January 30th, 2008
Bleeding Edge TV 244: Drobo data robot interview
One of this years hottest topics is storage. It seems like were about two steps away from getting flash drives as prizes in cereal boxes. With the release of OSX Leopard and its Time Machine app, backing up computers has become easier than ever. Enter Data Robotics Drobo storage robot. We chat with the folks behind the Drobo in this interview.
Michael Forry says:
It is a shame it is WAY too expensive to make it worthwhile. There is a 2TB external USB storage device for around the same price floating around and since this thing doesnt come with any storage - OUCH!
nice idea, but the price should be in the $100-$150 range to make it even remotely seem cost effective.
Mike
Now if someone wants to send me one to change my mind…..LOL
January 31st, 2008 at 4:16 am
Austin OBrien says:
People don’t get it. Its not about just raw storage, its about scale, and reliability. Nothing else for the money comes pre-built, and offers redundancy and scale. I have a drobo, and it’s 4×500GB, and I need more space? What am I going to do? I’m going to replace 1 drive with a 1TB, and when drobo tells me its ready, I’ll then replace another with a 1TB.. And I get back 2×500GB drives, which I’ll probably put into a second drobo when I need more space..
February 7th, 2008 at 11:15 am