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Replacing of Drobo 5D3 - Enquiries - 01-05-2025
I need to replace my aging Drobo 5D3, as it's showing signs of dying. It is attached to a MacMini via Thunderbolt 3. It hosts file shares and TimeMachine backups for other Macs in the house. It would be nice to find a product that has something like the Beyond RAID feature. Being able to hot swap HDs is a must. Thunderbolt 4 or newer be nice to future proof the enclosure. Must have on device hardware RAID 5, so looking at a four or five bay enclosure with one of the HDs being a hot spare.
I see you have old videos discussing migrations options for people with Drobo hardware, but since then, possibly some better options have been released.
Thanks for your help.