Drobo: File Storage Solution
Penguin April 4th, 2008
Drobo is a “RAID” external storage solution. I put RAID in quotes because it really isn’t. It functions similarly to a RAID 1 setup, but the cool feature is that you don’t need to format the drives or even run identical capacity drives!
Ever since I started working with video, storage and archiving has been a huge concern/fear of mine. Love Angle took up a whopping 88 GB and 20 DVDs.
DVD is still probably the best longer term (5-10 years) solution, I still need an immediate solution for all my HD footage, especially as I work on multiple projects simultaneously.
The Drobo is a bit of an investment at $500 USD, and that’s without any drives. But it’s expandable with 4 bays, hot-swappable, and tells you when drives fail.
-Penguin
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