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Old 23rd June 2008, 17:33   #21 (permalink)
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the resellers contacted me and they sell it for .. Wait for it






2600d!!!!!
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Old 23rd June 2008, 18:15   #22 (permalink)
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i was thinking of buying that drobo thing my self but the price and RAID system didn't fit me, so i decided to do this

buy my self this case

OWC Mercury Elite-AL 800+USB2 Pro RAID Rea... (MEFW924AL2K) at OWC

and insert 2 of these 1 TB maxtor hard drives

Seagate Technology - DiamondMax 22 1-TB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive

how will i partition/RAID them i still don't know but i need to move my data to a single drive or box for now... when i buy them i will figure it out..

each 1 TB hard drive is for 710 AED which is a very good price if you ask me, and the case to hold 2 of them is for about 120 USD which looks like a fine price considering RAID and quad interface options


any comments on this please let me know so i wont regret buying anything later...
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Old 23rd June 2008, 18:32   #23 (permalink)
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Looks interesting, the price is very reasonable.
I dealt with OWC, their enclosures are good.


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i was thinking of buying that drobo thing my self but the price and RAID system didn't fit me, so i decided to do this

buy my self this case

OWC Mercury Elite-AL 800+USB2 Pro RAID Rea... (MEFW924AL2K) at OWC

and insert 2 of these 1 TB maxtor hard drives

Seagate Technology - DiamondMax 22 1-TB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive

how will i partition/RAID them i still don't know but i need to move my data to a single drive or box for now... when i buy them i will figure it out..

each 1 TB hard drive is for 710 AED which is a very good price if you ask me, and the case to hold 2 of them is for about 120 USD which looks like a fine price considering RAID and quad interface options


any comments on this please let me know so i wont regret buying anything later...
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Old 23rd June 2008, 18:48   #24 (permalink)
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Looks interesting, the price is very reasonable.
I dealt with OWC, their enclosures are good.
the maxtor drives scare me to be honest, for 710 a drive it is kinda cheap i dont know if the drives are reliable or not..
and i never dealt with OWC before but the enclosure got very good reviews
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the maxtor drives scare me to be honest, for 710 a drive it is kinda cheap i dont know if the drives are reliable or not..
and i never dealt with OWC before but the enclosure got very good reviews
you can't go wrong with a WD...

Drobo mini... 2.5" drobo .. That's a brilliant idea
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Odd, this is the third time in a week I've come across a discussion regarding the Drobo product.

Are these hot swap drives?

If they are, and this is truely a transparent process for the user, I'm interested.
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Odd, this is the third time in a week I've come across a discussion regarding the Drobo product.

Are these hot swap drives?

If they are, and this is truely a transparent process for the user, I'm interested.
Yes you can pull one out while reading or writing and your files are all intact. It's pretty amazing.
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Old 9th July 2008, 01:42   #28 (permalink)
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drobo 2 with FireWire 800 same price
older one only $350!!
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yup, i just so that yesterday... all i can say is that thank god i did not buy the drobo when i saw it in New York last month, or else i would of been really pissed off.. :P
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yup, i just so that yesterday... all i can say is that thank god i did not buy the drobo when i saw it in New York last month, or else i would of been really pissed off.. :P

God knows how LNG until the one in Dubai reduces it. Time to order it. 10pounds shipping is $100 with aramex new prices grrrrrrrrr
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