<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000'><br>----- "Gerald Brandt" <gbr@majentis.com> wrote:
<br>> <style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">> Hi,<br>> <br>> Is anyone here running a Drobo and sharing disk space via DroboShare?<br>> <br>> My setup, until recently, was a 4 TB raid 5 array shared via SMB to my master backend. I recently lost 2 drives in the RAID (ugh), and I'm looking at the Droboshare as a replacement.<br>> <br>> I have 2 HDPVR's and 3 frontends. Is the DroboShare (GB ethernet to network) going to be fast enough for me? Although the Drobo itself has Firewire 800, the Droboshare connects to the Drobo via USB 2 only.<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Gerald<br>> <br>> </div>Just to reply to myself, I also have the option of attaching the Drobo via Firewire 800 to a Mac, but I heard OSX has weird Samba shares, and the Drobo can be a loud beast.<br><br></div></body></html>