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jjdoyle20
Of course, the coolest thing about this "RAID-style" device, is that you don't have to use identical drives - just slap in whatever you have laying around. It is also hot-swappable, so if I drive dies, simply remove it and slap in a new one. The Drobo will start writing the old data onto this new...
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druce
The Drobo is a great unit, with flexibility that you can't beat for the price. That said, I have noticed that it is a bit slower than I expected. More critical than basic I/O speed, when the system boots up, it frequently takes quite a bit of time for my PC to recognise the drives as being...
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corkonian
Love the expandability and the redundancy that the Drobo provides. Hate the noise. Have noticed that after prolonged uptime the Drobo shuts down and power cable needs to be removed and re-added, it starts up again & resumes as normal, until the next time.
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