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Posted at 12:38 PM on Thursday 07/23/09 by
Ben
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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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    sk8erboy - Posted 1:30 pm PDT 07/23/09 (306 Posts)  Report Spam

    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.

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    twilbur - Posted 1:43 pm PDT 07/23/09 (86 Posts)  Report Spam

    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.

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    envador - Posted 2:52 pm PDT 07/23/09 (346 Posts)  Report Spam

    get a windows home server instead.

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    mcnabney - Posted 3:23 pm PDT 07/23/09 (450 Posts)  Report Spam

    #2 - classic Apple customer - overpays for simplicity
    #3 - classic PC customer - best price for most functionality

    /hint - listen to #3

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    binaryvisions - Posted 5:23 pm PDT 07/23/09 (1049 Posts)  Report Spam

    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.

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    telstar - Posted 7:34 pm PDT 07/23/09 (307 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5: Looking for a good NAS. Any recommendations?

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    LodC - Posted 8:43 pm PDT 07/23/09 (118 Posts)  Report Spam

    overpriced crap

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    cheapyet - Posted 10:05 pm PDT 07/23/09 (329 Posts)  Report Spam

    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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