I have a Drobo about 5 years old with a second time one of the drives going, It is costing me a new drive and 1 1/2 hour to put back in shape,
I was told the other drives are same vintage and can fail in no predictable order.
Storage for me is important, but not as critical as lets say a working commercial photographer or art photographer capturing info 100 mb at a time.
In a perfect world I need to keep about 20 - 40 terabits of stored info for my personal and customer projects. 40 being really the top end.
Can some of you with good digital experience suggest alternatives to Drobo or suggest some methods of long term storage that is not susceptible to a 4-6 year replacement.
I think I paid about 1200- 1500 hundred dollars , and each time I replace a drive it seems to be about $250
So every 4 years about $1000 bucks, is this a normal expectation to continue with safe storage?
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