Server chronicles - Drobo on ProLiant

 On the old server I used a USB Drobo unit to backup data.

In theory should be enough to connect the unit to the server to see it .. and in part is true, but there are some unexpected problems.

Storing projects - the idea

How to store a project to preserve it for the future ?
My project have up to three components.
A description/documentation. some code, schematics.

I like the idea to have my work not only stored in different servers like Bitbucket or EasyEDA or Blogger but also stored on my server, locally.

Backup/Sync system

Ok, time to organize a backup strategy involving the Drobo unit.
The idea is to have Drobo having all the data around  the network copied on the Drobo unit, i.e. different machines do backup on Drobo.

Drobo - monitoring it

Now that the Drobo unit is on the final place, connected to the server, I did set up a monitor activity of it.

The server, other than handle the backup operations, also monitor that everything is OK, Drobo included.

Playing with Drobo (updated !)

I did buy a Drobo for my server. 
Here a kind of review and my discoveries.

Of course the main purpose is to connect Drobo to my server, so I'm planning to use it only for Linux.
The goal is to end up with at least  a couple of Terabyte of space, possibly more in the future.