Electric SheepDiscussions about computing from multiple viewpoints.The Drobo Story: Setup- August 11, 2007 My Drobo and the 3 drives I bought from Newegg arrived simultaneously on Wednesday. I had it out of the boxes, installed, and completely functional in under 15 minutes. I put a gigabyte of MP3s on it immediately. I took it home on Thursday night, forgetting the AC power cord in the process, and after a trip back to the office I had a working Drobo connected to my home PC. Using a combination of SyncToy for the heavy lifting and rsync for accuracy, I began moving my data over. Thursday night,...http://www.monkuniverse.com/2007/08/the_drobo_story_setup.html On Storage- August 4, 2007 Ladies and Gentlemen, I bought a Drobo. A Drobo is a cool new gadget billed as a "data robot", an intelligent, scalable storage device that takes the fuss and fury out of reliable, scalable hard disk management. There are several downsides to owning a Drobo. For starters, it costs five-hundred wing-wangs and that's just for the housing device. Drives, which, in case you haven't caught on are really important when using a Drobo, cost extra. I found some nice cheap SATA drives on Newegg.com for..http://www.monkuniverse.com/2007/08/on_storage.html |