![]() Price as tested: $699 (US) for an empty enclosure without drivesĭrobo is different from just about all other storages systems (which is a fancy word for “RAID”) in the market. You don’t buy a Drobo solely for performance – though its performance isn’t bad instead, you buy it for ease of setup, ease of operation, flexibility in accommodating drives of difference capacities, expandability in allowing you to add drives at any time without sacrificing data or performance, and its reliability for sitting quietly in a corner, keeping all your files backed up and safe. Power, from an external power supply, provides 12V DC current.Īnother excellent design thought is that while the Drobo uses a USB-C port to connect to the computer, it has two additional Thunderbolt 3 ports on the back to allow daisy-chaining additional devices or monitors Drobo specifically mentions supporting additional 4K monitors. The 5D3 connects to a Mac with a cable that is Thunderbolt 3 (Mac-side) on one end and USB-C (Drobo-side) at the other. You can get systems which are faster, but you can’t find a system which is easier to setup or use. The 5D3 is the definition of “hardware appliance.” Now that I have all the pieces in place, let me tell you about this new storage system.ĭrobo designs storage systems which are easy to setup, highly flexible and highly expandable with reasonable performance. Then, it took me a week to get drives for the unit, because the 5D3 ships without drives. They very kindly loaned me a new 5D3 for this review. I’ve reviewed lots of Drobo units over the years, so I was immediately interested. Recently, the Drobo team contacted me about reviewing their latest direct-attached storage for Mac: the 5D3. Cool.)īut, if we don’t consider sheer performance, what can we use Drobo storage for? Surprisingly, quite a lot. (The Drobo comes carefully wrapped in its own protective cover, which turns into a fabric carry-bag with handles. Which, when you think about it, is pretty amazing. And, like Apple, the whole point of their packaging is to make you feel good about technology. The only company that comes close is Apple. No one in storage does better packaging than Drobo. ![]() (Drobo says “Hello!” better than anyone, except possibly a Mac.)ĭrobo is designed to make backups non-threatening and easy. When you open the box from Drobo, you’ve found more than storage – you’ve found a friend. I’ve purchased, or reviewed, storage from close to two dozen companies and Drobo is unique in how they describe, promote, package and deliver their products.Įvery storage vendor sells storage, sometimes technically-challenging-to-set-up storage. You don’t by a Drobo for performance, you buy it for security. But, we also know that most people don’t. We all know that we need to backup our data.
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