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<blockquote data-quote="Eeyore" data-source="post: 402229" data-attributes="member: 19444">I fully agree with Karlc. A store bought NAS is better for all of those reasons. Also, once you've been in IT for 15 years, you want something that just plugs in and works. tinkering with linux for my HTPC does not fill me with joy! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />In australia, the Drobo + Drobo Share is about AUD$1200. the Synology CS407 is $1080. The $120 price difference for the Drobo justifies the ability to handle different drive sizes. Eg. 1 have 4x 1TB at the moment, then when i want to upgrade, I can just replace one drive at a time over a period of a few months (for financial reasons) with 2TB drives. The Drobo will support 4x 4TB drives when they become available. so 12TB of space will do me just fine. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eeyore, post: 402229, member: 19444"] I fully agree with Karlc. A store bought NAS is better for all of those reasons. Also, once you've been in IT for 15 years, you want something that just plugs in and works. tinkering with linux for my HTPC does not fill me with joy! :) In australia, the Drobo + Drobo Share is about AUD$1200. the Synology CS407 is $1080. The $120 price difference for the Drobo justifies the ability to handle different drive sizes. Eg. 1 have 4x 1TB at the moment, then when i want to upgrade, I can just replace one drive at a time over a period of a few months (for financial reasons) with 2TB drives. The Drobo will support 4x 4TB drives when they become available. so 12TB of space will do me just fine. :) [/QUOTE]

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