Drobo’s: Innovating Storage Solutions Through the Decades – WHAT WENT WRONG? Drobo, the pioneering data storage company, has had an interesting and noteworthy journey since its inception in 2005. Known for developing user-friendly, advanced storage solutions that emphasize simplicity and reliability, the company has encountered various highs and lows in the market. Let’s dive into […]
Leaving Drobo NAS and Buying a Synology or QNAP – Get it Right, First Time For a long time, I championed the Drobo Brand of network attached storage (NAS) as a great option for users looking to have their very own no-fuss, easy to set up and content-creator-friendly system. However, I think it would be […]
macOS Ventura release date – bad news for Drobo users macOS Ventura launched on October 24, 2022. With this update, you will lose the ability to connect your Drobo USB/Thunderbolt boxes. Before you upgrade make sure you have copied all data to a new storage device. Similar functionality that allows drive mixing can be achieved […]
Leaving Drobo NAS and Buying a Synology or QNAP – Get it Right, First Time For a long time, I championed the Drobo Brand of network attached storage (NAS) as a great option for users looking to have their very own no-fuss, easy to set up and content-creator-friendly system. However, I think it would be […]
Frequently Asked Questions about NAS Network Attached Storage, or NAS, has been around for quite a few years now and has grown in popularity year on year. The appeal of cloud platforms such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 and iCloud has dwindled and decreased as overall costs after even a couple of years are […]
The Brand New Drobo 5D3 5-Bay RAID Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure for Mac DRDR6A21 and DRDR6A31 Designed for media professionals, content creators, and small businesses running Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Lightroom, and other I/O intensive applications, or even those who just need to back up terabytes of data, the 5D3 5-Bay Thunderbolt 3 Enclosure from Drobo is equipped with five […]
NAS Drives Vs External DAS Drive – Which Should You Use? How much data have you generated over the last few years? Whether in your personal life or professional life, you have almost certainly generated hundreds of Gigabytes of data in one form or another, some of it essential and some of it pointless. Having […]
Is the Drobo 5Dt Turbo DRDR5A31-T the answer to your Thunderbolt 2 problems? The 5-Bay RAID Drobo 5Dt Turbo DRDR5A31-T is a DAS (direct attached storage) enclosure featuring the ever constant USB 3.0 connection, as well as the far more sought after and ever growing in popularity Thunderbolt 2 connection. There are a few reasons that this […]
Drobo Old compared against Drobo New – TB1 vs TB2 As I am sue many of you are aware, Drobo are an award winning manufacturer and brand in the field of storage arrays for businesses, professionals and consumers. Earlier last month their finally released their first Thunderbolt 2 Storage device, the Drobo 5D Turbo (5Dt). […]
Drobo re-enter the NAS Server Market with their best NAS Yet, the Drobo 5N2 The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access and disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers and provides up to 2x […]
Drobo Old compared against Drobo New – TB1 vs TB2 As I am sue many of you are aware, Drobo are an award winning manufacturer and brand in the field of storage arrays for businesses, professionals and consumers. Earlier last month their finally released their first Thunderbolt 2 Storage device, the Drobo 5D Turbo (5Dt). […]
Drobo re-enter the NAS Server Market with their best NAS Yet, the Drobo 5N2 The latest generation 5 Bay NAS, the Drobo 5N2 delivers an unparalleled user experience for data sharing, secure backup, remote access and disaster recovery solutions. The 5N2 is the fastest, network attached Drobo available to prosumers and provides up to 2x […]
A guide to helping you pick the right NAS manufacturer for your needs Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers are fast becoming an essential piece of kit on the home. Everyone wants to have their own special piece of cloud storage, be it 3rd party cloud providers like Google Drive, Amazon S3 or DropBox, or their […]
What is the difference between NAS, DAS and SAN? Which one is for who? Data storage is a pretty day-to-day thing now. Almost every form of data exchange you make on a daily basis can be broken down into three groups: DAS – Direct attached storage NAS – Network Attached Storage SAN – Storage Area […]
Can I assume there will be no problem accessing my Drobo USB2 drive via the USB3 port on the DS218+? I currently access this via the USB port on my AirPort Extreme, but since there is no functioning USB port on the Eero Pro routers my plan is to attach the Drobo to the DS218+ […]
Drobo alternative with option to mix different size drives and upgrade HDD capacity in live RAID I currently run 2 Drobo’s 5N’s; Drobo A – Total Capacity of 10.72 TB made up from 5 drives at 3tb each. 1 drive for redundancy Drobo B – Total Capacity of 28.90 TB made up from 5 drives […]
BEST NAS EASY SETUP EASY LEARNING CURVE, 4KREMOTE EDITING I need to get a system with the simplicity of the Drobo 5N2, with the ability to back up files unto a similar device off-site. I also want to be able to access media files for editing on final cut pro/adobe through the network off-site, from […]
Drobo vs Areca. I need something that could be fast since I work with videos, and also could have some options like the drobo solutions, and need to be acessible by LAN. My work is video compositing and need fast comunications with image sequences. I believe that Drobo 5 bay by now are the best and cheaper […]
I just ordered a DROBO solution from Amazon… but now thinking that I made a mistake and need to switch it over to a Synology NAS… so that I can have access to my information via the internet on my laptop. My major usage is for Photography and Video work I do for Family… putting […]
I love watching your video’s, you seem to know a lot about the NAS market. I have an old Drobo–FS, with 9 TB available. I’ts been reliable but I’m moving to Synology because the apps seem better. I use the NAS for home media, (itunes, plex, tivo, kodi) as well as windows backup, and simple file share […]