Data Robotics has announced an update of it's line of Drobo storage products. The new models are clearly aimed at business and offer solid competition to lower-end SAN soutions. The Drobo B1200i has room for 12 drives, and includes 3 physical iSCSI ports. With VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Exchange and Symantec Backup certification, and uses from VM backup to thin provisioning, this is a flexible storage system. Add iSCSI, remote backup capabilities and Drobo's beloved BeyondRAID system which allows users to mix and match cheap, large drives, and this is a device which could find a lot of uses in a lot of offices. Data Robotics has yet to update their site, but CrunchGear has a B1200i fully loaded with 2Tb drives at under $10k - this is going to be tough to beat on a comparable SAN device, and with the increased feature set, it's SAN competition that is clearly in Drobo's sights.
I use the classic Drobo at home and think it's a great device - I'd love to have one of these for the media collection, but it's priced a little beyond the living room!
More details and press release at CrunchGear: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/02/07/drobo-takes-aim-at-small-businesses-with-new-12-bay-version/
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