On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

Boyd Lynn Gerber schreef:

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Hello,

What are you using? What do you recommend. I would like a RAID 5? What size drives do you use to populate it? 1TB+ Any once using 1.5 or larger?

I really need to go for the largest I can with the most available storage?

How about a drobo?

Drobo with firewire does not seem like a bad product. IMO, droboshare should be obliterated from the face of the earth. It uses the USB connection to the Drobo, and even then I don't think it runs at full USB-2 speed. I can't see spending ~ $700 for an empty shell and a NIC interface to get such poor performance. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

How about a simple Linux Samba, FTP and NFS Server ? Regards, Khawar Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

Greg Freemyer schreef:

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I can't see spending ~ $700 for an empty shell and a NIC interface to get such poor performance.

$700? That's like €200? ;-)

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On Fri, January 16, 2009 16:39, Greg Freemyer wrote:

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

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Greg Freemyer schreef:

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I can't see spending ~ $700 for an empty shell and a NIC interface to get such poor performance.

$700? That's like €200? ;-)

Amazon has them discounted right now, but it is showing LIST prices of

$499 for the Drobo itself and $229 for the Droboshare

Or $728 combined. Sounds like $700 to me.

Looks like you can save $150 off of that if you get the current sale price. That is still almost $600. Not sure where your €200 comes from.

*sigh* It comes from the $/€ exchange rates. The US dollar is a weak currency compared to the euro. This means that importing is cheap for Europeans, but exporting is expensive. It was meant as a joke but you didn't "get" it. Must be a cultural thing. Sorry. Srsly. And please, don't reply all. I follow the list. -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

On Fri, January 16, 2009 16:39, Greg Freemyer wrote:

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Amedee Van Gasse wrote:

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Greg Freemyer schreef:

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I can't see spending ~ $700 for an empty shell and a NIC interface to get such poor performance.

$700? That's like €200? ;-)

Amazon has them discounted right now, but it is showing LIST prices of

$499 for the Drobo itself and $229 for the Droboshare

Or $728 combined. Sounds like $700 to me.

Looks like you can save $150 off of that if you get the current sale price. That is still almost $600. Not sure where your €200 comes from.

*sigh* It comes from the $/€ exchange rates. The US dollar is a weak currency compared to the euro. This means that importing is cheap for Europeans, but exporting is expensive. It was meant as a joke but you didn't "get" it. Must be a cultural thing. Sorry. Srsly.

I had no idea the Euro was that strong / dollar was that weak. Last I knew it was around $1.50 so I assumed you were being serious. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org