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tuschinski wrote:
Drobo is okay, but their are faster and cheaper solutions of companies which are much higher rated than Drobo. Drobo is known for the funny movies where drives are swapped n the fly, but all in all that's just a gimmick. and a nice story ("It's so easy"). A Qnap, Thecus or Synology does the same job but simply much better and honestly not much harder (indeed, it's pretty much plug in you HDD and go through the wizard).
Just buy TWO Synology 413J and 8 disks and let one make an incremental backup each night. It's faster than Drobo FS, better software, cheaper, available everywhere.
Another "fan" of Drobo:
http://chrismarquardt.com/blog.php?id=3479829780650106213
Another switcher:
http://www.whizzosoftware.com/forums/blog/1/entry-52-goodbye-drobo-hello-synology/
And another:
http://jmichelmetz.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/cagematch-synology-vs-drobo/
Do a google: "drobo or synology?" and within ten minuites you will just run into spades of these stories. No other way around so far... that should be a real eyeopener.
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1. With the Drobo you can pull 2 drives at the same time and still look at the movie. Even the 5 bay Drobos. And you can pull and mix all different kind of drives and sizes
2. Faster than the Drobo FS is nothing to brag about. That Drobo is way slower than the other Drobo's also.
3. The Company that makes Drobo's is much larger and have sold a lot more than the others you mention. So there will be more bad stories abot Drobo. But also more good stories and good Reviews.
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