I always get a kick out of the standard RAID comments. Just so we are clear, every RAID is proprietary. You can’t just take a drive out of a RAID, pop it in a PC and read the data. Just doesn’t work that way fellas. But don’t take my word for it. Give it a shot with one of your Synology drives and let me know how that goes.
The reason Drobo designed BeyondRAID is there is no way to offer the features we do with standard RAID. Period.
Pop a drive in a Drobo, and the capacity is immediately available. Sure - you can add a drive to Synology and other RAIDs. Just make sure you don’t need the extra capacity for a few days or weeks as it rebuilds.
Pop a drive out of a Drobo and the unit will immediately start protecting data. You don’t need to do a thing. Oh, and it’s smart enough to just move data around vs. rebuild all the blocks. Other RAIDs will only let you know a drive has failed, but it is up to you to tell it what to do. And when it starts rebuilding, it will be days or weeks whether you have 1GB of data or 10TBs.
The reality is that Drobo was designed for people that value their time and just want their tech to work as evidenced by the article.
Jim @ Drobo
