[X4U] Drobo

[Neil Calton]

I have had a 4-bay Drobo unit just over a year and have had no problems.
Filled it with 2 * 1 Tb and 2 * 500 Gb drives and have had no problems
running continuosly attached to a MacPro on my desktop and using it
as a Time Machine backup volume with OS X 10.6.

Bought it from a company called Transparent Computers in the UK.

Neil

>
>Shoot. I was seriously considering a Drobo.
>
><http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001CSZMRK/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?ie=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending>
>
>18 reviews. 14 at 4 or 5 stars, 4 at 1 or 2 stars.
>
>All the magazine reviews I've seen tend to be pro. The Register 
>seemed to think it was a reasonable product 
><http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/20/review_drobo_droboshare/> 
>all be it overpriced at GBP 350. Current street price seems to be 
>around the GBP 280 mark.
>
>I'd argue that the specialist supplier doesn't like them due to 
>margin / not a stockist. The Apple supplier: their experience seems 
>to run against the grain.
>
>Having said this, I'm more than willing to listen to anyone who's 
>got viable alternatives. I imagine like most people, I've got data 
>all over the place - much of it poorly protected or inefficiently 
>backed up on various drives. Storage consolidation would be good but 
>then it needs to have some redundancy built in. Drobo seems to fit 
>the bill.
>
>Simon
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