Drobo goes FireWire 800
July 9th 2008
Drobo has announced the immediate availability of second generation of its award-winning Drobo product. Featuring FireWire 800 alongside improved USB 2.0 performance and an upgraded core processor, the new Drobo is the fastest product in its class for managing and storing digital information.
"Years ago Data Robotics set out on a mission: To create a set of technologies that allows storage to be safe, expandable and incredibly simple. Our customers have been asking for a high-performance FireWire connection since we launched Drobo last year, and this new release is the next logical step in providing users with what they need - and have come to expect - in the Drobo product," said Geoff Barrall, CEO and founder.
• Best-in-class performance
• Redundant data protection
• Hot expansion up to 16TB
• Ability to take advantage of mix and match drive capacities
• Two FireWire 800 ports (FireWire 400 compatible)
• One USB 2.0 port
The increased read and write performance now makes the product ideal for use as primary storage for media applications, such as photography and video editing, as well as secondary storage.
The second generation Drobo is priced at $499 and also comes in a 2TB version for $899, and a 4TB version for $1,299.
Editor's note: Lots of folks, the entire crew of Mac Break Weekly, gushed over it and I took them at their word. Still, USB really isn't particularly well-suited, let alone ideal for storage, especially when your base unit of measure is a terabyte.
That said, has Apple's neglected high-speed bus standard finally found its killer application?
