https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg06413.html
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Espinola Jr (IIRC) discussed these at length once on the list. > The Drobos he worked with ended up unresponsively eventually. The only way > to get them to come back online was to restart. Eventually, that interval > decreased, so the time between reboots became much more frequent. Drobo > technical support advice was to reboot the devices, no explanation was > provided and I don't think that there was much guidance about when the > problem might be addressed. Given that I wouldn't trust Drobo with > anything. And that might be too much. > > I ran two Synology units (I believe these were the ones Kurt mentioned) at > my old gig for more than two years, with nary a problem. At my present > employer I'm planning to implement Synology for shared storage. I only ran > 10 VMs at my old place, and expect to run 10-12 at my new place. > > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 5:28 PM, CSSU NetAdmin <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We are looking to replace our EMC VNXe. It currently hosts about 40 VM's >> for three schools and total network storage of about 1 TB. A friend >> mentioned looking at the Drobo b1200i. It looks pretty good and the price >> is great. >> >> Anyone have any thoughts about this comparison or experience with it? >> >> Thanks! >> > >
