Tagged: RAID

Don’t use iPartition and Drobo

 

AEBS and Drobo
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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?
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Synology Disk Station DS1511+ NAS server – Serial ATA-300

A 7-pin Serial ATA data cable.
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Synology Disk Station DS1511+ NAS server – Serial ATA-300. I had a reader search for this today and I didn’t have any articles. The Synology Disk Stations are all Time Machine compatible. These are a great way to do network backups.

More experiences and reviews of this product here.

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NAS my day
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Nicely done Allgemein!

To turn on “DHCAST128″ support please do the following:

1) Launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and do:

sudo chmod o+w /Library/Preferences

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_host_prefs_version -int 1

Now restart your computer.

2) From Finder, select an AFP server, or use “Connect To…”. This will cause the AFP Client to create the full preferences file

3) Launch Terminal again and do:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array “Cleartxt Passwrd” “MS2.0″ “2-Way Randnum exchange”

sudo chmod o-w /Library/Preferences

Now restart your computer.

Note: To add a “DHCAST128″ to the disable list, use

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.AppleShareClient afp_disabled_uams -array-add “DHCAST128″

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Why the ability to boot from Thunderbolt on a Mac is huge — Apple News, Tips and Reviews

hard drive bay of the Apple Mac Pro
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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.

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Network-attached storage – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The front of the Linksys NSLU2.
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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.

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