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beaucamera
11-07-20077th November 2007, 10:02 AM
Anybody here using Drobo for image storage and backup?
Works with both Macs and PCs.

http://www.drobo.com/products_demo.aspx

Virginia
aka beaucamera
MorrieC
12-02-20072nd December 2007, 07:37 AM
Virginia

I don’t have a Drobo but plan on getting one sometime after the first of the year. I have spent quite a bit of time comparing the Drobo to say a 1TB external drive and feel the Drobo is better suited for me. It appears to be a great design and gives you a lot of versatility.

The prices of a 1TB drive are really getting attractive and if they drop to say around $200 to $225 I will pick one up.

If you get one please post a review.
Morrie
beaucamera
02-06-20086th February 2008, 07:49 PM
If anyone's interested in Drobo, you can use this discount until Feb.8th
http://www.drobostore.com/welcome.html

Virginia
aka beaucamera

Don't pass up this special $50 discount extended to Macworld attendees! Simply go to the Drobo Store (http://www.drobostore.com/) and enter Code "macworld08" at checkout.Promotion ends February 8!
Rudi
02-08-20088th February 2008, 02:00 PM
As much as I like this idea, I'm going to wait for a Firewire model (they've confirmed that a Firewire model is coming eventually). USB 2.0 is nice, but quite a bit slower... with the size of the hard drives these days, and the large file sizes that today's cameras put out, every bit of speed will be needed.

Still, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted... :D
beaucamera
02-09-20089th February 2008, 11:56 AM
As much as I like this idea, I'm going to wait for a Firewire model (they've confirmed that a Firewire model is coming eventually). USB 2.0 is nice, but quite a bit slower... with the size of the hard drives these days, and the large file sizes that today's cameras put out, every bit of speed will be needed.

Still, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted... :D

Rudi, I came to the same conclusion that you have.
Network storage is becoming a more common entity and I'm sure we'll see better product offerings coming down the pike.

In the meantime, I'm using external drives attached to individual computers.
I've just upgrades my LAN with a 24 port gigabit switch.
I have 20 connections and a couple more to add...yes, when I recently remodeled my bathrooms I added ports there!:wacko:
You never know when a port will be helpful!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Virginia
aka beaucamera