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The problem is that everyone is scrambling to make a product that gives best cover and ease of use so it is all proprietary.
If it works then it works then if it doesnt work it is a disaster. Scott Kelby has industrial needs and really should be using similarly costed products.
Drobo, Thecus, Buffalo are the expensive end of end consumer products. I have use Buffalo stuff in the past and similar problems exist also their technology is not so flexible.
I cant afford the next step up as this requires $£â‚¬10000 or more to start.
To answer your question currently I have
Music ~1TB
Video ~2TB
Programs ~3TB
Images since 2000 ~2TB
Scanned images prior to 2000 (work incomplete) estimated ~4TB
So 16TB is OK.
Using individual disks (USB/Firewire attached) is not an option as I dont want the spaghetti this generates and also it means I need to double up to replicate each disk.
I dont like using disks larger than 2TB as they are bigger risk (1TB disks are easy to handle but getting less easy to source).
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