#drobo — Public Fediverse posts

Job done.
Have resurrected my old #Drobo. It's works as a backup to my backup.
Just very slooooowwwly...

When I rebuilt my home server, my goals were:

- To make sure that the #Ollama instance was using the GPU
- Move the Dell 1L PC that #Microsoft EOLed onto a Windows 11 VM
- Add enough disc storage to eliminate the need for the #Drobo

I wasn't expecting to self-host many things. So far, I am self-hosting ...

- Open WebUI
- Uptime Kuma
- Immich
- n8n
- Appwrite
- Jupyter

... using real subdomains connected to 100. Meshnet IP addresses. It means that each web app should work seamlessly, but only from one of my devices. I like that a lot.

This is what formatting 64TB of storage sounds like. #drobo

I miss Drobo being an active company. Still love these things, despite the issues they sometimes have.

I still have a #drobo for file storage on my home network and I was planning on moving it over from a Windows MFF machine to my #Ubuntu machine but now that the company has gone through liquidation, I can't download anything (like the Drobo app) from their website anymore. 😒

Well, it's time to decommission the #Drobo. It can't do sustained writes anymore and I've got a RAID 5 container in my home server that serves my needs so it's essentially just sitting there waiting to die.

Strong hint to #unifi, #backblaze, #drobo, and other janky cross platform products to stop using Java https://mastodon.social/@appleinsider/112107430333876791

@caseyliss @getchannels

Why are you so hung-ho on #channels? Seems like a *lot* of effort.

I did the #plex thing for *years*, but when my #drobo died (rip), I just… didn’t replace it, and my movie archive went away. And, it was… fine. Even, liberating!

So here is a replacement for my #Drobo #DAS (together with a #Synology #NAS for reserve copies)

Planning to use my old #drobo for backups. Fired up for the 1st time in years. Need a good internal cleaning but first let’s see if this thing even boots up

RIP, #Drobo. Was my first ever multi-disk storage array, way back in the day. #Synology has ended up a lot more flexible in various ways, so I don't exactly /miss/ my very old Drobo, but still sad to see the end of an era.

Oh wow. #Drobo (and therefore #Retrospect, which they'd bought) just filed bancruptcy: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/drobo-reportedly-files-ch-7-bankruptcy-signaling-the-end-of-a-simpler-nas/

I get that they never quite achieved the reliability needed at their end-user price point, but had hoped they'd manage to coast along.

Drobo, having stopped sales and support, reportedly files Chapter 7 bankruptcy - We appreciate Lee Hutchinson's efforts toward situational archaeology i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1939488 #storcentric #backup #drobo #tech #nas

@jhpot
Thanks for the link and I agree with your review.
I've used iDrive for offsite backup of my personal and work files for several years and found it simple and reliable.
I've never had to do a complete restore but there have been a couple of occasions where I have had to recover a file because the original was corrupted.
We also use Drobo for disk mirroring but have found them unreliable if there is a problem with one of the drives.
#iDrive #Drobo

After switching to a #Synology NAS from #Drobo, by #Plex server has become a lot more stable. Might just be Windows being more stable too, but it started right as I switched

Just checked my #Synology uptime: 427 days. Definitely quite a difference from the days when my #Drobo would crap out every couple of months!

Also brb, I’ve probably got an OS update or two I should be installing… 😅

I need advice on storing 20 TB in 2023.

Not 16 #terabytes — that's far easier. I work with 4K video and I've just completed my 2022 deadline of duplicating my #RAID array (RAID ≠ backup). But I also realise this is the last year I can fit everything in 16 TB.

I tried deleting as much as I could but it's clear I'll need 20-25TB for my next purchase, or I could begin to live with a *second* 16TB array … but whyyyy … whyyyyyy

If this was 2018, the choice would be simple — cram 5 of the biggest 3.5" HDDs (2nd largest WD Red Pro is always the sweet spot) into a #Drobo 5D3. Upsize later with bigger disks.

But if I want to move to 2.5" HDD or #SATA SSD or #NVMe, everything tops out at 8 TB. But I *should* move, right?? When are any of them going to 10 or 12 TB?

If I don't use RAID 5, that means a week downtime while restoring my backup.

No #NAS suggestions please. #DAS only. I don't want another network device with another IP address to protect. I want those sweet, sweet native #filesystem benefits.

So happy I switched to #Synology after my #Drobo died a month back. Should've done a switch years ago

Replaced the failed disk in the #Drobo and I'm a bit suspicious of it now.

First, it didn't recognize the new drive at all. Just claimed the bay was empty. So I reinserted it a few times (no change), and then rebooted the device.

It came back up and now the bay (with the new drive) is marked green. Which would be good…except that it didn't seem to do any rebuilding at all?

I'd have thought it would need to spend some time re-silvering the new drive, but apparently not. 😒
#storage #hardware

Well, *that's* not supposed to look like that.

Strongly tempted to ditch the old #Drobo completely in favor of something new (like a #synology), but they're not cheap and it feels silly to get rid of working hardware (even if the Drobo is slower than a frozen slug). So I guess I'll replace the failed drive and go from there.
#storage #hardware