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#2908824 30-Apr-2022 20:44

kiwifidget:

One question I haven't seen the answer to yet:

Why are there 4 LAN ports on the back?

to connect to 4 different devices or to 4 different networks. or to link aggregate them to allow faster transfer if your switch supports it

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#2908928 1-May-2022 10:15

Thx @jase2985 , my switch doesn't support aggregation, but I did have the 2 Drobo NICs setup for 2 different paths to the router.

Not sure if that actually made any difference.

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#2908979 1-May-2022 15:54

I hope when this gets to 100% that I have more than 79.6MB to play with.

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#2908986 1-May-2022 17:22

thats used of 27.9TB.

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#2908988 1-May-2022 17:30

Jase2985:

thats used of 27.9TB.

You mean I can start copying data back over already?!

Now I feel a bit silly.

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#2908990 1-May-2022 17:53

no idea RTM?

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#2908992 1-May-2022 18:02

Well I installed 5 drives that were already carrying 20+TB of data from the Drobo, and I knew they would have to be wiped and formatted as part of the installation and setup and I just presumed that was what was happening.

The manual didnt seem to have anything covering what to expect if you were populating with used drives, other than that they would be wiped.

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#2908995 1-May-2022 18:27

you can copy while its optimizing but it will slow things down.

how long does it have left?

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#2908996 1-May-2022 18:41

Jase2985:

you can copy while its optimizing but it will slow things down.

how long does it have left?

8.5 hours

It's been going for a bit over 24 hours so far.

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#2908999 1-May-2022 19:04

Considering it is still optimsing, I'm more than happy with the performance so far.

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#2911363 7-May-2022 18:46

Using Teracopy to copy data from Drivepool to DS1621 (connected to same switch).

It's snappy enough at the copying bit, but quite slow at the verifying bit, which I guess relates to the read speed.

So 1 week in and about 86% (19.7 of 22.7TB) transferred so far.

Might knock this b^%%$^& off this weekend!

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#2911384 7-May-2022 19:33

I would have just built my own.
Using unraid or TrueNAS you can build a hell of a much more powerful system.

Just my 2 cents 😀

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#2911476 8-May-2022 06:23

JaseNZ:

I would have just built my own.
Using unraid or TrueNAS you can build a hell of a much more powerful system.

Just my 2 cents 😀

yes you could have but then it will use more power, probably take up more space and be overkill. different strokes for different folks. SOmetimes its just easier to guy something off the shelf

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#2911490 8-May-2022 08:14

Indeed @jase2985 , my needs could not justify the time and effort involved in DIY, or a more complex or functional system.

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