I have 3 4tb western digital hard drives in my computer the hard drives already have files on them if i put them in the drobo will i lose all my data
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Drobo will wipe out all of the data when it does its initial format. You will need to copy the data off onto some other drive and then copy it on to the drobo after you set it up.
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Yes. Transfer the files on to one or two of the drives, put the other 2 in the drobo and initialize them, then transfer all the files to the drobo, then put the other 2 drives in the drobo and they will be formatted and all the files will be protected.
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Thats a broad question... It depends on the codec your using, I use this as a archival for projects and media. Most of the time I use 4TB G-Raids because I edit in Apple ProRes HQ and occasionally in Uncompressed 444. I haven't tested the speeds of the Drobo for anything other than archive. The other thing you need to consider is the speed of the drives your using in the Drobo, you shouldn't use anything slower than 7200 rpm drives. You'll regret buying the cheeper 5600 rpm drives because it will drop frames if it plays at all. I hope this helps. Jeff
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I've chosen Western Digital because of reliability. I've owned 4 WD drives: An 80GB, a 160GB, a 500GB, and this 1TB, and haven't had one of them fail on me. But as another user stated, WD sends just the drive itself. You'll have to download software, find screws, etc
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Backing you your computer should be done BEFORE there is a problem. Not after. As long as the hard drive still functions you should be able to place it in the enclosure and plug it into a computer and read your data that way.
1386540
It depends on the size of the file. These flash drives are garbage. They are only like 8gb. After that it will start to overwright all your files and you will loose everything. False advertising at its finest!
1120022
I bought a western digital 500Gb external hard-drive for back up. I was always afraid of this hard-drive crash, so one day I started to backup my WD backup hard-drive, that's when I get a error message saying IO error from this cursed WD hard-drive. All my precious pictures are gone, I still regret until now that I should have second backup for my data. Never buy from WD again. The good news is that there are data recovery services, but they will cost you an arm and a leg.
1005953
I'm pretty certain the answer to your question is 'no'. This model of the Drobo is designed to be hooked up to a single computer as a direct accessory/peripheral device to the computer. Models directly above this one are designed to function as NAS.
1110136
I am not an expert on the matter ... Don't know for sure but, I will doubt you can maintain the data as the Drobo needs to rewrite the disc to assure their structure... Not sure if will allow partitions either. Perhaps contacting Drobo directly you might find the right answer
670690
Yes and No because to HD makers 1 TB= 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. To a computer 1 TB = 1,024,000,000,000 bytes. So it will seem like your losing capacity but it is still 4 TB
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It should not matter what is on the drive. It will copy what is there. Keep in mind you need to copy to a drive of the same size or larger but larger you lose the extra space.
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I don't know why someone would say that. I have found them to be the most reliable drives I have ever owned. In fact, I can honestly say that I have never had to replace a Western Digital RE drive because of a failure. We have replaced some that were small enough to be obsolete, but in my recollection have never replaced one for any other reason in 9 years of business. Of course, your mileage may vary. We do make sure to keep them cool.
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All of these drives are good. It depends on the usage. I use mine in a Drobo array for video editing. They are fast enough, but not super fast. The more data you have stored, the slower they run. Probably need to make sure future drives are "enterprise" models.
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I installed a 2TB Western Digital internal drive and it works just fine. You can transfer files from your main PC onto this internal drive with the supplied cable that comes with this unit.My set up works great
860402
I "third" Robin V.'s comment. A few years ago, I installed four Seagate consumer drives equivalent to WD green line HDs in a Drobo and had 2 single drive failures followed by 3 simultaneous failures that resulted in a lot of downtime and some data loss. WD Red drives are built for NAS use and have not failed me yet (multiple years in, now!) And for those counting, yes, that was 5 failures with 4 (purchased) Seagate 1.5TB drives -- the first drive that failed was replaced under Seagate's warranty, and then that replacement failed. All failures happened between 6 and 18 months after purchase/deployment. I "third" Robin V.'s comment. A few years ago, I installed four Seagate consumer drives equivalent to WD green line HDs in a Drobo and had 2 single drive failures followed by 3 simultaneous failures that resulted in a lot of downtime and some data loss. WD Red drives are built for NAS use and have not failed me yet (multiple years in, now!) And for those counting, yes, that was 5 failures with 4 (purchased) Seagate 1.5TB drives -- the first drive that failed was replaced under Seagate's warranty, and then that replacement failed. All failures happened between 6 and 18 months after... » Read More I "third" Robin V.'s comment. A few years ago, I installed four Seagate consumer drives equivalent to WD green line HDs in a Drobo and had 2 single drive failures followed by 3 simultaneous failures that resulted in a lot of downtime and some data loss. WD Red drives are built for NAS use and have not failed me yet (multiple years in, now!) And for those counting, yes, that was 5 failures with 4 (purchased) Seagate 1.5TB drives -- the first drive that failed was replaced under Seagate's warranty, and then that replacement failed. All failures happened between 6 and 18 months after purchase/deployment. « Show Less
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Unless I'm mistaken, there isn't a "newer" drobo. The drobo 5d is currently the latest and greatest and as far as I know you can put any hard drive into the drobo 5d. In fact, can even mix different drives and sizes.
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This is an mSATA drive. The Drobo5N specs state an mSATA solid state drive is compatible.
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All of the disk drives are combined into one logical drive. This means that you would loose the data on your existing drives.As a side note, this unit is very fast. I have had mine about a year with no problems (Windows 7 x64).