Question about Drobo and other Raid formats
I'm in the process of changing my back-up. I'm tired of stacking external hard drives, copies to DVD's etc. I know folks who back-up to tape for longevity purposes; however, I have been exploring the new "Raid" offerings on the market. Drobo is one plug and play version with built in proprietary software however, their software is required to retrieve the data/images. Other similar data storage exits at significantly less cost and similar features. I'm interested if anyone has experience with these versions of RAID and have any recommendations. There are several brands other than Drobo but I have found no comments on their performance/reliability. Does anyone use a RAID and if so, what configuration would you recommend for storage?