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Subject: [Leica] drobo question
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 20:21:07 +0200
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If I understand everything correctly (which may be a big IF) you just  
connect two HDs and create the RAID 1 through the Disk Utility.

Nathan

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On Aug 2, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Leo Wesson wrote:

> So how do you do a non proprietary
> Raid with a mac?
>
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> On Aug 2, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>  
> wrote:
>
>> You have articulated my own reservations about a proprietary  
>> solution like Drobo very well, Leo.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>>
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2009, at 4:00 PM, leo wesson wrote:
>>
>>> a drobo formats it's drives in a drobo specific way, doesn't it?   
>>> So that
>>> means you are always committed to reading your drives in a drobo  
>>> and they
>>> can't be used in any other raid setup?  so if your drobo toasts,  
>>> you have to
>>> get another one to transfer your data?  If drobo goes out of  
>>> business, what
>>> happens?
>>>
>>>
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