My Drobo is flashing

Maybe it's trying to tell me something?  What's it saying?  It's saying "Don't worry, your data is protected!"

I've had my Drobo installed for 10 months now and I couldn't be happier.  The model I purchased may be their entry level offering, but it has the same data robotics algorithms of its more expensive counterparts.  I initially purchased it with 4 1TB 5400RPM drives and have enjoyed plenty of space.  But this week I had 1 hard drive blink orange to get my attention.  Apparently, even though I have space, I'm running low on protected storage.

OK, no problem, in theory...  Tonight I picked up a 2TB Seagate from MicroCenter for $79.  I read the online drobo documentation to see what the "procedure" is for replacing a full drive.  Surely, I'd need to power down, or "let it know" in advance or something.  But no, you're just supposed to yank the drive.  So, yank I did.  The light on the drive bay blinked red to alert me that my data was unprotected (temporarily).  I slid the new drive in and within 5 minutes it started populating the new drive with protected data.

The kicker in all of this?  I was running iTunes (which lives on the drive!) and was watching videos!  The videos never stopped playing and my data NEVER stopped being available.

If this was an old fashioned RAID 5 array and I filled it up, I would have had to MOVE my data elsewhere, destroy the array, and rebuild it with FOUR new larger drives.  Tonight, I was able to add capacity, without a loss of protection, downtime and I didn't have to get my hands dirty.

Once the protected data is up to date, i'll probably pick up another 2TB drive while they are on sale.  I can't recommend a Drobo enough if you want to never worry about your online store again.

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