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Synology NAS server for home network?

I am considering a Synology DS1511+ for my a development network. I was going down the Drobo Pro FS road until I discovered that their performance is fairly weak. This is sad because a friend of mine founded the company. Other friends haves…
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DroboS causes Windows Server 2008 box to hang on boot

I'm running a DroboS connected via eSATA and the machine will not boot past the initial Windows graphic loading screen no matter how long I let it run. Windows Server 2008 x86 connected via an IOgear 4-Port RAID 5 eSATA PCI Card [ GIC704SR5 ]
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Drobo Pros won't mount via iSCSI

I've got an Xserve where I've configured a Drobo Pro. Connected via firewire and USB, it works fine, but when connected to a separate network port, it doesn't mount. I've got the Drobo Pro configured to 2.0.1.2/255.255.0.0 and the network port to…
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Did I do anything bad by attempting to mount a Drobo volume?

While looking around the Drobo control panel for my B800i, I clicked on the little "X" in the Mount column by one of the volumes by accident. I pulled this image off the Internet and it is not my setup. Drobo thinks it isn't formatted (it actually…
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iSCSI - what's faster?

I have a DroboPro that is currently connected to a GS748TS switch. Also connected to the switch is a server and few workstations. Which method would be better in performance? Add a NIC to the server. Direct connect the DroboPro via iSCSI to the new…
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drobo/rsync create weird root folder

Running rsync from a drobo to fetch remote files, rsync create a wierdly named folder "_2X68O~Y" which contains the fetched files and folders. Under sh the folder has an empty name. the commandine, run via a .sh…
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What is the meaning of Linux e2fsck "restarting fsck from the beginning"?

My regularly monthly corruption of my drobo ext3 linux means I have fsck -f -y the device but I'm getting the message above a few hours into the process. Anyone know what that means? I expect that it is a consequence of the regular corruption, for…
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Drobo mirror setup

We have recently acquired 3 Drobo and tried setting them up, each of them contain 4x2TB HDD, but it only shows 5,44TB available, probably because of their beyondRaid technology, this lead to 2 questions : 1) How can I know which disk has the…
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DroboPro ISCSI Connection - Connection has limited or no connectivity in Windows 2003

I have a DroboPro I've connected the device directly via USB and it works fine. If i connect the ethernet cable directly from the 2nd Network card on my host machine, to the DroboPro (in order to use ISCSI) then it doesn't seem to connect- I get a…
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Backup Exec b2d NAS

I'd like to backup my servers to a Drobo NAS which shows up in Windows as a network drive. It doesn't seem possible in Backup Exec 2010 to create a backup to disk folder on a mapped network drive. I feel like I must be missing something here.
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Drobo Pro or SAN for backups

I have multiple offices and was thinking of using two Drobo Pros as a storage location for my backups, with one at each site being synced. It seems like on the surface its a cheap alternative to a SAN. Because it will just be used for storing…
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Drobo is in a weird state: 4 amber lights, 1 red

My Drobo 5N2 has four bays flashing yellow with "Data protection in progress" and 99 hours remaining, and one bay flashing red and says "Failed". Should I pull that one and put in a new drive, or do I have to wait for the 99 hours to finish?
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