Well I was going to bitch a bit about the lack of clarity on Drobo but then I got interested and now I want one. It's a bit pricey though when you consider you still have to buy the drives to put in the box.
A big selling point seems to be that you can cram it with drives of different sizes. The demo videos make this point well, but the front of the site doesn't. This is why it's better than RAID, and this is also what always put me off RAID.
Have to say also that I didn't think the back of drive interface ports were nearly as standardised in position enough to allow them to be used in fixed slots. I'm sure i've had at least one drive where the power port was vertical. I can't have imagined that surely?
Pretty cool though. Got my attention. Take a boring topic such as storage and make it cute by putting it in a rounded box and refer to it as a robot. Not in the least bit surprised this is available for the Mac as well as the PC.
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I just got back from Microsoft TechED in Florida. Drobo was there. They are offering a "show special" thru the end of June. Its $50 off of a Drobo, or a Drobo plus 2 1TB Western Digital drives for $749, or Drobo plus 4 1TB Western Digital drives for $1074. You have to buy from www.drobostore.com and enter the code "ITPRO". And the fine print says you have to order by June 30.
Not a bad couple of deals, but i've spent way too much money recently. Don't think i'll be counted amongst early adopters on this one. Nonetheless, it's very good to finally see a plug in and go solution to more responsible storage.
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