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Drobo
« on: November 24, 2008, 03:46:25 am »
Is this a good thing?

http://www.drobo.com/index.html
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Re: Drobo
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2008, 04:50:30 am »
Seems like a good time, though a little pricey.
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Re: Drobo
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2008, 05:26:38 am »
Sounds like a villain's minion in an MST3K movie.

"Go, Drobo... KILL, DROBO, KILL! So says... Doctor Loboto!"
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Re: Drobo
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2008, 02:05:14 pm »
Wired has written about the Drobo several times and they seem to like it other than the price. He's a sample review: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/hello-nasty-hps.html
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Re: Drobo
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2008, 11:36:27 pm »
How is this not just a box that you put external hard drives in?
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Re: Drobo
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2008, 11:56:43 pm »
Quote from: Arachno-capitalist on November 24, 2008, 11:36:27 pm
How is this not just a box that you put external hard drives in?

If I'm not confusing it with another product: it moves the data around on the fly so you don't have to worry about RAID settings or anything. So if you have 2 drives in there and add a 3rd it will automatically rearrange things in into the safest pattern. You can apparently swap drives whenever you want and it takes care of adjusting for their various sizes and whatnot.
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