I do not have any experience with DROBO….however, a question for consideration…
With the EMC (or HP, or NetApp, or….other mainstream provider), if something breaks, you can have parts in hand and an engineer on site literally within hours, either from EMC/HP/NetApp/etc or from a third party provider. Can you say the same for the DROBO? What happens if the main controller goes bad? Can the schools stomach days of downtime if that level of support is not available from DROBO? Jonathan From: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of CSSU NetAdmin Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 5:28 PM To: ntsys...@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Drobo b1200i Hi, We are looking to replace our EMC VNXe. It currently hosts about 40 VM's for three schools and total network storage of about 1 TB. A friend mentioned looking at the Drobo b1200i. It looks pretty good and the price is great. Anyone have any thoughts about this comparison or experience with it? Thanks! NOTE: This message and any attachments is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, legally privileged, confidential, and/or exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the original sender immediately by telephone or return email and destroy or delete this message along with any attachments immediately.
