Drobo nas - thoughts/comments/alternatives?

[Cynicalone]

If you are thinking of going with the DroboPro take a look at this...

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=792&type=expert&pid=1

 

[pastrychef]

how do you use the unraid on the intel item? Do you just plug in your usb stick into it and go from there? it hs to be able to be seen from a computer to set up unraid does it not?

any instructs on how to do it on this intel nas?

thanks

it can only hold 4 drives correct? if 1 is parity and possibly 1 cache, then you'll only have 2 more for storage?

is this correct?

are the drives easy to take out and upgrade?


got one tonight off ebay for 135, cant wait to set it up! might get another one, or maybe 2?
cheap and very useful for the price,

will these two psu's work on them to lower the wattage?

a guy on tomshardware said they would under the item reviewed! might be worth a look?
http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-120-power-kit?sc=8&category=981
http://www.mini-box.com/PW-200M-DC-DC-power-supply?sc=8&category=981

You need to connect a video card to the SS4200 to configure the BIOS. In order to connect a video card, you will need to remove the main board from the enclosure or buy a riser cable. Once the bios has been configured to boot from the USB Flash Drive (or where ever you happen to have unRAID installed), you won't need the video card anymore. Configuration is done via a web browser.

The SS4200 has bays to house four 3.5" hard drives. I have unRAID configured to use one of the four for parity. I do not have a cache drive configured. The SS4200 has two eSATA ports and I may try to use those to squeeze in a 2.5" hard drive or two when I have time to experiment a little.