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eamonchaney

by eamonchaney

Problems with Drobo S while running Carbonite
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I bought the Drobo S v2 with the plan of using it to duplicate my NAS and have Carbonite back up the Drobo. Problem is the Carbonite service seems to kill the Drobo. Constant data transfers don't seem to phase it, but 15-90min of Carbonite running(even in low priority mode) will make the dashboard report the drobo as disconnected and the drive unresponsive in windows explorer. Suspending or pausing will bring it back after an hour. Has anyone had similar experience?
driverwilliams

by driverwilliams

Are drobos worth the money ?
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After having an bad experience of two new 2TB hard disks becoming faulty within 10 days of operation. It was time for me to look at the DAS/NAS product line to restore my sanity. So therefore I am looking at the Drobo new line up S and Pro units and the established Netgear ReadyNAS line (NV+ / NVX). These units will be used in a home/small business environment to stream HD media and other files to two, three machines. Want to limit the amount of downtime that will caused from one or even two... Read more →