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Re: Drobo end days.

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Drobo end days.
Date 2014-02-21 01:39 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnlgdbip.hco.g.kreme@oswin.local> (permalink)
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In message <bmniijFki77U3@mid.individual.net> 
  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-20, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2014.02.19, 21:12 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2014-02-20, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There's really no "gain" in going with the Drobo or buying a new one
>>>> and retaining the single point of failure.  Buying 2 is out of the
>>>> question.  I have much better places for that cash.
>>>
>>> All well and good. You're choosing to sacrifice the primary benefits
>>> of the Drobo to save a buck. That doesn't magically make those
>>> benefits vanish into thin air though.
>>
>> The primary benefits of the Drobo are not returning any value to me.
>> I don't need a hot swappable storage/backup utility.  It's overkill
>> for my needs.

> Cool. Apparently you don't need to build logical volumes from multiple
> hard drives either. I use mine partially as storage for a home media
> server; so I do need it. Consider yourself lucky. : )

And I shoudl have mentioned, having a single c. 16TB volume for movies
and TV and Music and photos is *very* convenient and has made my scripts
considerably simpler.

Well, in theory. Still have to fix rsync.

-- 
The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.

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Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-19 17:17 -0500
  Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-19 23:09 +0000
    Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-19 20:03 -0500
      Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 02:12 +0000
        Re: Drobo end days. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-19 19:54 -0800
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 04:49 +0000
        Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-20 17:16 -0500
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 23:41 +0000
            Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-20 20:13 -0500
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 23:45 +0000
            Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-20 20:17 -0500
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 23:48 +0000
            Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-20 20:15 -0500
            Re: Drobo end days. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-21 01:39 +0000
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 23:52 +0000
      Re: Drobo end days. Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2014-02-19 20:53 -0800
        Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-20 16:21 +0000
        Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-20 17:24 -0500
          Re: Drobo end days. Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2014-02-25 10:43 -0800
        Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G - 2014-02-27 13:44 -0600
          Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-27 21:15 +0000
            Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-27 17:42 -0500
              Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-27 23:32 +0000
                Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-27 18:49 -0500
                Re: Drobo end days. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-27 23:54 +0000
                Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-28 08:13 -0600
              Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-28 08:01 -0600
              Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-28 08:21 -0600
                Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-28 16:37 -0500
          Re: Drobo end days. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-27 21:55 +0000
            Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-28 08:03 -0600
    Re: Drobo end days. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 15:30 +0000
      Re: Drobo end days. Kaltsas, Alexander G <macdude22@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-28 08:16 -0600
        Re: Drobo end days. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-28 23:25 +0000
      Re: Drobo end days. Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-28 16:44 -0500

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