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Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bay Enclosure $299 at PC Connection
PC Connection has the Data Robotics Drobo DR04DD10 4-Bay USB 2.0 & FireWire 800 Storage Array Enclosure for $349 - $50 rebate [Exp 7/31] = $299 with free shipping. Drobo’s built-in software automatically self-heals around drive failures and data errors and expands capacity dynamically when you add a drive. [Compare]
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#1
sk8erboy - Posted 1:30 pm PDT 07/23/09 (291 Posts)
Been considering this for months.
Cheapest I've seen yet.
I have mixed feelings about it.
In theory sounds good, but in reality I'm not too sure.
#2
twilbur - Posted 1:43 pm PDT 07/23/09 (84 Posts)
I've got a Drobo and love it -- I use it with the DroboShare for network-attached storage. Media storage, backup destination, Time Machine backup.
#3
envador - Posted 2:52 pm PDT 07/23/09 (319 Posts)
get a windows home server instead.
#4
mcnabney - Posted 3:23 pm PDT 07/23/09 (213 Posts)
#2 - classic Apple customer - overpays for simplicity
#3 - classic PC customer - best price for most functionality
/hint - listen to #3
#3 - classic PC customer - best price for most functionality
/hint - listen to #3
#5
binaryvisions - Posted 5:23 pm PDT 07/23/09 (915 Posts)
It's a nice piece of hardware but it's just too expensive. If you have the money to spare, I guess it's a good item - but for most of us, $300 buys a really decent NAS that will do RAID and has drives already included. Or you can buy a small dedicated PC to handle your data storage needs.
$300 and it doesn't even have an Ethernet port.
$300 and it doesn't even have an Ethernet port.
#6
telstar - Posted 7:34 pm PDT 07/23/09 (302 Posts)
#5: Looking for a good NAS. Any recommendations?
#7
LodC - Posted 8:43 pm PDT 07/23/09 (118 Posts)
overpriced crap
#8
cheapyet - Posted 10:05 pm PDT 07/23/09 (172 Posts)
Get you a Thecus N4100PRO for $370 at Buy.com or Acer WHS for $390 at Newegg.com. These two NASs work a million smarter than the overpriced Drobo.
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