Hi,
For quite some years, I've been using a Drobo 5D as a directly connected storage array to my Mac Pro - with about 20TB of space available (about 10TB used) - but it is now getting a bit flaky - I've had to Hotwire the fan to be permanently on, so it is also quite noisy.
I think it is time to replace the enclosure and reuse the 6 x 6TB disks in something else. I have a separate NAS which backs up the Drobo, so I'm not bothered about the funky file format that the Drobo uses.
Basically, I'm looking for a recommendation - the Drobo is connected through Thunderbolt 1 - but I'm keen to get something which will work reasonably fast and have 5-bays in it.
For quite some years, I've been using a Drobo 5D as a directly connected storage array to my Mac Pro - with about 20TB of space available (about 10TB used) - but it is now getting a bit flaky - I've had to Hotwire the fan to be permanently on, so it is also quite noisy.
I think it is time to replace the enclosure and reuse the 6 x 6TB disks in something else. I have a separate NAS which backs up the Drobo, so I'm not bothered about the funky file format that the Drobo uses.
Basically, I'm looking for a recommendation - the Drobo is connected through Thunderbolt 1 - but I'm keen to get something which will work reasonably fast and have 5-bays in it.
