They're quite straightforward to get set up and then transfer files (well my Synology one was) and once you've done it for the first time you can then do incremental backups so you just add in the new files rather than backing up the whole lot.
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They're quite straightforward to get set up and then transfer files (well my Synology one was) and once you've done it for the first time you can then do incremental backups so you just add in the new files rather than backing up the whole lot.
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You set up the rules here and let it do it's thing.
The Destination is obviously a folder in the Drobo (but i don't think it NEEDS to be, the software can point it anywhere).
You see the rules here.
The Destination is obviously a folder in the Drobo (but i don't think it NEEDS to be, the software can point it anywhere).
You see the rules here.
indeed, the synologys usually have at least 1 USB2 port (some higher end models have eSATA) which you can use for backing up to external disk. or you can backup to Rsync compatible servers. or even Amazon S3 service.
(the USB port can also be used for print serving and UPS monitoring)
So you back the photos up on your main pc via a network to the Drobo or are you directly connecting to it and then having it back up?
I'm just wondering how long it takes to transfer a couple of gigs from the pc to drobo across a network?
I'm just wondering how long it takes to transfer a couple of gigs from the pc to drobo across a network?
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My set up is this
iMac, Macbook pro – Apple Time Capsule (Wifi N network speed)
Photos are stored on a External HD (soon to be another) connected to the iMac via USB.
The Drobo is connected to the Time Capsule.
The result is this:-
The Time Capsule does daily back up of the OS of both iMac and MBP (includes the LR library)
The Drobo does daily back up of the external HD
So the Photos and OS are backed up separately, all done via N network speed, its fast enough (300mb in seconds). 1 Gig I can send it around 30 seconds or less I think, not timed it.
The reason for the Time capsule is I wanted the Apple Extreme built in for its N network speed, if you have a router that does this then you probably don't need it. I also liked the built in 1TB HD for the OS back up too.
Ray are you using the 4bay usb version or the 5 bay ethernet?
Never mind I see its the FS, thats the one im looking at......god damn hobbies I have......Who wants to give me a grand? Cheque or cash
I have the Drobo FS, it’s the 5 bay one as you can see in the screen shot above
It's £500 for the unit alone, not cheap lol
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Stupid question maybe...But does the drobo connect like a normal external drive? So could i whack in 4 drives, plug it into the PC and save files to it like it was a normal drive?
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Yes, although you will not get all the space from 4 drives, it will use 2 for redundancy purposes.
You can drag and drop files into it like any HD. It can be read from Mac or Windows.
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Raymond, I'd read a photogrpahers blog about his Time Machine not completely backing up his Lightroom Catalogue. I haven't looked into this myself as I primarily use my PC for Lightroom duties at home. It might be interesting to see whether the LR3 Catalogue on your iMac is exactly the same as the one backed up by Time Machine.
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I dont envy you, I had a drobo v2 for 2.9 years it then failed completely, as in, it would switch on, it sort of communicated with my pc (often crashing it), spent a month sending info reports to drobo and they said one of the chips in the drobo had died and it needed repairing, but as it was out of warrenty they wanted £160 to fix it, **** off drobo, i've lost all my data and you want more money out of me, rubbish system as the file system is propriatory and i would have to buy another drobo.
Cheaper to build me a file server PC, share a folder on that, and use that folder as my backup to my main PC, which is what iv done, much better. Also allows me to do a ton of other useful stuff as well.
Cheaper to build me a file server PC, share a folder on that, and use that folder as my backup to my main PC, which is what iv done, much better. Also allows me to do a ton of other useful stuff as well.