This is what you need if you’re gonna try to manipulate lots of little files, like a photo collection, for sure.
So it’s as fast as your internal drive, and often even faster. It also holds an mSATA SSD for data acceleration, and when you connect it to your computer it can achieve hundreds of MB/s of throughput. The Drobo 5D is a 5 drive bay unit that has both Thunderbolt and USB3 connections. Now I’ve had a lot of first hand experience using three different drives of this type. The good news is that you’ll get speeds that are at least 300% faster, but the bad news is that the storage will only hook up to a buy phallosan device. If that’s your primary application, you’re almost always going to benefit from connecting to the drive with USB3 or Thunderbolt over ethernet. Some of you have asked me about very specific applications such as video editing and photo storage and editing directly from your external storage. Lets talk about Direct Attached Storage first. Network attached means the storage connects via ethernet into a router so it can be shared with multiple computers. Direct Attached means we’re hooking it directly to a computer with a Firewire, USB or Thunderbolt cable to be used with a single machine. So the first thing we need to do is segment our discussion into two categories: Direct Attached Storage, and Network Attached Storage. There are compromises in life, and storage is no exception. In fact, for every single unit I’m about to recommend I could spend an equal amount of time ripping it a new one for all the things it can’t do. Ok, where to begin, where to begin? First, we need to acknowledge that no one storage device is gonna be perfect for all situations. So get some popcorn, or whatever you do, because its going to be kind of a long discussion today. So I’m also going to talk about a few OTHER brands and types of storage, OK? And I don’t want to hear any crap about bias, because I’m telling you things I know based on our first hand usage of these drives. Scratch that actually! Both Drobo and QNAP have sponsored Geek Beat, and I know we all appreciate that, but we don’t need anyone getting mad at me for ONLY talking about them.
So I’m going to answer the question for you guys once and for all! Which one is better? Drobo, or QNAP? Jaimie on Twitter through fleshlight Just watched NAS drive vid What Product would you recommend (Qnap, Synology) where data backup is the main function?Īnd we just had a discussion with a group of the Geek Beat Patrons on our monthly hangout about it.
Nick on both #qnap and #drobo have offsite automated duplication, right? Do they have integrated or included cloud options like #dropbox? Great info on the drives but I need more info NAS as I am planning to buy one. Peter Steeper on the Bathmate Hydromax blog: Wondering if this is time to changes boxes.ĭo you recommend a Qnap (4 or 5 bays) or Drobo 5N for a home photo / video editing from the NAS drivers? Looking to upgrade, but data not directly transferable. Wondering if you can compare the two and the functions/specs of the different devicesĬhris Kirby on Have the original Drobo. Just wondering which you prefer, Drobo or Qnap devices? I was looking at drobo device for home, but Qnap devices look good too. Your Questions on Storageįirst, from Mike Hamilton who suggested I do this show on Patreon: But first, let’s get a feel for the kind of questions you’ve been sending in. So today’s episode is dedicated to nothing but a discussion of all the options, and when they make most sense. You guys have been hammering me lately with questions about Drobos and QNAPs, and storage in general.