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marine1

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Hey guys looking for a device that plugs into usb of a machine or media player that can take 4 or more drives and use this as an external drive basically.
I heard about the drobos unit I think its called that - where can I get one at a good price?
Thanks
 
Yes, looks basically like the same thing.

Just be aware that File Transfer to NAS is typically around 5 MBps, Normal network transfer between computers is 10 MBps (unless you can get your gigabit lan to work), and USB transfer speed is 20 MBps.

So if speed is an issue to you, external USB hard drives will always be better.
 

I have the single slot version of that and I love it. It seems pretty stable and I love that I can just swap out drives at the press of a button.

I actually use it for all my downloads. It runs almost 24/7, no problems with speed or system stability.

Works with notebook and desktop SATA drives. Not sure if it will work with the newer SATA 3 drives though, haven't tried that yet.
 
I have the single slot version of that and I love it. It seems pretty stable and I love that I can just swap out drives at the press of a button.

I actually use it for all my downloads. It runs almost 24/7, no problems with speed or system stability.

Works with notebook and desktop SATA drives. Not sure if it will work with the newer SATA 3 drives though, haven't tried that yet.

I almost bought it , but then read some bad reviews about it...now i can't decide....
 
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Those prices are awesome, but i am guessing they are dealer prices how does the avg Joe get the hook up?
 
Those prices are awesome, but i am guessing they are dealer prices how does the avg Joe get the hook up?

as far as I know those are direct to the public prices.. but they are Ex VAT. You can contact them for the deals. I am not a dealer, but they do happily send me their special by e-mail.
 
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