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Network Attached Storage (NAS) is gaining in popularity as an alternative to a home or small office server. A few weeks ago, I reviewed LaCie’s Network Space 2, which is a non-expandable 1TB storage solution. For those who want a solution that will be expandable in the future, Data Robotics has recently introduced the Drobo FS.
Like its predecessors, the Drobo FS has multiple drive bays — five in this case — into which you can insert standard SATA hard disk drives. The array can be set up for either single or dual-disk redundancy, meaning that one (single) or two (dual) drives can fail without compromising the integrity of your data. Data Robotics’ proprietary BeyondRAID technology makes the array easy to set up and expand.
The Drobo FS is easy to set up. The review unit sent to TUAW by Data Robotics was removed from its box, three disk drives were installed by sliding them into available slots on the unit, the power supply was connected, and a gigabit Ethernet cable run from a router to the back of the Drobo. Upon powering up the Drobo FS, the device showed up under the Shared list in the Finder — so far, so good.
TUAW— TUAW review: Data Robotics Drobo FS NAS originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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