When my first ReadyNAS NV+ v1 had the catastrophic failure, I did have all or most of my movies on hard copies. I can say it took over 6 months to get everything back in digital format because I had to re-rip and stuff. Anything important (other than movies) is backed up to 2 different NAS setups so the likelihood of failure is small. On the drobo5n I probably have 9 TB's of movie files. Once I started doing blu-ray backups, filling up a NAS is easy. Some movies are <20GB's each. I like having stuff on raid and have been able to recuperate from 3 drive failures because of raid, without doing anything but popping the dead drive and and putting a new one in hot. System rebuilds and all is good.
lopaka ________________________________ From: Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [H] 3TB Why does anyone need movies on a raid? That seems like overkill to me. If one of my drives crashes, it won't be the end of the world as I have all of the backups on optical. I just keep track of what is where so I can regen one as needed. But so far, after 24/7 use of nearly two years, no problems. Those drives are sleeping 99% of the time. :) On 9/20/2013 10:47 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: > WD Red have worked fine for me. I got a set of 4 and put into a raid. Had > one keep dropping out of the RAID and failing to rebuild but it turned out > to be a bad SATA cable rather than the drive. > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:05 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Heck, your research is way behind. SSD's in NAS is a fact to my meager >> reads. >> True, any of the users are Linux-geeks that have 'dicked' with their NAS's >> OS (f/w), but >> still. I read it to mean that this is active ATM, if only on a limited >> scale. Way above my pay >> grade................ :) LOL! >> Duncan >> >> >> On 09/19/2013 17:02, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote: >> >>> That's sexy. Must read more. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:01 AM, "Robert Martin Jr." <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> 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].**com<[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].**com<[email protected]>" >>>>> <[email protected].**com <[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<hardware@lists.** >>>>>>>>> hardwaregroup.com <[email protected]>>" >>>>>>>>> <[email protected].****com < >>>>>>>>> [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? >>>>>>>>>>
