I've been running our organization on Synologys for our shared storage for more than a year now. Been rock solid. Our EqualLogic had reached EOL, and I could buy two Synology units (for replicating to themselves) for half the price of an EqualLogic...
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < [email protected]> wrote: > I’ve got the same type of issues with Buffalo and Iomega NAS as well. > Just stop responding, and need a hard reboot to reaccess. As all of ours > are either beyond warranty, or quickly reaching end of warranty, I’ll take > a look at the Synology brand. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2015 10:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations > > > > The types of issues I've dealt with could not be rectified or managed, as > the problem only became increasingly worse, with a shorter MTF with each > occurrence - until the devices were not capable of enough uptime to > complete backups, It was a problem with the hardware that the Drobo techs > could not or would not explain. > > > > The issues I experienced all started off with the devices becoming > suddenly inaccessible. Even local direct access would not work. The > device would have to be hard-booted in order to recover. Over time it > would require multiple hard-boot attempts and/or delays with the device > being completely off. Everything made me believe it was an overheating > component issue. Drobo techs could not or would not confirm. > > > > My advice would be to use them the least amount as possible. Use for > recovery purposes may prove to be impossible because of the same issues > outlined above. If anything I've written rings true for you at all, lose > the devices as soon as possible. > > > > > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Darren Martin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Similar issues with Drobos here. Any advice on keeping them running after > support expires?? > > Thanks. > > D > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations > > Just seeing this post now... > > > I am a former/current Drobo admin/user as well as a Synology admin/user > for a few years now. My opinion is pretty plain and simple: Drobos are > crap. Synologys are good. > > I was initially impressed with Drobos until I started to deploy and > maintain them in large environments. The bigger/busier the environment, > the worse they are. Performance goes exponentially in the toilet to the > point of literal unavailability - aka, it kills them. I've had Drobo > support replace quite a few of them, only to experience the same problems > after prolonged use. I was primarily using them as backup devices. Very > large/long backup jobs can kill them. I seriously recommend removing > any/all at your first opportunity. > > > Synology is my current go-to for these types of devices. I haven't > experienced any issues of note. > > > > > > -- > Espi > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]> wrote: > > I currently have a DroboPro unit populated with 8 – Seagate > Constellation ES 2GB drives connected to a server via iSCSI. > > The unit is used to store backup sets and other file/folder > content for my modest Windows network. > > The hardware is robust and very stable but using Drobo Dashboard > to do anything beyond checking device status is painful…. > > > > I’ve lurked here for some time and see repeated recommendations > for and kudos given to Synology NAS units. > > > > Before I can pitch to management my thoughts on replacing the > Drobo unit, I was wondering if anyone on this list was a former Drobo user > and now a Synology user who might comment on the transition. > > > > Inviting any other commentary/recommendations as seen fit. > > > > TIA > > Gordon > > >
