RE: Drobo & DroboShare - In-Depth Review

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

My Drobo has just turned up - nicely packed and a nice looking bit of
kit.
Looking forward to having a play tonight !!

Starting with 2 x 750gig's...



Dean.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Chris Hunter
Sent: 01 May 2008 22:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Drobo & DroboShare - In-Depth Review

Many thanks ... am very tempted to go Drobo ...

BTW, our Time Capsule (to which we'd want to connect the Drobo) is
currently
proving a right pain ... lots of messages & imperfect working with a
mix of
Ethernet & Airport connections ... the iMac won't work Wireless if it
is
connected to the Time Capsule via Ethernet, and if I try to connect the
iMac
to Time Capsule Wirelessly, they lose touch & I have to restart the
Time
Capsule, etc, etc ... the MacWorld review mentioned various problems with
Time Capsule, and said to be sure to have the latest software updates ...
but we're right up to date (well, two days ago), and still no joy ...
plus, linking via Time Capsule to our old G4 desktop running Tiger &
OS8.6 is proving a step too far (have also tried Target Disc mode via
Firewire, but it fails, with the iMac claiming no connection) ...

Chris


On 1 May 2008, at 21:13, Andy Davies wrote:

> In case it's of interested I came across this from someone who's
> actually using it with a Mac -
> http://hivelogic.com/articles/2008/04/regarding-backups
>
> 2008/4/28 Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx>:
>> Interesting review, interesting device ... when I went there a few
>> weeks back, the Data Robotics web-site mentioned the Drobo &
Time
>> Machine being compatible & great together ... so wonder if the
team
>> has a view, or even has had a chance to try them together ??
>>
>>  Chris
>>
>>  On 28 Apr 2008, at 08:12, Mark McCall wrote:
>>
>>> We've spent may hours with Drobo and DroboShare over the last
few
>>> weeks preparing our review. We've finally put down the camera,
>>> finished the text and graphics so today we can published our
>>> findings.  Read on for the in-depth review including video,
photos,
>>> graphs and screen grabs from Windows, Mac and Linux.  Oh, and
our
>>> verdict on Drobo too...
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/64oywd
>>>
>>> M

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