When Drobo announced it had declared for bankruptcy earlier this summer, I was slightly concerned, but was hopeful that the company would continue supporting its products, especially with things like updates to macOS and Windows. Recently, Drobo came out with a statement that put doubt on whether its units would
RAID — which stands for “redundant array of independent disks” or “redundant array of inexpensive devices” — is a way to provide storage across multiple drives that act as a single volume (or drive). Depending on which level or type of RAID you choose, data can be duplicated or mirrored,
It’s World Backup Day, the day to make sure there is a copy of all of the digital goodies somewhere besides the drive in your computer. Eventually, your hard drive will get filled up and it’s time to get a bigger drive. Things can get complicated … The bigger hard
As someone who’s had a Drobo for the past several years — first with a four-bay version and more recently a 5D3 — I was intrigued when I was offered the opportunity to receive a Drobo 5C for review. The 5D3 has served me well, with zero problems. It’s fast,
Digital assets, photos, videos and music are valuable and much more vulnerable than film, tape or vinyl. A hard drive failure can wipe out years of memories not to mention music and movies. Remember, all hard drive die. Learn how your data can survive in this free webinar. Join in
This Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, attend a free webinar on how to preserve your digital photos, videos, music and all the rest of your important info. Remember, all hard drives die. Learn how your data can survive. Topics Where assets are currently stored and potential issues
Digital assets, photos, videos and music are valuable and much more vulnerable than film, tape or vinyl. A hard drive failure can wipe out years of memories not to mention music and movies. Remember, all hard drives die. Learn how your data can survive! Preserving digital assets webinar this Thursday
After several years with my trusty Drobo generation 3 RAID, it was starting to give me a few issues. And after trying all the troubleshooting steps and contacting support, I realized it was time for a new machine. Since my last Drobo purchase, much has changed. Drobo has introduced devices
Here are 5 common excuse people make for not buying a RAID Backup and 5 solutions to help you make the right choice.
Arguably, making the move from just a bunch of disks (JBOD) to a RAID like those I use from Drobo, is where to start? That’s simple. Answer this question: How much storage will be needed to house the data on all of those drives? Label each drive with a number
It’s the age old question since we’ve started to shoot digital. How can I make my workflow faster? More efficient? Or more importantly, how can I get more free time and peace of mind? Well, here’s where I hopefully can help out a little. I was lucky enough to get
In my first year of photography, I shot more than 100,000 pictures, which yielded two results: my photography got better quickly, and my computer’s hard drive filled up with picture files. Over the last, I’ve bought several external hard drives to store and even backup my pictures. Eventually, I bought
