Thanks all. I am most definitely going to check out these Drobo units.

Dan

> If I had the need to get really serious about this stuff, I'd most certainly 
> get a Drobo or two. This is certainly the easiest way to handle moderate 
> amounts of data because you can just pop bare SATA drives in and out of the 
> box like a toaster--even while its running.
> 
> 
> I have a Drobo FS on the network in my office. Whenever it gets near full I 
> just order a larger bare SATA drive or two and swap out one of the smaller 
> ones from the box. Usually, the drive swap is done just before I leave for 
> the night so the new drive can be populated from the RAID before morning.
> 
> Backups are what worry me. I'm using Amazon S3. There are probably better 
> options out there.
> 
> -dan
> 
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