Drobo B810n 8-Bay NAS Enclosure USD $1204.56 (~AUD $1,599.05) Shipped [After Import Taxes] @ bhphotovideo.com

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gummibear on 25/01/2017 - 23:23 bhphotovideo.com (117 clicks)
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I was browsing B&H and saw this on sale. Out of curiosity I did a staticice lookup and the cheapest local price was $2339.90

The reviews on B&H suggest this is more of a backup NAS and less suitable for large high speed file transfers.

On sale for another 16hours.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS

• 8 Drive Bays
• Supports HDDs and SSDs
• Marvell Quad-Core CPU
• 2GB RAM
• 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• Integrated BeyondRAID Technology
• Automated Data-Aware Tiering
• Smart Volumes & Thin Provisioning
• Drobo Dashboard Support & Drobo Apps
• Linux Version 3.2

During the checkout $199 is added in tax, you can opt to pay tax yourself on arrival which bring the total down to AUD $1,334.48 If you are willing to take the chance it gets through without scrutiny

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  bargainshooter on 25/01/2017 - 23:50

  Some time ago I looked for a raid solution for both video content backup and remember reading fairly average reviews, saying if the unit plays up you can lose all your data (in raid 5) and that it was incredibly, incredibly slow including setup and rebuild. Maybe these have since improved as it was several years ago.

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  kaddude on 25/01/2017 - 23:57

  +4

  Not having a go at the OP, who has posted a real bargain for this device, after many years of great service from Synology NAS', I think this would be a better and far cheaper option: Synology DS1815+ 8 Bay NAS $1099 [Intel Quad Core, 4 Gig ports, link: https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Network-Storage-(NAS)/5-8-Bays/56873-DS1815plus]

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    gummibear on 26/01/2017 - 00:19

    +3

    No worries,
    Thanks for putting up the suggestion.

    I don't have much interest in this item personally. But you never know who might need one for whatever reason, hence the post

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      dy4me on 26/01/2017 - 00:35

      +2

      synology for the win. Honestly they make great products.

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    AlexF on 26/01/2017 - 02:18

    Or… any old PC with FreeNAS, w/BYO disks.

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  Diji1 on 26/01/2017 - 00:13

  -3

  You can never have enough backup when it comes to porn.

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  fatice on 26/01/2017 - 00:18

  For that price, i will get a QNAP TVS671. Even it has only 6 bays, but it has 4th gen i3 with 4GB DDR3.

  Nice OS and lots of apps like virtualisation station, container station, surveillance station….

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  gadget on 26/01/2017 - 01:03

  Didn't know drobo was still around! Their original claim to fame was being able to create a NAS with mismatched drives, these days that's pretty much a non issue. But $1k+ ?

  Also BH will declare the correct sale price of the item on the package - I think you would be very lucky to get it without being slugged for GST & fees.

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  JoeSoap on 26/01/2017 - 01:04

  +2

  from someone who used a drobo in a corp environment it's not worth the purchase price. Go the QNap or Synology for real NAS Reliability.

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  snuke on 26/01/2017 - 02:27

  $1599 for Marvell Quad-Core CPU and 2GB of RAM, not to mention a Drobo, no deal. As per others, far better value from non deal Synology or QNAPs

  That CPU architecture can lead to real issues and limitations for what packages can be installed; stick to Intel.

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    snuke on 26/01/2017 - 09:32

    And if your head is still broken and you must have this device for some bizarre reason, it's cheaper on Amazon due to their cheaper shipping rates.

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  jztilly on 26/01/2017 - 09:32

  +1

  for those who have spare computer parts around, build up a basic machine and grab xpeonology. i've been using it at home for the past year or so and it's been brilliant.

  and good thing is - if anything dies, just build another one and stick your drives in that. i couldn't justify the cost of a similarly spec'd synology