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Drobo talk

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Tom Buiocchi • 0 Comments

Wanted to pass along 11 fantastic minutes of “new Drobo” discussion from two customers – who turn out to be among the leading visionaries, educators, and thought leaders in the photography and video production fields.

Scott Bourne is s a digital media pioneer whose internationally recognized photography has appeared in more than 200 books, magazines, newspapers, television shows, fine art galleries, and websites. He’s also the author of 5 photography books and he runs the #1 photography podcast in the world, PhotoFocus.

Rich Harrington is on the forefront of the merger of photography and video and combines his love of both into his professional career with his company RHED Pixel. Rich is a certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid.

Scott and Rich spent a little time bantering about the new Drobos on their January 15, 2013 PhotoFocus podcast. If you have 11 minutes, check out the podcast below. Here are some terrific sound bites:

“We did everything but put a flamethrower to it”
“Fast enough for video editing … we were impressed”
“Fast enough to run an Aperture library, without any problems”

Funny. It’s just two guys talking to each other, but to my ears … it sounded like music . Thanks for checking it out.

Tom

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Performance in 2013 is about juggling more than one ball at a time

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Tom Buiocchi • 0 Comments

Hi there again. I’m guessing that if you are interested in high-performance storage, you may be looking at Thunderbolt-based solutions. Good idea. You’re probably the kind of person who likes to get things done fast and who likes to do more than one thing at a time. I confess, I’m in that club too.

So if you are going to consider a modern storage device, with modern connection technology such as Thunderbolt, then make sure that your storage can do modern things that you want it to do – like juggle more than one ball at a time. … Continue Reading

Looking forward to 2013!

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Tom Buiocchi • 0 Comments

Hi everyone and happy new year to you all. Hope you had a great holiday season. Long-ish blog here, so bear with me.

We’re really excited about this new year. You’re giving us great feedback on our new products and I encourage you to please keep it coming as we learn from all of it.

Speaking of learning, there’s not a day that goes by without getting a new “aha” or two. … Continue Reading

The evolution of a backup strategy from beginner to expert

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Nora Weintraub • 1 Comment

Welcome Dave Seeram, Editor in Chief and Owner of PhotographyBB Magazine for our first guest post. With the mission of providing a positive and supportive learning environment for beginners, Dave strives to achieve the perfect blend between inspiration and education to amateur and intermediate-level photography enthusiasts. (He also drinks coffee, but secretly prefers tea maybe because he’s a Canadian living on the west coast in British Columbia!)

Have you ever lost important files or data? As our lives become increasingly digital and as a result, less tangible, we live through illuminated screens, where our communication with one another and even our memories are kept through status updates, e-mails, digital images and video. How would you feel if tomorrow, all of your data just disappeared? … Continue Reading

Fast, networked, Drobo.

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Tom Buiocchi • 11 Comments

Fast, networked Drobo. Yes, all three words in the same sentence. All the good stuff of a Drobo in a fast, ultra-modern networked storage solution – the new Drobo 5N is the third member in our new family of vastly improved Drobos – the Mini, the 5D, and now the 5N support higher performance, SSD technology, and even more sophisticated data protection.

This is a very exciting time for us. You’ve been very vocal (and patient, thanks) about having us take all of our Drobos up a notch or two and our team has been manically focused on this. I know you’ll appreciate the results!

Thanks again – a lot of the details are in our press release today and there’s even more about the Drobo 5N on our website But please feel free to write (tom@drobo.com) or call (408-276-8621 or 866.997.6268) if you have any additional questions at all.

Best regards to you all and I hope you are all planning for a great holiday season!

Tom

The first Drobo Users Meetup starting in Silicon Valley

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Mario Blandini • 3 Comments

I’ve always loved users groups focused on a particular technology.Considered the original user group, I used to attend SHARE* conferences before coming to Drobo. These days, my wife, daughter, and I belong to a local east bay meetup group not for computer technology but for dachshunds (our two mini’s participate too). Based on my experience, I believe that users groups only work if they are lead by real users with an agenda built around the experiences of group members.

