I have the QNAP 639 and got it to replace what I thought was an imminent catastrophic failure of a drobo and also 1.5TB seagate drives. With all the seagates I've had fail (7 of my 8 failed drives this year were seagates) and also trying test/stress the QNAP, I completely broke it and had to start over from scratch. the Dobo on the other hand never failed and was EXTREMELY hard to get it to actually lose any data.
Now, I have everything running fine (crosses fingers) and I'm working on a dual-site back up system between the drobo and the QNAP. The QNAP web-interface isn't all that bad. My one little issue is that if you are using smb and sftp and rsync, the processor pegs. smb takes 50%, and rsync takes 50%.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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I have the QNAP 639 and got it to replace what I thought was an imminent catastrophic failure of a drobo and also 1.5TB seagate drives. With all the seagates I've had fail (7 of my 8 failed drives this year were seagates) and also trying test/stress the QNAP, I completely broke it and had to start over from scratch. the Dobo on the other hand never failed and was EXTREMELY hard to get it to actually lose any data.
Now, I have everything running fine (crosses fingers) and I'm working on a dual-site back up system between the drobo and the QNAP. The QNAP web-interface isn't all that bad. My one little issue is that if you are using smb and sftp and rsync, the processor pegs. smb takes 50%, and rsync takes 50%.