Drobos are pretty great
So I’ve started the long process of downgrading my Drobo 5S storage. I’m trading out cheap, slow drives for SSDs. I’m hoping I can get the total noise down significantly so that I don’t hear it. It sits next to my TV and can be distracting sometimes. Once all the noisy drives are gone, I’ll see about replacing the chassis fan to seal the deal.
I’m going to hug a storage admin when I go in to work tomorrow. The stress of rebuilding drive arrays for your most valuable content…. phew! I’ll try not to stay up all night staring at the progress bar and health indicators.
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Michael
Is noise a big problem for you. I have a gen 2 in my living room and I can’t think of the last time I noticed any noise.
Ben
It’s definitely louder than a game console. It’s distracting during quiet parts of a movie.
I suspect a significant portion of the noise is the chassis fan. I just got that ordered today. This blog gave me enough confidence to go in and mess with it. http://shankytown.tumblr.com/post/19822790286/replacing-the-noisy-fan-in-the-drobo-fs-no