Drobo vs ReadyNAS NV+ How do they compare?

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I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.

Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?

Aloke
 
Aloke Prasad said:
Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.

Which should I pick?
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I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.
[I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like protection from hardware failure, expandable,
with a mix of drive-sizes]
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I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.
Click to expand...
Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?
Click to expand...

I would even if you are comfortable with linux.
 
Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between

Drobo+Droboshare
ReadyNAS NV+
MS WHS

I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems
myself. A ready-made product is good enough ...

Aloke

Rod said:
Aloke Prasad said:
Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very comparable.

Which should I pick?
Click to expand...

I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.
[I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5 like protection from hardware failure, expandable,
with a mix of drive-sizes]
Click to expand...
I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make it a NAS.
Click to expand...
Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?
Click to expand...

I would even if you are comfortable with linux.
Click to expand...
 
Aloke Prasad said:
Thanks for the reply. What if you were forced to choose between
Click to expand...
Drobo+Droboshare
ReadyNAS NV+
MS WHS
Click to expand...

I'd go with the later myself. I dont like being locked into a proprietary system.
I don't want to assemble and set up such flexible storage systems myself.
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Anyone flogging the hardware can assemble it for you.
A ready-made product is good enough ...
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I dont like being stuck with the limitations they choose to have myself.

But then admittedly I know a lot more about systems than most people do.

Rod said:
Aloke Prasad said:
Any opinions on the merits of these? They seem to be very
comparable.

Which should I pick?
Click to expand...

I'd personally assemble it myself to get the extra flexibility.
[I'm looking for a NAS solution that has some level of Raid 1 or 5
like protection from hardware failure, expandable, with a mix of
drive-sizes]
Click to expand...
I should add that with Drobo, I'll need to add DroboShare to make
it a NAS.
Click to expand...
Should I throw in the Windows Home Server in this mix as well?
Click to expand...

I would even if you are comfortable with linux.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Aloke Prasad said:
What are the limitations of (Drobo+Droboshare) and ReadyNAS NV+ ?
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Dunno. Thats one of the real downsides of those proprietary
systems, its very hard to get a handle on the limitations.

With a general purpose approach that uses MS WHS,
its completely trivial to work out the limitations.
 
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