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<blockquote data-quote="brairden" data-source="post: 1156291" data-attributes="member: 166628"><p>The Drobo FS is probably exactly what you are looking for. You data will be protected in the event of a failure, and the Drobo provides you that security with very little loss of total data capacity. I believe that on the FS, you maintain about 75% capacity for data storage, and 25% for protection. What this means is that if you fill the Drobo with 10tb of hard drive space, only about 7.5tb will be usable for data. And yes, the Drobo will rebuild itself in the event of a failure (after you replace the drive).</p><p></p><p>The FS is network attached, so it will be plugged into your router or ethernet bridge (not the mini). When you do this, every computer on your network will have access to it (provided you want them to). </p><p></p><p>There are a lot of cheaper RAID boxes out there that will do almost the exact same job as the Drobo, but the Drobo does make setup and maintenance almost foolproof. </p><p></p><p>I have set up 2 Drobos (not the FS) for family members that know squat about networks and file sharing. They could have done it themselves. It was that easy. </p><p></p><p>Good luck....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brairden, post: 1156291, member: 166628"] The Drobo FS is probably exactly what you are looking for. You data will be protected in the event of a failure, and the Drobo provides you that security with very little loss of total data capacity. I believe that on the FS, you maintain about 75% capacity for data storage, and 25% for protection. What this means is that if you fill the Drobo with 10tb of hard drive space, only about 7.5tb will be usable for data. And yes, the Drobo will rebuild itself in the event of a failure (after you replace the drive). The FS is network attached, so it will be plugged into your router or ethernet bridge (not the mini). When you do this, every computer on your network will have access to it (provided you want them to). There are a lot of cheaper RAID boxes out there that will do almost the exact same job as the Drobo, but the Drobo does make setup and maintenance almost foolproof. I have set up 2 Drobos (not the FS) for family members that know squat about networks and file sharing. They could have done it themselves. It was that easy. Good luck.... [/QUOTE]
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