Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine is the smallest Drobo - a 4 bay one. They also make 5 bay and 8 bay Drobos. Mine is USB connected and is plenty fast for me. I'm backing it up on a 1T WD My Book external hard drive. Somehow Acronis compresses it enough so the incremental back-ups of the Drobo and my laptop only take up about 700GB. I also keep the individual Raw photo files backed up on Seagate hard drives - one per year of photos. I think 3 is the minimum number of back-ups to be safe according to the DAM book! Tina On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:11 AM, A. Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > Thanks for the reply Tina. Sounds good so far. Which model Drobo do you > have? > > One point is not clear. How do you back up multiple TB of data from the > Drobo to another HD? I assume you will need several HDs to do this? > > Also, can you comment on the Drobo's speed? My current media server, an HP > Media Vault, is very slow even with an ethernet connection. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:03 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Anyone using Drobo > > > > I'm using a Drobo and think it's great. I had one 1T drive start to fail >> and the Drobo warned me. I replaced it with a 2T drive and never lost >> anything. Mine has 3 1T and 1 2T drives so I still have plenty of room >> for >> expansion. It's about 3/4 full now. I do keep it backed up with Acronis >> on >> another WD hard drive. It's super easy to use and makes no noise at all. >> Someday I'd like to get the really big Drobo and do away with most of my >> external hard drives. >> >> Tina >> >> Tina >> >> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:53 AM, A. Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: >> >> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I'm in need of a new NAS box. Looking at NAS boxes on the market the >>> Drobo >>> looks very interesting. Have any list members used the Drobo? If so, >>> please >>> comment, pro or con. >>> >>> Suggestions for other NAS boxes are welcome too. Ease of use, data >>> security >>> and easy back ups are the main criteria. Price (within reason), >>> appearance, >>> noise levels, OS, etc are not so important. I am not averse to a DIY >>> solution. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Akhil >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com