Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bob no all drives are suited to be used in raid env. western digital green is one example that does not work. make sure u use drobo approved drives. On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Tina. Looks like that's what I will do. > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 1:29:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: RAID Question > > I just upgrade like it tells you on the Drobo site. Yesterday I pulled out > one 1T drive and replaced it with one 2T drive. Drobo reconfigured > everything but the lights flash red and you are instructed not to pull any > more drives until it finishes reconfiguring everything. It took 24 hours > to > reconfigure. I've done this four or five times and have never had a single > problem. I have my individual files backed up on other hard drives just in > case but haven't had to use them. You couldn't access the information on > the drives you remove in anything accept the Drobo. I use the old drives > and reformat them for extra storage. > > If I were you, I would replace the drives one at a time and not risk losing > everything. > > Tina > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I'm hoping some of the more tech savvy folks can help me out here. I'd > like > > to > > upgrade my Drobo from 4x1TB drives to 4x1.5TB drives. If I pull all my > > drives at > > once, if anything happens to the new 4x1.5TB drive setup, I can put the > > 4x1TB > > drives back in. That will put me back to where I was before I upgraded. I > > could > > keep the 4 old drives offsite too, which would help. > > > > But then I would need to temporarily store the data on the current setup > > somewhere, which is a bit over 2TB. I don't have anywhere to put this > data > > temporarily. If I switch the drives 1 at a time, then I can't save the 4 > > old > > drives as a backup; they'll reconfigure where the data is stored each > time > > I add > > a new 1.5TB drive. > > > > Do I have this right or am I missing something... > > Thanks, > > Bob > > Bob Adler > > Palo Alto, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad