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[Nvyseal]

As our appetite for data storage in our automated homes continues to grow, here's a device that looks interesting. Billed as the worlds first "storage robot", this PC or Mac compatible USB hard drive array handles all the configuration tasks automatically. Just pop in a new drive and it does the rest. Available now at around $700 bare...

"Drobo is the world's first storage robot, providing fully automated, infinitely expandable storage that safeguards against drive failure and data corruption. Fully automatic protection: Drobo is self-healing; when a hard drive fails, it reconfigures data to ensure it is once again protected - all without any human intervention. Infinitely expandable capacity: Drobo is self-improving; just add a new drive, or upsize a smaller one, and you'll instantly increaseoverall protected capacity without needing to do anything else. Effortless storage management: Drobo is self-aware, knowing where your data is and how to heal or improve itself in the event of trouble - Drobo takes the pain out of managing large amounts of data. System requirements: Apple Macintosh OS-X 10.4 or greater, Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, XP or Vista."

Quite expensive, hope the price drops. What are your thoughts?

See video HERE

[m.oreilly]

cool for an office too. would be well worth it, as ours is not running any sort of raid array, just daily backups. might have to mention this to the boss...

[VROSA]

Yeah, no doubt it is a very nice solution.
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At work we make daily bkps too... great idea MO, i should tell the boss too...


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