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<blockquote data-quote="JohnCL" data-source="post: 1575443" data-attributes="member: 84508"><p>The fear that you have is a valid one, but this is a concern on any NAS / DAS device. Failure is an option on any piece of hardware without notice. Drobo has come a long way in terms of reliability over the years. I had a hardware issue on one of my early 4 bay Drobo's and my data was OK once I moved the drives over. I have seen horror stories as well with catastrophic data loss.</p><p></p><p>I use a Drobo mini right now, and I copy the whole unit to a Synology NAS for backup. The Drobo is my working data and I have not had one hiccup on the device in over a year of using it. Having a RAID array is not backup, and as already noted you should have something else in place to safeguard the data that cannot be lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnCL, post: 1575443, member: 84508"] The fear that you have is a valid one, but this is a concern on any NAS / DAS device. Failure is an option on any piece of hardware without notice. Drobo has come a long way in terms of reliability over the years. I had a hardware issue on one of my early 4 bay Drobo's and my data was OK once I moved the drives over. I have seen horror stories as well with catastrophic data loss. I use a Drobo mini right now, and I copy the whole unit to a Synology NAS for backup. The Drobo is my working data and I have not had one hiccup on the device in over a year of using it. Having a RAID array is not backup, and as already noted you should have something else in place to safeguard the data that cannot be lost. [/QUOTE]
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