Comments on: Drobo data storage robot: Too good to be true? http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Convictus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5731 Convictus Tue, 29 May 2007 15:44:38 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5731 In the home work place I think this is attractive to the vloggers of the world that are finding themselves with large amounts of Raw video and edited video that they need to hold onto for backup and to use in future episodes. For me, I am not sure if this type of device is useful enough to justify the cost, I might like it more if it was an eSata. It could be that I am bringing needs that it just wasn't built for, but after the second time my MCE ran a HD into the ground with all the read/writes of recording and watching tv, I have started to eye the possibility of having a a iSCSI target with 6 or so drives to spread the punishment across. I just wish that there was a cost effective byod iSCSI target that supported Hot swap. All the appliances that I have seen so far look to be in the 2k range. That feels little much for watching tv, especially since it is just my wife watching the damn thing. In the home work place I think this is attractive to the vloggers of the world that are finding themselves with large amounts of Raw video and edited video that they need to hold onto for backup and to use in future episodes.

For me, I am not sure if this type of device is useful enough to justify the cost, I might like it more if it was an eSata. It could be that I am bringing needs that it just wasn’t built for, but after the second time my MCE ran a HD into the ground with all the read/writes of recording and watching tv, I have started to eye the possibility of having a a iSCSI target with 6 or so drives to spread the punishment across. I just wish that there was a cost effective byod iSCSI target that supported Hot swap. All the appliances that I have seen so far look to be in the 2k range. That feels little much for watching tv, especially since it is just my wife watching the damn thing.

]]> By: Richard http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5685 Richard Tue, 29 May 2007 04:16:21 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5685 I think that the 3 to 2 to 1 drives is manly dependent on the actual data vs available data. The drobo probably actively changes its state as drives are added and removed. Remove one drive, the system check have X data, is it below the value of the dobolator for the 2 drives, if yes move things around to act as if the 2 drives are is the new premenant state, if not, keep the error state to say you need a new drive. I think that the 3 to 2 to 1 drives is manly dependent on the actual data vs available data. The drobo probably actively changes its state as drives are added and removed. Remove one drive, the system check have X data, is it below the value of the dobolator for the 2 drives, if yes move things around to act as if the 2 drives are is the new premenant state, if not, keep the error state to say you need a new drive.

]]> By: Kiltak http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5669 Kiltak Tue, 29 May 2007 01:05:18 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5669 Definitely! Adding a gigabit network interface and a proprietary embedded OS in there would make the Drobo a lot more versatile. its price would probably double, but I think it would be worth it anyways. Definitely! Adding a gigabit network interface and a proprietary embedded OS in there would make the Drobo a lot more versatile. its price would probably double, but I think it would be worth it anyways.

]]> By: Brad http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5666 Brad Tue, 29 May 2007 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/05/28/drobo-data-storage-robot-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-5666 This looks really cool to me, but I would never find any use for it until there's an NAS (network-attached storage) version. It just doesn't make sense to have it attached to only one machine with all that redundant storage, unless of course one user is creating massive amounts of data. I think the gadget would work a whole lot better if multiple users on a network could all access Drobo's storage resources. This looks really cool to me, but I would never find any use for it until there’s an NAS (network-attached storage) version. It just doesn’t make sense to have it attached to only one machine with all that redundant storage, unless of course one user is creating massive amounts of data.

I think the gadget would work a whole lot better if multiple users on a network could all access Drobo’s storage resources.

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