This question came in from a blogger and we thought it was a pretty good question. There is a difference and it’s a long answer, but I’ll try and summarize.
We ship the B1200i with 3 SSDs, leaving the remainder of the drive bays available for HDDs. Because the B1200i is in “dual disk redundancy” mode by default, those SSDs are in a triple mirror, allowing you to lose two of them and still have access to your data. … Continue Reading
Wow. Six years ago, I was working for a muti billion-dollar storage company and I saw my first demo of BeyondRAID (before a Drobo existed). I was blown away by the simplicity and flexibility of the storage stack. I had to have it and I quickly became an early Drobo adopter in my own home. Now, I manage the Drobo product family and we are releasing new Drobos based on a platform that has a ground-up design. I am very excited!
The new Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini have everything that we (and I) have always loved from Drobo, with the addition of blazing fast performance, more robust data protection, and an innovative use of solid state drives (SSDs).… Continue Reading
Hi everyone, we’re very excited to be showing you our upcoming new products. I’m pretty sure that you’re going to love them because they’re exactly what you’ve been asking for. Check out the press release that went out today and read Erik’s blog.
Your emails, blogs, tweets, and phone calls could not have been clearer. Faster. Even more protection for my data. Smaller. Don’t lose the ease-of-use. And did I mention faster?
Check ‘em out – our guys here are very proud – we’re doing some things that are quite unique and unprecedented, and it adds up to some terrific new products – and did I mention faster?
Drobo is known as a cool company with cool storage. At events, countless folks stop by telling us they would love one for their house. And if they’re in IT, they soon realize that they also want it for work. For IT applications though, technology has to be more than cool. It has to work; and especially in SMB shops, they want to know it has been tested by a reliable third party. Working with ESG, we have a report with that validation. So, you can skip this blog and go straight to reading the report.… Continue Reading
Odds are that if you’re reading this post, you are among the people in your circle of family and friends that knows about computers and technology. So, you’re likely to be one of the people, or maybe the sole person, that folks call to get help fixing their computer. Computer repairs are frequently performed by folks like us who may be experienced and certified, but you don’t necessarily need formal training in the field. And demand for fixing stuff is way up, everyone you know has one or more computers.
We recently had Nathaniel Lindley on our broadcast discussing this very topic. By day, Nathaniel is a Technology Support Specialist for a school system in Minnesota,… Continue Reading
I was brought up on the east coast, where we enjoyed the monster summertime thunderstorms every year. One of the coolest things about thunder is that you see it first and then you hear the “kaboom” impact – the delay sends anxious anticipation through everyone, and if you’re into science, you can estimate how far away the bolt is based on the length of the delay. Let’s face it, thunderbolts are cool.
Today, Drobo is previewing our new Thunderbolt technology much like the real thing – you’ll see it now (check out our home page for the quick glimpse) and you’ll soon hear the kaboom. Yes, there are some other Thunderbolt products out there now, but I guarantee you that you haven’t seen anything like what we’re building. Nothing even close.
Stay tuned, and start counting – it may be closer than you think!
Thanks – and thanks specifically to the 234,867 emails and tweets we got over the past year asking for some Drobo Thunder – your anticipation will soon be over.
The entire time I was growing up, every Christmas Day there were arguments at our house about listening to the Royal Christmas message. Some wanted to and other didn’t. But no matter how you feel about the institution of monarchy, it’s pretty amazing that this year Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years on the throne.
We’re helping our EMEA team celebrate the Diamond Jubilee by offering a free GelaSkin for every Drobo, Drobo S, and Drobo FS purchased during the month of June in EMEA. We’re hoping that they’ll dress their Drobo royally maybe in the Union Jack or in our favorite skin,… Continue Reading