Full FeedDrobo 2 revealed, Firewire added
You remember Drobo, right? The “robot” that stores your data, from Data Robotics. Well, its been over a year since its launch, and the makers of Drobo have decided to give their product a little update. Today, the “Drobo 2” has been announced, featuring not one, but two Firewire 800 ports. The device also added a more powerful processor to support the Firewire ports and a quieter case fan. Data Robotics claims that the Firewire ports allow for two times the data transfer speeds, blowing other competitors out of the water. However, the Drobo still lacks any sort of Ethernet/Wi-Fi connectivity.
You can still get the Drobo for the same $500 price tag, and $900 gives you two 1TB drives; $1,300 gives you four 1TB drives. If you don’t care for Firewire, the original Drobo is selling (until stock runs out) for $350 or $750, and $1,075 — empty or bundled with either two 1TB or four 1TB drives, respectively.
Via [CrunchGear]
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It does indeed have two firewire ports, but this is inconsequential and normal for firewire devices as they are daisy-chained. Don’t take this to mean you can connect multiple computers to your Drobo.
on August 10, 2008 at 08:10 PM - LINK