Drobo FS DRDS2A21 10/100/1000 Ethernet Port Network External Hard Drive $399.99 w/FS @ Newegg.com
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Thread created 04-25-2012 by glico7122
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Hmmm. Appears to contain no hard drives. Hard to tell what good it is except for RAID 5/6 applications, which almost no home user would ever care about.
Would be better for most people to just...
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Thread created 04-25-2012 by glico7122
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So why not get a Windows Home Server machine? The HP N40L is a great example - costs around $250 regularly, so add $60 for a WHS license and you're now better off than the drobo. Has dead-simple...
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Thread created 04-25-2012 by glico7122
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no hard drives in this one. I purchased this a while back and was not satisfied with it. Returned it for a Synology DS1511+.
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It's been a few months, but mostly the throughput was very slow and I had a lot of problems getting it to be recognized on my network. Additionally, it would intermittently drop connection right in...
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Some reviews indicate rates closer to 25-40MBps.
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Would have jumped on this if hard drives were a little cheaper. Perfect for the parents considering it needs minimal setup to get it started.
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Useless - that is in my opinion - but then i buy QNAP.
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looks like an awesome deal
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Spot on assessment. You're paying for simplicity/ease of use in the drobo. Though, if you're remotely concerned about Raid or drive redundancy, you most likely can understand your post and handle a...
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good price, thank you. I've been waiting on these for awhile and just bought. Just plug, play, and stream from any room in the house.
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my $150 synology NAS also has built in "self healing" ie...i am running redundant backup and can upgrade one drive at a time and it will automatically increase the volume size without rebuilding the...
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That's reasonable for a home application.
Now the question is how fast does the speed fall off servicing 2-3 requests at the same time?
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Drobos are designed to be the RAID for the creative designer, photographer or home user who does not want to manage a RAID themselves.
The Drobo lets you mix and match drives and "magically"...
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Definitely a great price as far as Drobos go (and really for a 5 bay RAID/NAS box in general) but as phildo mentioned, they have a rep for being slower than traditional RAIDs.
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I suggest you research this one before pulling the trigger... especially if you value your data! :eek:
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I have one and have lost a harddrive, all my data was fine. When I replaced the drive it took maybe 10 hours to rebuild. You can have a 2 disk redundancy, but you lose space (obviously). I've had...
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4 disk synology? If yes, that is extremely cheap, please link it!
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I can confirm that the max speed over gigE is around 20-40 MB/s. REALLY slow.
-It also has issues with needing to be rebooted every so often, where the unit will give you 1MB or less throughput. ...
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I have a Drobo S and am moving over to a N40L now. Think I will just flip the Drobo on the cheap. I got it more as a way to backup everything in one spot, so it didn't get much use, but I always...
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$100 off not bad
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Why were you not satisfied with it?
Overall, I think I'd rather build a server than go this route, but still, just curious.
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Make sure you look at the real read/write throughput of this machine.
A lot of these types of "cheap" NAS boxes have 1Gb interface, but real-life transfer speed is far below even the slowest USB...
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Amen! DROBO sucks - do not buy.
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Drobo FS DRDS2A21 10/100/1000 Ethernet Port Network External Hard Drive $399.99 w/FS @ Newegg.com
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Dam, missed this.