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DroboShare – Turns your Drobo into NAS
I’m a Drobo user and it is one of the best storage systems I’ve seen today. Drobo is not without shortcoming, it is lack of network storage support. Data Robotics has stepped up to fix that by...
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Apple Time Capsule Review – Backup Made Easy for Leopard Users
Data backup falls resolutely at the dreary end of the tech-task scale; periodically market researchers release stats showing how few people take the time to safely copy their accumulated files, usually...
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Drobo NAS gets SDK for UPnP, Linux support and other tweaking
Data Robotics has released an SDK for their Drobo robotic RAID array. The Drobo, which we reviewed in August last year, attempts to make backup and data redundancy straightforward by automating much...
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Drobo 2 sports Firewire 800 ports
Data Robotics announces the availability of its latest version of its storage robot, Drobo 2. The new version of Drobo features two FireWire 800 Ports and newly upgraded core processor. The upgraded...
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Drobo drops 2TB & 4TB NAS prices; adds $50 holiday discount
We’re sizable fans of Drobo’s “intelligent data robot” here at SlashGear – in fact it’s one of the items in our Holiday Gift Guide - and since we’re also sizable fans of cheaper prices it’s a...
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Data Robotics DroboPro: 8 bays, up to 16TB storage
It’s been almost 18 months since we reviewed the Drobo, and now Data Robotics are back with their latest model, the DroboPro. Aimed at small businesses and professionals with huge quantities of data,...
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Sarotech Frigo RAID enclosures
With a name that sounds awfully like a certain other external RAID enclosure, and a logo that’s also pretty similar, we could waste plenty of column inches calling Sarotech‘s Frigo hard-drive...
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Data Robotics unveil new Drobo S and DroboElite backup systems
Data Robotics have doubled their range of so-called intelligent backup systems with the launch of two new models, the Drobo S and the DroboElite. The Drobo S takes the original four-bay Drobo and adds...
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Drobo S Review
Data Robotics’ first Drobo model surprised a fair few people; the company billed their external storage array as an “intelligent data robot”, making RAID-style redundancy if not glamorous then at least...
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Drobo FS “File Server” is NAS version of Drobo S [Video]
Only yesterday we were singing the praises of the Data Robotics Drobo S, perfect if you need local, redundant storage for your workstation, and today the company have outed their NAS version. The...
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Drobo FS gets benchmarked
The Drobo FS “File Server” came as a welcome surprise to network-loving users wanting to share the Drobo magic with multiple computers, but just how well does it perform? New owner Timon Royer wasn’t...
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DroboPro FS puts 16TB of self-healing backup onto your network
Data Robotics has announced its latest network backup system, the Data Robotics DroboPro FS. Based on the Drobo FS launched back in April and the DroboPro from the year before, the DroboPro FS is...
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Drobo S v.2 adds USB 3.0 support; DroboPro FS gets offsite Drobo Sync
Data Robotics has updated its Drobo S backup system, with Drobo S v.2 adding USB 3.0 support for high-speed external drives. As we reviewed back in April, the Drobo S has two FireWire ports and an...
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Drobo B1200i 12-bay business system takes on enterprise
Data Robotics has announced its play for the business backup and server market, introducing the new 12-bay Drobo B1200i expected to ship in Q2 2011. Using the same BeyondRAID intelligent drive array...
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Drobo and Pogoplug offer 10GB of free cloud storage
If you are thinking about getting a Drobo storage device like the Drobo S v.2 or already own one, you have some free cloud storage coming your way. Drobo and Pogoplug have announced that they have...
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“Next-gen” Drobo fast incoming says CEO
Drobo‘s next-generation storage arrays are “soon-to-be-announced” according to the company’s CEO, with possibility of longer standard warranties among hardware and software improvements. Chief exec Tom...
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Drobo Mini and 5D revealed: Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 and mSATA SSD
Drobo promised new hardware was imminent and the company has delivered, with two Thunderbolt-toting external storage units, the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini. Of the two, the Drobo Mini is arguably the most...
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Drobo Mini and 5D up for pre-order
Pre-orders for Drobo‘s latest external storage arrays have opened, with retailers offering up early spots for the new Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini ahead of their September release. Announced back in June,...
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Drobo B1200i SSD announced with 300x performance
It’s time to get serious about a solid state drive upgrade with Drobo’s brand new B1200i SSD, complete with what the manufacturer says will be a performance boost of up to 300 percent over previous...
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Drobo 5N teased with ethernet connectivity
Drobo has teased its latest model, the Drobo 5N, adding ethernet connectivity to the storage technology in the Drobo 5D and Mini. Replacing the Drobo FS, the new 5N is “very close” according to CEO Tom...
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Transporter Kickstarter summons Drobo engineers for offline sharing device
This week a Kickstarter project has been initiated by the name of Transporter, a device that its creators are saying is both an online yet off-cloud storage solution for personal use. If you’re a...
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Drobo 5N adds gigabit ethernet to five bay backup box
Drobo has revealed its latest storage and backup device, the Drobo 5N, targeting consumers looking for a new network-attached system with a burst of added speed. The 5N follows in the metaphorical...
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Drobo Mini Review
If backup and external storage had a hope of ever being fashionable, then Drobo would probably be the industry icon. Trying its level best to make data devilishly interesting since 2007, the company’s...
View ArticleConnected Data Transporter 2.0 detailed as Drobo merger talks revealed
Personal cloud provider Connected Data has announced version 2.0 of its Transporter, the bottle-shaped desktop drive that raised more than $260k on Kickstarter, as well as news of merger discussions...
View ArticleTransporter Sync makes a personal cloud out of your external hard drive
If you've ever had the need to store terabytes of data and have those accessible to any and all of your devices, then you had probably taken a look at … Continue reading
View ArticleDrobo 3rd-gen boosts speed and Time Machine usefulness
The latest Drobo Gen3 has been revealed, adding USB 3.0 and boosting speed of the Connected Data quad-bay external drive, as well as improving support for things like Apple's Time … Continue reading
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Drobo Mini with SSDs pre-loads speedy portable drive
Drobo has pushed out a new preconfigured external drive, the Drobo Mini with SSDs, slotting up to 4TB into a portable form-factor aimed at mobile media pros. The drive can muster read rates of up to...
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Drobo finally fixes runaway Time Machine issue
Drobo drives are finally getting the fix to one of the more frustrating annoyances they've suffered from: rampant Apple Time Machine backups chewing through every HDD in your array. A combination of...
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Drobo 5C USB-C RAID storage manages itself without your help
Despite the prevalence of cloud storage, not everything can be safely tucked away on the nebulous Internet. Sooner or later, hard, local storage will be needed. The problem with these is that most...
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Drobo 5N2 brings enterprise-level NAS to home, small offices
People produce and amass a staggering amount of files these days, and we’re not talking about those who create media files for a living. From office documents to personal projects to family home...
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Drobo 5D3 storage touts Thunderbolt 3 for performance boost
Aside from the flexibility to plug almost any type of peripheral, one of the promises of the Thunderbolt 3 connector that Intel and Apple are pushing is speed. Taking advantage of the increase in data...
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