What sold me most on the 5N was the ability to add a mSSD in the accelerator bay, to cache data and speed transfers. I have a Crucial m4 128GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT128M4SSD3 in mine. Once I added that, the data transfers are crazy fast. Plus the drobo is 5 bays not 4 like the readynas NV+.
lopaka ________________________________ From: DSinc <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [H] 3TB Oh! Holy cow! I guess I am still learning how to get my NAS to link up on my LAN. I've never tested, but do not think I see this performance. But then, since completing my 10base1000 LAN, I have never really tested. Actually, I know not how. I just move/copy stuff from my desktop to my NAS, and it goes pretty dang quick! The NAS-to-NAS backups at Zero-dark-30 take place at theNAS' own chosen/agreed upon speed. This I never quibble about. Clearly I might not be on top of this, but it all works so well for me I just don't worry about it at all. I own/run these appliances that are so much smarter than me, but still speak to me in their 'plain speak' that I treat them as 'family.' Except for Intel nic cards, my NAS appliances are the most reliable network devicesI have ever owned. I know that they use a Debian-based Linux OS so I do not dig into their guts. No need to. They just plain workand make digital life a bit better. NAS-ON everyone! Duncan On 09/19/2013 16:07, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > Drobo5N is a completely different beast compared to earlier units. I can > transfer 20GB in under a couple minutes over network. ReadyNAS NV+ v1 is > about 4-5x that and the v2 6-7x that > > lopaka > > > ________________________________ > From: Zulfiqar Naushad <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:46 PM > Subject: Re: [H] 3TB > > > The deciding factor for me was the hybrid raid. I mix and match > different sizes and it works just fine. > > Before that I had a drobo. Great features but super slow performance. > Gave that to my brother in law as a gift and he uses that till today. > > I don't think I could deal with traditional raid. Having all same size > drives would be a bear to upgrade. It's funny. Almost every bay in my > synology has a different brand, size and rotation speed. Everything > just works and works well. > > If the synology ever dies I'm never going to switch to another brand. > Love the web os of synology and they keep on improving the interface > and adding features. I barely use most of them. I just have an > antivirus running and do torrents from the synology. I've set it up > with ddns so I can add torrents from my phone wherever I am and once I > come home it's sitting there for me ready to consume. > > What more could I want. I also haven't used port teaming to double the > bandwidth to 2Gbps. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 19, 2013, at 6:48 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Zool, >> Yes, several in the ReadyNAS community seem to be moving to Synology, QNAP, >> and, >> others. Fine. Different strokes for different folks! Nothing more.. >> I've studied, thought, played with numbers, and decided to stay with my >> 3 ReadyNAS boxes until something serious happens. >> For certain, Synology will be where I move to! All of my ReadyNAS run 24/7 >> and have >> never dropped a beat in 3 years. I still wait for my 1st HD failure! And, >> any data loss >> I have suffered has been totally 'pilot error' (mine!). I'm good. My NAS >> boxes are the PFM >> part of my home LAN. >> Best, >> Duncan >> >> On 09/19/2013 08:28, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: >>> Ready nas are great. It was between that and the synology for me and I went >>> with the latter. 3 years on and its still hasn't skipped a beat. >>> On Sep 19, 2013 3:03 PM, "DSinc" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Lopaka, >>>> Never knew you had a ReadyNAS! Silly me. >>>> How do you like your NV+ v2? >>>> I started with a DUO-v1 in 2009. I can blame John Steinbruner for that. I >>>> have added an Ultra 2 and an Ultra 2+. >>>> Just now I stay local. In the future I may off-site one of my NAS, or, may >>>> try a cloud backup location. For now, I >>>> am very happy with my NAS's. >>>> Everything I've ever learned about NAS has been viathe ReadyNAS forum via >>>> Netgear. Lots of really smart folk there. >>>> Duncan >>>> >>>> On 09/18/2013 20:48, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've got five 4TB Seagate drives in a Drobo5N. All working well about 5 >>>>> mos now. I have 4 WD 3TB reds in a ReadyNAS NV+ v2. I had 1 die within >>>>> days, but the replacement is fine. The reds have a better-longer warranty. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> lopaka >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________**__ >>>>> From: Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "[email protected].**com<[email protected]>" >>>>> <[email protected].**com <[email protected]>> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:09 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [H] 3TB >>>>> >>>>> I have at least 10 of them running in my movie box. They work fine for >>>>> this application. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my mobile device. >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I want to get one or more 3TB desktop drives to store videos >>>>>> on....either a Seagate or WD ... maybe a WD Red. I am really looking at >>>>>> reliability and price point rather then performance. Anybody have any >>>>>> issues with large 3TB drives?
