My first three rules of computing are backup, backup and backup. You may have heard this before?
I use Carbonite a cloud backup solution that works very well but I really should have a local backup as well.
Drobo looks like a great solution. Drobo is an external hardive based storage device that uses multiple drive in their BeyondRAID configuration. BeyondRAID is Drobos own system that allows you to hot-swap drives of any size. Drobo give you a warning when your drives are nearly full and you just snap out your smallest drive and snap in a larger one.
Drobo can get a starter kit with a “Drobo w/ 2 – 1 Terabyte harddives” for $524. You can add up to 4 drives with a total capacity of up to 16 Terabytes. The Drive are just ordinary SATA drives that you can buy anywhere. You don’t have to buy any from Drobo.
More information and watch demos by Cali Lewis of Geekbrief TV.
