Posts Tagged ‘Drobo’

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part I

Choosing Between Monolithic and Modular Architectures – Part I
The recent proposed acquisition of 3Par by Dell and/or HP has made me think a little more about the direction the storage industry is taking in terms of their storage array design architecture.  Since storage arrays became a category of devices in their own right, we’ve seen the growth of the...
August 24th, 2010 | Enterprise Storage, Featured, Ulitzer | Read More

Hardware Review: Drobo Elite – Part I

Hardware Review: Drobo Elite – Part I
Drobo Elite - Rear View This post is the first in a series covering the DroboElite SMB storage device from Data Robotics Inc. The DroboElite is the most fully featured storage array in the Data Robotics range of devices.  Regular readers will know I’ve posted frequently on these devices, from...
June 2nd, 2010 | Featured, Reviews | Read More

Personal Computing: Can Drobo Dashboard Manage Multiple Drobos?

Personal Computing: Can Drobo Dashboard Manage Multiple Drobos?
This is a problem that’s been on my mind for some time; can the Drobo Dashboard see more than one device at the same time?  Well, it turns out the answer is yes. At first my thought was that it wasn’t possible for the Drobo Dashboard to manage more than one device.  Currently I have a...
January 5th, 2010 | Featured, GestaltIT, Personal Storage | Read More

Review: DroboPro – Part II

Review: DroboPro – Part II
This is the second in a series of posts looking at the DroboPro from Data Robotics Inc.  Previous post(s): Review: DroboPro – Part I Previously I discussed a few frustrations with connecting my new DroboPro to ESXi, the target environment for my new device.  I’ve now managed to get the...
December 7th, 2009 | Featured, GestaltIT, Reviews | Read More

Personal Computing: Drobo Replacement

Following on from my Personal Computing: Drobo Wierdness, I have received a replacement unit from Data Robotics.  I thought for a change I’d produce a video and so here is my attempt to swap out my drives into the new unit.  In the end I formatted the existing drives as four new NAS shares. ...
November 20th, 2009 | Personal Storage | Read More

Personal Computing: Drobo Weirdness

Hmm, I’ve found a small bug with my Drobo which is making me slightly nervous.  Have a look at the first graphic.  I’ve exceeded a single 2TB logical drive in terms of capacity (as I now have two 2TB and two 1TB physical drives installed).  In this instance the Drobo has created me...
October 19th, 2009 | Personal Storage | Read More

Personal Computing: Drobo Jitters

As regular readers will know, I’ve had a Drobo storage system for some time now.  I’ve not had a bad word to say about the product – it just works and does what I expect it to do.  However, there’s one function I think could do with some improvement and it’s the one thing...
September 14th, 2009 | Personal Storage | Read More

Personal Computing: DroboPro – Drobo Grows Up

There’s a new Drobo out!   The Drobo range has been expanded with the release of the DroboPro, an 8-drive big brother to the Drobo “classic”.  The new model is being touted as a “business class storage array” and looks very interesting for the basic price tag of $1299...
April 7th, 2009 | Personal Storage | Read More

Drobo Again

As previously discussed I’ve been gradually moving data over to my Drobo. I recently invested in a DroboShare, which lets me share the contents of the Drobo as NAS. Although I run my data through a Windows Server, I have been toying with the idea of having a large majority of the content available...
July 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | Read More

Drobo Update

I’ve had my Drobo for a few months now. For those of you not familiar with the technology, the Drobo is a storage device from a company called Data Robotics. Follow the link above to their website for full details. I’d been looking for a decent home/home office storage device for some time. RAID...
April 15th, 2008 | Uncategorized | Read More
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