[mythtv-users] DroboShare and HD Question

[Gerald Brandt]

----- "Gerald Brandt" <gbr at majentis.com> wrote: 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Is anyone here running a Drobo and sharing disk space via DroboShare? 
> 
> My setup, until recently, was a 4 TB raid 5 array shared via SMB to my master backend. I recently lost 2 drives in the RAID (ugh), and I'm looking at the Droboshare as a replacement. 
> 
> I have 2 HDPVR's and 3 frontends. Is the DroboShare (GB ethernet to network) going to be fast enough for me? Although the Drobo itself has Firewire 800, the Droboshare connects to the Drobo via USB 2 only. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Gerald 
> 
> Just to reply to myself, I also have the option of attaching the Drobo via Firewire 800 to a Mac, but I heard OSX has weird Samba shares, and the Drobo can be a loud beast. 

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