Want to see how the Drobo works? That’s the storage device we’re using to hold the ScobleShow. We’ve uploaded a demo of the Drobo (also embedded here), and an interview with the founder.
Congrats also to my sponsor, Seagate, for shipping today the highest-density hard drive. Can’t wait to buy a few of those to put in our Drobo.
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June 7th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Very impressive technology (and video)!
June 7th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I’m so sad these are not out in Australia, it seems like THE storage solution for photos n stuff at home… and this is comming from a long time sys admin / storage guy ! It’s just so simple… The only thing taht’s not really clear is what happens once you really fill it up … what then ?
June 8th, 2007 at 12:25 am
He lost me at “USB 2.0″. I’m willing to settle for Firewire 800, but what I really want is eSATA. If its got four drives, it should have more than enough BW to keep eSATA saturated, but even Firewire 400 is vastly superior to USB 2.0 in real world use.
They get a thumbs up for using a phono style power plug, but it would be even better if they could integrate the power supply with the unit.
Looks like a nice device and definately fills a niche… but as a technomad who needs to travel with HD video, USB 2 keeps me from buying a drobo.
June 8th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Max. Is Drobo limited to 4 TBs?
June 8th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Now what I want to see, is integrating this with a small Linux box and creating a 4TB web server.
(Ugh…I’m such a nerd.)
June 8th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
What an excellent concept. However, I fear USB 2.0-only will turn many people off. But, of course, this is just the beginning of this product’s life.
June 8th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
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June 8th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
An amazing product, but won’t be Windows Home Server the toughtest competition? And it seems that the price for a basic machine + WHS license will be lower than Drobo.
I’ll go for WHS.