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My Drobo was running out of space and requested I replace the smallest HDD with a new one. It just arrived - 18 TB! Have come a long way since 1981 when my VIC-20 used cassette for storage.
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@sramirez2008 - I went with the Drobos because you can add/replace drives as needed to increase storage space*. It does that by lying about its actual capacity - my Mac Pro thinks its 64TB of storage even though it currently holds 23.5TB.
* Others at the time required you to build a new array and manually migrate your data. Its possible others now offer Drobo's expansion w/out migration ability, I've not kept up. -
@SpiceWare I started off with Drobos many years ago, they were incredibly easy to upgrade the storage and very intuitive, I loved using them. Sadly I soured on them after two of mine stopped working in a row, just back luck on my part. The DAS I have is simple software raid enclosure and the NAS is a 4 bay QNAP.
Luckily I never experienced tape data storage, except for a drum machine I once had, as I was lucky to have a C64 with a floppy drive for my first computer (and an Epyx FastLoad cart). I did live vicariously through my friends tediously loading programs from tapes, so slow....
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@ZeroPage Homebrew bummer. I've had 3 so far, only issue I've had was a noisy fan. It was out of warranty so I followed this guide and replaced it myself (my thanks in the comments are towards the bottom on October 26, 2019)
5D in 2013, used with original Mac mini DVR
5D in 2017, used with my mac Pro8D in 2019, used with new Mac mini DVR
My dad's using the 2013 5D.
My nephew's using the original mini. It was replaced because it only supported a 4K TV at 30 Hz.