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August 22nd, 2025 19:51
Drobo Nas external storage device issues
After ten years, and now the company went out of business, I am having issues with my Drobo. I am trying to copy the data off it, 15TB but it keeps getting hung up. Ones I finally do that is there a way to format the drives that were in the drobo? I removed one a while ago and I was not able to use it and I was unable to format for regular use.
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ejn63
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August 22nd, 2025 20:22
If the device is 10 years old, the hard drive(s) inside has/have exceeded their lifespans by a factor of two -- since it's likely what is inside is a standard (Seagate, WD, Toshiba) hard drive, use the manufacturer utility to test the drive to see if it's still viable.
GiovanniPhotography
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August 22nd, 2025 21:40
I have replaced the drives many times, the one's that are in there now are anywhere between 6 months and 2 years old. I hot swap them when the device reports an issue. I am retiring the device and it would be a shame if I could not reuse them, there are 4 4TB industrial grade drives in there. Thanks ejn63
ejn63
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August 22nd, 2025 22:15
What type of drives are they? SATA or SAS?
GiovanniPhotography
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September 1st, 2025 15:44
They are SATA but designated as enterprise and designed to be used for NAS & RAID situations