blog.benwong.me » itunes http://blog.benwong.me exploring the infinite abyss Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:04:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Drobo and DroboShare http://blog.benwong.me/2009/10/13/drobo-and-droboshare/ http://blog.benwong.me/2009/10/13/drobo-and-droboshare/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:07:39 +0000 Ben http://blog.benwong.me/?p=61 Last week I finally bit the bullet and bought a Drobo and DroboShare. They’re quite expensive compared to all the other NAS options available. For my $1000+ I got a highly recommended backup storage solution that was quick and relatively painless to set up. In 30 minutes I had my Drobo and DroboShare up and running – firmware updated, HFS+ formatted and all set up as a media server for my PS3 and iTunes.

I’ve got three 1TB and one 640GB hard drive in it now, giving me 2.37TB of protected storage space. If in the future I find myself running low on space, it’s simple to switch those drives for larger ones in the future.

I’m very happy with my Drobo/DroboShare set up. I’d recommend it to anyone needing an easy to set up storage/back up solution and had the money. The ability to stream media to PS3 and iTunes is a bonus.

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