Drobo vs ReadyNAS NV+ How do they compare?

Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.

http://www.drobo.com/products_drobo.aspx#products_nav
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Stor...s/RND4000.aspx

Which should I pick?

[I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like
protection from hardware failure, expandable, with a mix of drive-sizes]

Thanks.
Aloke
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I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.

Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?

Aloke
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Aloke Prasad wrote:
> Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.
>
> http://www.drobo.com/products_drobo.aspx#products_nav
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Stor...s/RND4000.aspx
>
> Which should I pick?
>
> [I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like
> protection from hardware failure, expandable, with a mix of drive-sizes]
>
> Thanks.
> Aloke
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> remove 123 and invalid to e-mail

Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote

> Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.

> http://www.drobo.com/products_drobo.aspx#products_nav
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Stor...s/RND4000.aspx

> Which should I pick?

I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.

> [I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like protection from hardware failure, expandable,
> with a mix of drive-sizes]

> I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.

> Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?

I would even if you are comfortable with linux.

Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between

Drobo+Droboshare
ReadyNAS NV+
MS WHS

I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems
myself. A ready-made product is good enough ...

Aloke

Rod Speed wrote:
> Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote
>
>> Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.
>
>> http://www.drobo.com/products_drobo.aspx#products_nav
>> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Stor...s/RND4000.aspx
>
>> Which should I pick?
>
> I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.
>
>> [I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like protection from hardware failure, expandable,
>> with a mix of drive-sizes]
>
>> I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.
>
>> Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?
>
> I would even if you are comfortable with linux.
>
>

Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between

> Drobo+Droboshare
> ReadyNAS NV+
> MS WHS

I'd go with the later myself. I dont like being locked into a proprietary system.

> I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems myself.

Anyone flogging the hardware can assemble it for you.

> A ready-made product is good enough ...

I dont like being stuck with the limitations they choose to have myself.

But then admittedly I know a lot more about systems than most people do.


> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote
>>
>>> Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very
>>> comparable.
>>
>>> http://www.drobo.com/products_drobo.aspx#products_nav
>>> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Stor...s/RND4000.aspx
>>
>>> Which should I pick?
>>
>> I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.
>>
>>> [I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5
>>> like protection from hardware failure, expandable, with a mix of
>>> drive-sizes]
>>
>>> I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make
>>> it a NAS.
>>
>>> Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?
>>
>> I would even if you are comfortable with linux.

What are the limitations of (Drobo+Droboshare) and ReadyNAS NV+ ?

Aloke

Rod Speed wrote:
> Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between
>
>> Drobo+Droboshare
>> ReadyNAS NV+
>> MS WHS
>
> I'd go with the later myself. I dont like being locked into a proprietary system.
>
>> I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems myself.
>
> Anyone flogging the hardware can assemble it for you.
>
>> A ready-made product is good enough ...
>
> I dont like being stuck with the limitations they choose to have myself.
>
> But then admittedly I know a lot more about systems than most people do.

Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote:

> What are the limitations of (Drobo+Droboshare) and ReadyNAS NV+ ?

Dunno. Thats one of the real downsides of those proprietary
systems, its very hard to get a handle on the limitations.

With a general purpose approach that uses MS WHS,
its completely trivial to work out the limitations.


> Rod Speed wrote:
>> Aloke Prasad <aprasad123@columbus.rr.invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between
>>
>>> Drobo+Droboshare
>>> ReadyNAS NV+
>>> MS WHS
>>
>> I'd go with the later myself. I dont like being locked into a
>> proprietary system.
>>> I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems
>>> myself.
>>
>> Anyone flogging the hardware can assemble it for you.
>>
>>> A ready-made product is good enough ...
>>
>> I dont like being stuck with the limitations they choose to have
>> myself. But then admittedly I know a lot more about systems than most people
>> do.