The one big negative I see here is that since it's a proprietary solution, what happens if DROBO goes down? You have a bunch of drives that cannot be read except by DROBO, all your data is pretty much toast until you fork out another $499.00.....and then will it be able to access all your data????
On 1/8/08, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well like I said in my previous email it's not RAID it's a bit > different. And really you are paying for the "user friendliness" of > the Drobo. From the demos that I have seen, you turn it on and it > tells you with lights (green/yellow/red) its status. Yank a drive and > it goes red, insert a new one it goes yellow while rebuilding and then > green when it is good. There is also a more detailed web interface > for those that want it. > > Add in the ability to use disks of all different sizes with no space > penalties and it's a pretty sweet solution, especially for those that > are not necessarily the most geeky. > > On Jan 8, 2008 3:05 PM, j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What makes this any different from the usual RAID > > setup beyond the dumbed down > > interface? I think for $500 I'd want something with a > > few more bays, an ability > > to daisy chain units together, and an optional > > interface like eSATA. > > > > Interesting idea though. > > > > > > FORC5 wrote: > > > neat for data, not for bootable backups. > > > > > > Demo did not say what kind of drives, assume sata > > > > > > cool > > > fp > > > > > > At 11:41 AM 1/8/2008, Naushad, Zulfiqar Poked the > > stick with: > > >> Wow, this product looks pretty nifty!! > > >> > > >> What do you guys think? > > >> > > >> http://www.drobo.com > > >> > > >> > > >> I seriously need something like this. I have 2 x > > 750 GB external hard drives plugged into my NSLU2 > > (which I primarily use for streaming music and > > movies). This would really fit the bill for me!! > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > > > -- > Brian Weeden >
