Monthly Archives: August 2014

Dolomiti 2014

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Eccoci di nuovo qui al Lupo Bianco per le vacanze montane 2014!

Si prevede un tempo pessimo vista l’estate piovosa di quest’anno e siamo pronti al peggio pur di fare qualche passeggiata in montagna… Dopo sei ore e mezza di viaggio da Torino (con la solita coda sulla A22)  ed una notte di meritato riposo cerchiamo di evitare l’uso dell’auto partendo dall’albergo per una leggera passeggiata…

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And the problem is… solved!

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Drobo is rebuilding a failed 2TB hard drive

Drobo is rebuilding a failed 2TB hard drive

Switching off your NAS/DAS devices for the holiday is a proven way to kill hard drives (that won’t spin up again).
In this case one of my oldest1 failed and I had to replace it right away.
My Drobo started rebuilding the data on the new disk and, a little after two days, I have a fully working DAS again 🙂
This happened two or three times in the last five years without any problems. I really trust my Drobos and I’m considering buying another one (a faster one :).

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