Drobo

[tobyaw]

Thinking about buying a Drobo. Scan are doing a bundle with the DroboShare that looks reasonable.

I'd mostly be using it as an iTunes media server, and for Time Machine backups (for me, kateaw and qidane). Does anyone have any experience of Drobos, good or bad?

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Re: Drobos

[tobyaw]

Yep, not sure whether we'd want to use the DroboShare or connect the Drobo to one of my Mac Minis. Pros and cons of each. Apparently the automounting when using the DroboShare is pretty good, and with the bundle price, it would be silly not to have it.

Considering other backup solutions to use with the Drobo. TimeMachine has some benefits, but in the distant past I've used Retrospect (and Andrew has used it at home more recently). Upgrades to the latest Retrospect Desktop are inexpensive ($59 for a 3-user license) and it would give more control over scheduling backups, and can target a NAS.