The Drobo has been mentioned a few times. It looks interesting, so I've looked at getting one in the UK. One supplier - a specialist storage supplier - says it doesn't keep them and doesn't recommend them; the other - an Apple supplier - said they'd sold three and all three had had to be returned after failure. Data had been lost. Don't they like 240 Volt mains? What is the experience of those who have them? David -- David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK. HP-UX specialist of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk) david.ledger at ivdcs.co.uk www.ivdcs.co.uk