The Drobo of My Dreams
Posted by Stephen in Terabyte home on 14. Jan, 2008 | View Comments
When I reviewed the Drobo SOHO disk array back in November, I noted that it had only to add a few features before I got really interested: NAS, EXT3, and eSATA. I also noted that only the first of these three would interest the majority of users. Well, apparently the company had the [...]
Why I Like Drobo
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Terabyte home on 30. Nov, 2007 | View Comments
There has been lots of talk about the Data Robotics (aka Drobo) SOHO “storage robot”
– whoever they have doing their marketing deserves a raise! When I first heard about it, I was pretty puzzled – Why care about yet another storage enclosure, especially an overly expensive one that doesn’t even have NAS features? [...]
Terabytes on the Cheap
Posted by Stephen in Personal, Terabyte home on 29. Nov, 2007 | View Comments
Meet the Maxtor Personal Storage 3200. It’s a cheap, quick, and dirty way to add storage to your PC, and it’s ilk is becoming the surprise hit of the holiday season, lifting the stock of Seagate and Western Digital, and making Hitachi, LaCie and others fight for a piece of the market.
I’ve bought two [...]
