You could get a raid controller and not a USB or firewire setup..... Those Drobos are expensive and do not have drives included. The read and write speeds are not stellar on them.
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CPU: i7 950 @ 4GHz |
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I am looking for a fail safe solution for all my data (files, videos, movies, HDD Images + Backups).
I am tired of having dozens of CDs and DVDs with everything on them.
I want to store everything on hard drives but if a hard drive fails i want the data to be recoverable or on another hard drive.
I am thinking of getting a DROBO, if one hard drive fails just replace it with a good one and it's rebuilt.
Another option i am considering is getting a QNAP and setting up RAID 5 on it.
I want the data which is store to be accessed quick if i want, this is why i would prefer a hatrd drive solution rather than CDs and DVDs.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Billy
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You could get a raid controller and not a USB or firewire setup..... Those Drobos are expensive and do not have drives included. The read and write speeds are not stellar on them.
Last edited by Drdeath; 09-04-2011 at 00:31.
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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CPU: i7 950 @ 4GHz |
M/B: ASUS P6X58D-E |
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 12GB 1600Mhz |
GPU: ASUS ATI HD 5770 |
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I'm looking for an external set-up.
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T@4GHz |
M/B: ASUS Crosshair V Formula |
RAM: 4 Gigs Mushkin 1600MHz |
GPU: VisionTek AMD Radeon 6970 |
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CPU: i7-950 @4.3 Ghz (23x187, 1.36875v) |
M/B: Asus P6X58D-E |
RAM: 6GB Corsair-Dominator GT @1874 mhz |
GPU: Asus ENGTX470 |
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If you your machine has USB3, you could do it real cheap with a couple of 3 TB Seagate GoFlex external drives and just mirror them.
I wouldn't want to work off one as my system drive, but I've been very pleased with the transfer speed over USB3 using mine as shared drives for media, and backup on my home network.
CPU: Core i7 3930K |
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RAM: 64GBs Kingston Beast 2133MHz |
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Take your time looking around, there's a lot of different company's offering storage solutions. As you know some are better than others, so make sure you check out as many reviews as possible before you buy.
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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CPU: i7 950 @ 4GHz |
M/B: ASUS P6X58D-E |
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 12GB 1600Mhz |
GPU: ASUS ATI HD 5770 |
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http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=183
Anyone using one of these?
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K @ 5GHz |
M/B: ASROCK X79 Extreme 6 |
RAM: 16G G.Skill Trident 2400MHz |
GPU: 2 x Radeon 2G 7970 Liquid cooled |
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They are real cool but I stick to saving money and going raid1-5 on your motherboard....... Much cheaper.... I am sure your motherboard has raid.