BlackArmor Discovery crashes with OS…: Apple Support Communities. Bad that it crashes, but good that the update was quick and fixed it. This kind of support makes me more likely to buy a Seagate NAS in the future if I needed one.
Coriolis Systems – StumbleUpon. Drobo have their own set of issues that make them unrealiable storage in my opinion. I wonder if they ever solved this issue? They didn’t follow up on this post. I will send them an email and ask.
This was the email text I sent to them.At this URL: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7vS1ZK/www.coriolis-systems.com/ You have a post hosted that talks about the incompatibility of iPartition with Drobo. Is that still an issue and can you update that article? I have bought your software and want to use it to help a friend with a drobo.
I heard back from the company and according to them this is still an issue. I wonder why Drobo doesn't seem to care about fixing this?
Bob Timmons has the answer. Great work.
The information in this video talks about a partition on the fellow’s Maxtor external hard drive…..not the Time Capsule.
As mentioned previously in this thread…..it is not possible to “partition” the Time Capsule drive unless you physically remove it from the Time Capsule case….which will void the warranty.
If you want to reserve a given amount of space on the Time Capsule drive, you can set up a disk image, which is similar to a partition.
via Forgot partition after installing time…: Apple Support Communities.
Value wise I’d have to call the [Seagate BlackArmor]NAS220 as the winner with two 1TB drives already installed, but it’s not the fastest according to my tests, and it does have some limitations as well.
I have another review from this site as well Seagate BlackArmor 110. Very detailed and plenty of user comments as well. A great resource.
via NAS Box Roundup Comparison – 8 Tested and Compared.
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 1TB NAS Box. This is a concerning read. Many users of various versions of this product line had problems with reliability, performance and usability. One mac user said it was a poor choice for mac compatibility. If you buy this, make sure the store has a good return policy.
I hadn’t considered this before, but it is a possibility. I wrote this comment below in the article. This could actually save money.
Chimacintosh Wednesday, June 29 2011
This is a helpful analysis. The rental prices for most macs are too high to be worth it for most companies, so I doubt that will happen. However I do see the benefit of using things like iMacs and Thunderbolt setups, instead of the traditional Mac Pro’s and built-in storage for certain users.
I think the key in this is how reliable those External HD are. If they are more reliable than past RAID’s and external storage, I can see this happening.
via Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge — Apple News, Tips and Reviews.
Network-attached storage – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I have written before about many network attached storage systems that I have worked with and recommend. Now with cloud storage, this is becoming less popular but I believe it still has a place for professionals or anyone with non-replaceable digital assets.
I am not so fond of SAN’s for the home user, they are too complex for the average person. Many NAS systems are combining things formerly found in SAN’s like automatic failover and redundant hardware. That is an encouraging sign that eventually it will be standard.
Interesting article here titled Dolly Drive 1.2 expands to 2 TB. To give more perspective to those readers I added this comment:
This isn’t a comparison of that service, but it does have some good information. At these prices I don’t see that it will be popular. After all you can buy that kind of storage for a little more money, and it is too expensive for business as well. Perhaps it will do well if it has strong encryption or better security features than DropBox that recently had some security issues.
http://chimac.net/2010/12/22/backblaze-vs-mozy-vs-carbonite-vs-jungledisk-vs-dropbox-vs-crashplan/
