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rdking647

(5,113 posts) Fri Dec 6, 2013, 03:13 AM Dec 2013

hard drive arrays

so the time has come to look at hard drive arrays for my photo library. right now its stored 4tb external thunderbolt drive configured as RAID 1 (mirrored disks). its gotten painfully slow in aperture
im looking for something faster im looking at a pegasus r4,a lacie 5big or a drobo. does anyone have any experience with any of them?i want both speed and security so i would configure the array as either RAID 5 or maybe RAID 10 or 1.
any suggestions?

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hard drive arrays (Original Post) rdking647 Dec 2013 OP

Suggestions? Yes, build your own ZFS array under Linux or Open Indiana, but... PoliticAverse Dec 2013 #1

i want somehting in the 4-6 tb area for free space rdking647 Dec 2013 #2

PoliticAverse

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1. Suggestions? Yes, build your own ZFS array under Linux or Open Indiana, but...

Reply to rdking647 (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 03:28 AM

Dec 2013

please specify how much usable space you want in the new array, and what your budget is.

rdking647

(5,113 posts)

2. i want somehting in the 4-6 tb area for free space

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:24 AM

Dec 2013

im not building my own array. i dont know linux and have never even heard of open indiana
i use a mac

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