Jeff on June 21, 2008 6:33 PMI'm sure the drobo makes for easy fun raid, but I'd rather set up my own raidbox :)
As an aside, do you really have to make your atom/rss feed summaries only? It's lame to have to click through to read your posts.
btw: nice redesign.
Christopher Bowns on June 21, 2008 6:34 PMHow much did it set you back? I've seen the 500 dollar price tag around the internet, but am betting there's discounts to be had somewhere.
According to the Drobolator (http://drobo.com/drobolator/), looks like you're basically running in RAID 1 mode with just two drives in there. 500 GB isn't enough for meā¦but 1.4 TB certainly is; appears that the next two 500 GB drives you add more or less all go towards more storage space: that's pretty sweet.
Kevin Cupp on June 21, 2008 7:13 PMJeff: Yeah, Drobo is the quick and easy solution to a RAID, don't get to have the fun of doing it from scratch. Fine, I suppose I can put the full post in my feeds for you.
Christopher: Got the Drobo for $50 off with the promo code "cali" and got each drive for $79 from Newegg. So all together, close to $700. Yep, that's what's cool about my current set up, I add another 500 and get a TB. It only really needs to protect from a single drive failure.
campo on June 21, 2008 7:49 PMsounds pretty sweet. I kinda just want to get a time capsule so it will just sync over wifi, even though they are stupid expensive
sam on December 21, 2008 12:22 PMI just used the code "ACNCHE" off drobostore.com and got $50 off. they were also sending me a $50 visa rebate so I saved $100 altogether on my drobo. (cost $399 instead of 499).
I saw some 1 TB HDDs for $69 on dealmac.com. Can't remember which store had them so I have go back and find the link...
This code has no expiration date. i found others online that were good until a certain date.
Digmo on January 13, 2009 9:25 AMAgree about noise, it sounds like a small fridge compared to my mac :(
mkessel on January 30, 2009 1:11 AMI recently bought a drobo - due to all the great things I hear about it on leo's podcast. My question is - how often should I turn it off. Is it healthy for a hard drive to be powered up and down when I go to work daily?