Testseek.com have collected 27 expert reviews of the Drobo Storage Robot USB2 DRO4DU10 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Drobo Storage Robot USB2 DRO4DU10.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Uses ordinary internal SATA drives
Can easily upgrade capacity by adding or replacing drives
Automatically recovers from a failed or missing disk
Simple to set up and use
Hot swappable drives
Can handle up to 24T of data (updated)
Hardware and software work together beautifully
"Unlimited storage." No need to muck about with confusing RAID settings. Nice
Clean design. Easy-to-understand LEDs. Works on PCs
Macs
Wireless routers with shared drive support
And expandable NAS drives with USB ports.
Redundant Protected Storage
Easily upgradeable storage up to 2 TB
Cool Appearance
Great design.
Protects your data without your interference
Can take a 3.5-inch SATA drive of any capacity and from any vendor
Hot swappable
Your data is available while Drobo is formatting a new drive (even if one drive fails)
Runs quietly
Dashboard lets you tr...
Infinitely upgradeable capacity
Automatic everything from data repair to drive formatting
Easy to use and manage
Automatically protects data from drive failure
Available storage expands automatically
Comes with anti-theft cable.
The editors didn't like
Connects via USB only
Expensive considering it doesnt come with any drives
Doesnt include bundled backup utility
At an MSRP of $399 plus the cost of drives the most basic Drobo system can appear rather pricey. Then again
What is the price of real
Effective and simple security?
Not fire and water protective — if there were an ioSafe version would be killer
No drives included. You need more than one drive for data protection. Lopsided drive installations. No FAT32 compatibility (yet). No FireWire or eSATA. No included backup software.
Expensive
No built in NAS function
Annoying interface
Slow speeds.
Drobo itself is an USB-only device
And networking capability adds $200 to the bill
We would like to see Drobo bundled with a good backup application.
Not bundled with any backup software
Too bad there isn’t faster interface options like Firewire or eSATA
USB 2.0 only
2TB volume size limit
No power switch
Usable capacity considerably less than installed drive capacity.
Abstract: I’m obsessed with data backups and willing to scarify my sleeping time just to get my crucial data backed up. Even with this kind of mentality, I still worry about data-loss due to backup corruption caused by backup drive failure. Data redundancy has b...
Abstract: As the cost per megabyte of storage has dropped over the past decade, weve seen a corresponding rise in hard drive capacity at any given price point, but the meteoric growth of drive capacity has led to a corresponding problem with reliable backup or ...
Abstract: Conventional RAID solutions can be expensive, difficult to handle and hard to upgrade. Data Robotics offers you an alternative: Drobo, a robot that will fix your storage problems.
Protects your data without your interference; can take a 3.5-inch SATA drive of any capacity and from any vendor; hot swappable; your data is available while Drobo is formatting a new drive (even if one drive fails); runs quietly; dashboard lets you tr...
Drobo itself is an USB-only device, and networking capability adds $200 to the bill; we would like to see Drobo bundled with a good backup application.
Drobo takes the pain and confusion out of data protection and lets you tailor and expand the drive according to your needs. This so-called storage robot works exactly as promised and is the most innovative storage device weve seen in a long time. We w...
"Unlimited storage." No need to muck about with confusing RAID settings. Nice, clean design. Easy-to-understand LEDs. Works on PCs, Macs, wireless routers with shared drive support, and expandable NAS drives with USB ports.
No drives included. You need more than one drive for data protection. Lopsided drive installations. No FAT32 compatibility (yet). No FireWire or eSATA. No included backup software.
Downloaders, video experts, pro and enthusiast photographers, take note. The Drobo is the drive enclosure youre looking for. It may be a bit expensive at the start, but its simplicity and future-proof expansion make it worth it....
Abstract: Data Robotics has taken external storage and made the thought of storing lots of content on one drive a safe, secure and easy proposition with their Drobo Data Storage Robot. If you are a content creator with lots of video footage, music or photo files...
Abstract: John Virata I have all kinds of external storage devices, from USB flash drives, to 12GB pocket drives, to hard disk based external hard drives in eSATA and USB/FireWire configurations. My system drive is a 120GB model with a 500GB Seagate drive as my ...
Infinitely upgradeable capacity, Automatic everything from data repair to drive formatting, Easy to use and manage
Not bundled with any backup software, Too bad there isn’t faster interface options like Firewire or eSATA
After all of the testing I can say that the Drobo Storage Robot is a much better option for those trying to manage lots of data across multiple USB drives. The Drobo unit will cost you more up front but the flexibility, ease of use, data redundancy and...
Devices with built-in smarts have become pervasive, and the Drobo’s storage robot moniker pays tribute to the tricks it performs behind the scenes. However, calling it a robot seems a bit of a stretch. While it won’t rescue your kitten from a...
A very innovative desktop storage solution that's extremely user friendly, but USB performance is mediocre and the NAS option is unsophisticated and expensive. ...
