Fry's Electronics

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Fry’s Electronics is selling the Drobo V2 for $290. Best price I’ve seen for this model. Anyone need a spare?

http://www.frys.com/product/6644904?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

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I think I saw that last week. If I had a 4disk pack in my DroboS, could I move my disk pack over to the Drobov2?
That would be fun. Backup my data to the faster DroboS, then shunt the disks over to the V2.

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I don’t think you can migrate downwards, unfortunately.

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After checking this, it is not supported. There is the caveat that “Also note that in most cases migrating drives is a one-way operation. Once you move drives, you will no longer be able to access the data they contain with the older Drobo.”
http://www.drobo.com/products/migrations.php

I’d be willing to try it, though. Update firmware on both sets to latest date. I would reduce my 5disk to 4 disk. Await the Rebuild. Then migrate the pack inot the Drobo v2.

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thats cool info.
if you see a cheap drobo-s let me know please :slight_smile: