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Originally Posted by Wacomgirl
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Not sure you understand the Drobo correctly...
It's not a hard disk, it's more like a small backup computer that you put hard drives in. Like
dogsbody's suggestion of a RAID setup, a Drobo protects your files by shuffling files around between the 2+ hard disks you insert into it. However, a Drobo takes any technicality out of the equation. RAID (varying levels) takes some knowhow to setup, maintain, and restore if things go wrong. The Drobo takes care of everything for you and will even email you if a disk fails :)
The cheapest Drobo will hold 1-4 disks of any size. With 1 disk, it's just an expensive hard drive enclosure, but with 2-3 disks it will protect your data and let you swap out a failed drive with no loss.
Hope that helps.
/Doug