Drobo Pro
Posted in Electronics on 08 Apr 2009 at 6:10 am
Drobo is Network Attached Storage Unit with its proprietary software for storage expandability and hardware/software fail-over. You can choose any size hard drive and mix them up in the storage to create larger volumes. With 8-Bay storage you can use the 2TB drives to get 16 TB worth of storage.
It can only connect using iSCSI, Firewire 800, and USB 2.0. What I would want is dual ethernet connection, that would be fantastic with the enterprise level hardware. The best part is that this new storage is rackmountable with fans. Its a separate option but a very smart option in the design.
The price of the Drobo Pro is $1300 doesn’t include any disks. Its nice to have a ridiculous amount of storage.
Link: Gizmodo
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April 8th 2009 at 1:36 pm
You can never have enough of HDD storage.
April 8th 2009 at 2:33 pm
2TB to get 16TB?
If I’m reading this correctly (2TB in 1 bay == 16TB storage), what would happen if I attached 2TB in each bay? Storage GangBang!?
Please tell me what I wrote is wrong because I don’t want to end up buying that >.>
April 8th 2009 at 3:05 pm
q8expat: Very true!!!
Rand_4: you are correct.. 16 TB..it can handle it no problem! When you get one let me know how it is, I’m curious!
April 9th 2009 at 1:00 am
So frustrating (and encouraging) to think we will have this much storage on a mobile phone within a few years
April 9th 2009 at 7:53 am
If you want ethernet support get the droboshare as well and hook it up to a switch.. hmm maybe that would solve your ethernet needs! But damn.. 16tb.. I have tears in my eyes..!
April 12th 2009 at 5:20 pm
@Bu Yousef – It will just keep increasing!
@N. – I read mixed reviews about it! Yes 16TB is fantastic!