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9
out of 10
Spectacular

"A well designed/unique storage device"
I own a Drobo and 2 ReadyNAS NVs (what some would cite as a competitor). Both are great storage... (read more)

by davidcw (see profile), June 29, 2007

50 out of 50 users found this opinion helpful
2 comments posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"This product rocks"
Those of you who gave this unit a bad name
no nothing about computers.I will prove
it by... (read more)

by droborocks (see profile), June 30, 2007

25 out of 35 users found this opinion helpful

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Reinventing the wheel"
Considering the value of today's user's data anything that gets people to think about backup,... (read more)

by anarchol (see profile), December 5, 2007

25 out of 43 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

1
out of 10
Abysmal

"Version 1.0"
Our Drobo failed within three days taking all of our data with it. After a frustrating... (read more)

by Garlydog (see profile), August 2, 2007

26 out of 46 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

10
out of 10
Perfect

"Drobo rocks"
I use Drobo as my primary backup target for Acronis TrueImage Home. Additionally, I use it to... (read more)

by bbartle (see profile), June 20, 2007

11 out of 11 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

2
out of 10
Terrible

"Caused major data loss."
After purchasing a drobo and equiping it with 500 gig drives I was quite impressed. Then, when I... (read more)

by rpbest320 (see profile), February 19, 2008

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful

7
out of 10
Very good

"Decent Product"
I own 5 of these for my photography studio. I've had them for about 4 months now. The concept is... (read more)

by happy0506 (see profile), December 20, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"I don't want to become a RAID guru, and Drobo lets me avoid that!"
My Drobo is the best tech gadget purchase I have made all year. I have a handfull of external hard... (read more)

by RQuarters (see profile), December 14, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"awesome back-up solution"
I was a beta tester for this unit and absolutely love it! I would strongly recommend it to anyone... (read more)

by danaldonova (see profile), June 21, 2007

5 out of 5 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

3
out of 10
Poor

"Great idea, SLOW machine"
Drobo is a wonderful idea, however, I just returned mine because it is USB only, and was very slow... (read more)

by Chipbhip (see profile), April 25, 2008

3 out of 3 users found this opinion helpful

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Reviewed by: Felisa Yang

Reviewed: 6/19/07 , Updated: 5/2/08
Release date: 6/5/07
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