Edit Tools: Data Robotics

Also includes a USB 2.0 port; FireWire 400 compatible. Price: $499 (empty); $899 (2TB); $1,299 (4TB)

As storage arrays become a more off-the-shelf kind of thing, it makes sense to check that they sport up-to-date connectivity. The second-generation Drobo from Data Robotics offers that: FireWire 800 connectivity and a faster ARM core processor to boot. Users populate the Drobo with 3.5in. SATA drives of their choice. The external or network-attached storage device offers RAID-class protection. With the Drobo's two FireWire 800 ports, users can daisy-chain together two units for added capacity up to 16TB.
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