Drobo is all magic. There's no RAID version to pick because it does it's own version of RAID - but allows you to swap a drive at any time for a larger drive. In _theory_ you can add more capcity by simply adding new, larger drives as you need.
But it is "magic" RAID 10 is dead simple, but you can't easily just upgrade drive size like you can with Drobo. I'd go with RAID 10 in a production environment. Dave On Dec 14, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Miguel Arroz wrote: > Hi! > > Mind something about Drobo... although it may be cool as a consumer product, > it's a little too "magic" for my taste. I doubt you can have enough control > over it to configure it in the RAID mode you want, and what data is in what > disk. But I might be wrong. > > Yours > > Miguel Arroz > > On 2009/12/14, at 16:51, Kieran Kelleher wrote: > >> Lon, >> >> Looks very interesting .... which model drobo are you using and how are you >> interfacing to your server? >> >> -Kieran >> >> On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Lon Varscsak wrote: >> >>> I don't know about performance, but my Drobo is frakking awesome >>> (www.drobo.com). >>> >>> -Lon >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Kieran Kelleher <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Looking for suggestions for an economical (< $1000) "poor man's" RAID 1+0 >>>> 4-drive storage solution for a dual 2.0 G5 Xserve that must be used as a >>>> dedicated database server. It is a cluster node model with just one >>>> hard-drive bay. >>>> >>>> It has Firewire 800 ports and 2 PCI-X slots. One PCI slot has a video card, >>>> one is empty. >>>> >>>> I was thinking possibly of a esata PCIX card with a OWC 4-drive hardware >>>> RAID rack unit: >>>> http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web.cgi?product=eSATA_pcix&detail=yes - >>>> $99 >>>> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/RAID/Rack_Mount/FireWire_eSATA_USB2_RAID >>>> - $850 (includes 4 x 500GB enterprise hard drives) >>>> >>>> There will be 2 slaves continuously replicating for additional data >>>> protection. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts or other suggestions? >>>> >>>> Regards, Kieran >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/varscsak%40smarthealth.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/arroz%40guiamac.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/webobjects%40avendasora.com > > This email sent to [email protected] David Avendasora Senior Software Engineer K12, Inc. ***** WebObjects Documentation Wiki : http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WO/ ***** WebObjects API: http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/MacOSXServer/Reference/WO54_Reference/index.html ***** _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
