[clue-tech] NAS thingy

chris fedde chris at fedde.us
Tue Mar 3 16:20:42 MST 2009


there is a product called drobo http://www.drobo.com/ available as a usb
device or with  a network box of it's own.  I think it's attractive unit but
maybe a bit expensive.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:42 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:

> Did someone tell me about a NAS device that accepts 1 to 4 drives, hot adds
> drives, and automatically transitions between non-RAID and RAID based on how
> many drives are present?  I'd swear I had heard about such a device, but the
> guy I though told me about it, didn't.  Maybe someone here?
>
> one drive = no RAID
> two drives = mirror (RAID1)
> three drives = RAID5 (striped w/parity)
> four drives = RAID10 (mirrored stripe-set or striped mirror-set?)
>
>
> David L. Willson
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