Drobo Elite - Rear View This post is the first in a series covering the DroboElite SMB storage device from Data Robotics Inc. The DroboElite is the most fully featured storage array in the Data Robotics range of devices. Regular readers will know I’ve posted frequently on these … [Read more...]
Review: DroboPro – Part II
December 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is the second in a series of posts looking at the DroboPro from Data Robotics Inc. Previous post(s): Review: DroboPro – Part I Previously I discussed a few frustrations with connecting my new DroboPro to ESXi, the target environment for my new device. I’ve now managed to get the … [Read more...]
Review: DroboPro – Part I
December 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
My new DroboPro arrived this week and so far I’m less than impressed. As you know, I already have had a generation 1 Drobo for some time. It has been a great device, doing exactly what I wanted. After winning a second standard Drobo at Tech Field Day, I paid for the upgrade to the … [Read more...]
Enterprise Computing: Is iSCSI The New Home Protocol?
November 26, 2009 by 3 Comments
I’d like to think I’ve visited a lot of customer sites over the years. Admittedly most of these are “enterprise” class with multi-terabyte if not petabyte quantities of storage. None of those customers have ever bothered deploying iSCSI as their storage protocol. … [Read more...]
GestaltIT Tech Field Day – Day 2: Ocarina, Nirvanix and Data Robotics
November 16, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Day 2 of the Tech Field Day kicked off with a trip to Ocarina Networks. For those who don’t know (a) Ocarina offer a “data reduction” appliance (b) an ocarina is a small oval, china flute. I say data reduction as the Ocarina appliance uses a variety of methods for reducing data … [Read more...]
Personal Computing: Diagnosing Performance Problems
August 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Every now and then my main computer (i.e. the one with all the screens that runs MS Vista) eventually starts to slow down. My usual response is a full re-install, which although sounds drastic isn’t that bad as most of my data is server-based, so the main effort is in getting the … [Read more...]