The great news is that a real user has volunteered to kick off the first Drobo Users Group here in Silicon Valley. John Reinert of ReelGood Pictures and his colleague Brook Dain of the San Jose Police Department will be leading and presenting at the inaugural Drobo Users Meetup on Wednesday December 12. The fun and informative agenda includes:

11-11:30 – John and Brook sharing their experiences test driving the new Drobo 5D and Mini Thunderbolt products in their workflow, plus other findings from John’s REDucation class that will take place12/3 to 12/7
11:30-11:45 – The new Drobo 5N will be on display; volunteers will race to see who can set it up their NAS device first and win a Drobo polo shirt prize in the “NAS Challenge.”
11:45-1PM – Lunch and socializing; as the event is being held @ Drobo HQ, there will also be an “expert bar” so that you can ask questions and get more demos of the latest Drobo products.

Come hang out with other users who have Drobo as part of their creative workflow and enjoy the HoneyBaked Ham holiday lunch as part of the festivities. Full information and registration for the meetup is available @ http://drobouserssv.eventbrite.com.

Net = It’s a pleasure for Drobo to support user groups. If you don’t live near Silicon Valley, but want to lead a Drobo users group of your own in your area, just let me know and we can discuss providing a kit to support your meetup event. It could be a great way for you to get a Thunderbolt Drobo to test and share your experiences with your group.

* SHARE Inc. is an independent, volunteer run association providing enterprise technology professionals with continuous education and training, valuable professional networking and effective industry influence.

Talk live to Mario and other Drobo experts @ http://www.drobo.com/live or e-mail mario@drobo.com

Opinions are the spice of life in technology and elsewhere

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Mario Blandini • 3 Comments

We’ve heard from lots of Drobo users who were perplexed by a recent review of Drobo Mini. So, we want to give you our opinion on that review and on product reviews in general. American film producer Samuel Goldwyn, known for many quotes, said, “If I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you.” (He also said about his movies, ““If you want to send a message, use Western Union,” but that’s another story.” ) In the Marine Corps we were told, “If we wanted you to have an opinion, you’d be issued one.”… Continue Reading

Sometimes the best secret is no secret

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Tom Buiocchi • 34 Comments

OK, yes, you guessed it – you already know, don’t you? You found the breadcrumbs, you saw it in Drobo Dashboard, and you connected the dots. Yup, you’re right.

We have another fast new Drobo: Drobo 5N (next-generation Drobo FS) coming soon to a home or small business network near you.

Yes, it leverages all of the cool new architecture and capabilities under the hood in the new Drobo 5D and Mini, including SSD support, with an Ethernet port to connect to your network rather than Thunderbolt and USB. That’s all I’m saying right now.… Continue Reading

Help us test drive & document Drobo in media workflows

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Mario Blandini • 2 Comments

I usually start every blog post with a reference or observation, but will keep this one short. Folks who buy technology or anything of high value love reading reviews from real users. I was chatting with Ewdison Then of Slashgear, who has recently test driven a new BMW X1 Crossover in Japan. I was thinking that it would have been cool to see some Tokyo drift racing in the review …

Have YOU ever wanted to play with a cool new technology and see how fast you can go for yourself? … Continue Reading

It’s Drobo, not robo

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Tom Buiocchi • 0 Comments

OK, we tried something new yesterday and a few of you didn’t like it so we’re going to pull the plug on it. Thanks for the immediate feedback (that’s what we love about you guys!).

We wanted to run a quick promotion to all registered owners of the DroboPro or DroboElite and thought for a change of pace that we’d veer away from our traditional e-mail blast, so I recorded a quick message that I intended to send to 11,000 of my “closest friends.” Well, after the first few hundred, the votes were in. While we got a lot of “takers”, we got a few “haters” and we don’t want to do that to anyone. Message received, point taken!… Continue Reading

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