have the redundancy (while maintaining TM for short term bu). >> >> You don't see any difference between the data safety features of the >> Drobo and a standard drive dock or enclosure? That makes me wonder why >> you ever purchased a Drobo to begin with. I can only surmise the ability >> to add and swap drives of varying size, replace bad drives, and so on >> with zero interruption and zero loss of access to your data must not be >> very valuable to you. You won't get the same level of redundancy or ease >> of use with drive docks or plain enclosures. It's perfectly fine if you >> don't appreciate the benefits of the Drobo; but there are rather >> significant benefit none the less. Those benefits are extremely valuable >> to me, which is primarily why I purchased and love mine. > > The problem is what happens when the Drobo itself dies out of warranty. > The current model of 4-bay Drobo uses laptop drives so it's not > compatible with the FW800 model. That means you need a $600 5-bay Drobo > to restore your RAID. Having the purchase a new $600 gizmo might clash > with the idea that RAID 5 is for reducing hassles. That's something you should consider up front *before* purchasing one, is it not? ; ) > Another selling point of a Drobo is that you can expand it by replacing > the drives rather than buying a whole new RAID. If you do the math, > buying a new RAID can be cheaper. I don't see how. You can sell the drives you take out of it, if they still work, making up for the cost of the new drives. > The Drobos are awesome enclosures but they're not always economical. (I > have two Drobos and two plain RAIDs.) Right. If cost is your primary concern, you probably shouldn't buy a -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR