On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 3:17 AM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > I just took delivery of a Data Robotics "Drobo" which I intend to use for > data storage. After > looking at as many options as I reasonably could, I decided that this was > they route I wanted to > go. > The advertised ease of set-up and use was the big decider for me. > > The set-up was dead simple, and the supplied software is just big button > enough to make > operation very easy, without being condecending. > At the moment, is in the process of formatting a pair of 750gb Seagates, > which will give me a > total of 694.69 GB of protected storage capacity. > The only problem I can see with this is that it is not a network drive (no > problem for me, I > only use a single computer anyway), and it is a USB connection, which is on > the slow side > compared to eSata (which would have been my preferred connection). > I am certain that now that I have bought, an eSata version will be available > shortly. > > Anyway, if it gives me any grief, I will certainly report it.
Good stuff Bill. I was seriously looking at the Drobos before I got my ReadyNAS. What turned me off it in the end was I couldn't find enough information about how it actually stored the information. Reading between the lines it sounded like some kind of proprietary RAIDlike system. What I don't like about that is, that if there is an on-board OS crash the only way to retrieve the data is by using another Drobo unit. But since my HD failure last year I'm kinda paranoid :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
