[mythtv-users] DroboShare and HD Question

[Gerald Brandt]

Hi, 

Thanks for the response. As you say, it's not quite the same though. My fear is that the Drobo is connected via USB 2, and that the bandwidth won't be high enough. 

Gerald 

----- "Tom Lichti" <redpepperracing at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > ----- "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. 
> 
> While not exactly the same, I am using a Dlink 323 NAS (GB ethernet as 
> well) box as my only storage group, with 2 HDHR's, 2 PVR-150's, and 3 
> frontends, and I do not have any issues with recording or playback. 
> 
> Tom 
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