Hybrid external storage solution
How many industries and consumers in the direction of cloud-based storage want to migrate, there are still advantages to physical drive solutions, do not require an Internet connection, and many offer speeds that simply are not possible for most consumer connections. Factor in performance and the addition of an mSATA SSD memory card (sold separately), and you have the Drobo-mini. It is leaner and meaner than other Drobo models, but these features come at a high price.
In contrast to its predecessors, the Drobo-mini has the new Thunderbolt connectivity, USB 3, whereby higher portability could make some new technologies that you forget and think about cloud-based storage solutions. Although the mini network connectivity, have a late model computer not offered, you can not miss it with Thunderbolt. Drobo offers faster transfer speeds in the mini as the most previous Drobo and offers up to 4 TB storage via four 2.5 SATA hard drive bays and one mSATA SSD to increase performance. Like the other models of the Drobo, you can update and mix different drive sizes but Drobo II or III recommends hard drives, as well as a 32 GB SSD for the quickest solution, 7200 RPM SATA mSATA. The model we tested had four 750 GB 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus hard drives and a decisive m4 mSATA 32 GB SSD with a street price of around $970.
The mini like any other external drive works as a storage device, when you drag files and folders. With the Drobo-mini, a 1 GB video file transfer lasted more than just the few seconds, expected, but it was about five times (5 X) faster than our Drobo S and almost 20 X faster than our original Drobo. The results were similar to a 5 GB folder of digital images. Even though the Drobo BeyondRAID Setup is proprietary, it is not visible to the end user because the Drobo Dashboard after you install configures your mini and keep everything for you. The Drobo single or dual-drive redundancy protects data against failure of, and. This is a high performance for most commercial photographers, videographers and designers who need this space on-site. Upgrade drives is simple, and the bays are interchangeable. All of this technology for what is clearly the most reliable Drobo storage solution is so far.
The sleek design is pure Drobo, only smaller. At slightly less than 2? about 7? deep, and 7? high, wide, this averse (for Drobo) and make it more portable weighing 2.2 kg. The mini has also the beloved Drobo flashes spread the drive activity LED and a luminous perimeter of the front frame. The back consists of two air vents fan, power supply, USB 3 and two Thunderbolt ports for easy Daisy chaining connections with additional devices. The suspension is where the mSATA SSD under a panel about 1 × hidden 3?.
The Drobo-mini is clearly a leap in performance, but it can still have room to improve the speed when compared to similar storage solutions from competitors. As one of the relatively early Thunderbolt solutions, but Drobo gives an advantage over current offerings such as LaCie 2big 4 TB RAID disk ($599), which connects only via Thunderbolt. and Other World Computing 4 TB Mercury Elite Pro MX2 w/eSATA ($564,99), the USB 3 or Thunderbolt connectivity does not offer. G-technology offers it the 4 TB G-speed with optional RAID card ($899.95), but it has a larger form factor.
The key is finding the storage that you need with excellent performance, but without breaking the Bank. In this case, Drobo mini is faster than Drobo predecessor models, but perhaps not as fast as some of its competitors. Fans of the Drobo love everything that is familiar about the simplicity and the design of the mini with a relatively fair price for this level of RAID quality. If you need this amount of speed, security and compact size with plenty of storage space, the Drobo mini look. While it may not win races, you should not be the head out of the clouds.
Company: Drobo, Inc.
Price: $649 (body only; Drives are extra)
Web: www.drobo.com
Review: 3
Hot: Compact; Battery for cached data; Thunderbolt/USB
No: Boot-up time; Speed vs. competitors products, price
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