I drooled a little when I saw the Drobo FS, when it was announced not that long ago. Two of the biggest issues with Drobos has historically been their speed and the fact that they are very difficult to share. DroboShare, a device designed to convert Drobos into a NAS-like device was a steaming pile of, but Drobo FS is reportedly fast. Very fast. Like four people editing video off the same device fast.
But the new DroboPro FS? This is monster. It’s Drobo FS wrapped in bacon. It’s the illegitimate offspring of a DroboPro and a Drobo FS. It’s … no, come to think of it, that’s exactly what it is. I can just see it now. Late at night in the Drobo lab, when all the engineers had gone home, DroboPro turned his mojo on the new girl. Put some Barry White on the stereo, “Oh, yeah, baby…I got 16 terabytes of hard drive just waiting for you…”and this is the result.
Gigabit ethernet. Up to eight drives of storage, and two of those drives can fail, and it will still provide redundant backup.
“It sounds so…perfect,” you say, breathlessly. “Is there anything that could stand in the way of our being together?”
Yup. The price. $2000.
Ouch.
DroboPro FS, I think I love you, but only from afar, for you are too high class for me. You live a champaign and caviar life, while I am all about the beer and pretzels. It’s like a Billy Joel song. Except I don’t wind up married to Christie Brinkley.
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2 Comments at "The Rather Expensive DroboPro FS"
Why consider only the DroboPro FS? Even though it can hook up to gigabit ethernet, it does not run at gigabit speed. In reality, benchmark performances show that it can only run 30-40mb/s.
You should look into brands like Thecus and QNAP. I used to have a Drobo, DroboPro, and Drobo FS, but all of them ran too slow running over a network. I now own a Thecus n8800pro, which is cheaper and faster than the new DroboPro FS. http://www.eaegis.com/thecus-n8800-pro-nas.aspx ($1769) I am now getting transfer speeds of 100mb/s.
You can also look at this website for benchmark performances: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_nas/Itemid,190
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