Drobo gen 2 - everything you need to know - unbox and set up.

That Nikon Guy (Matt Granger) introduces and sets up the Drobo second generation 4 bay storage robot. Video and photo examples included in hands on review.

http://www.mattgranger.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Matt-Granger-Photography/231030852549

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[shropshire21]

Matt have you had any problems with your drobo? I am looking for a better storage device for my digital media (currently using a 1TB external drive) and I was not sure how reliable drobo is after reading some reviews from the internet.

[thatnikonguy]

@shropshire21 bit slow, but reliable. I had a drive or two fail inside- lucky I was using it.

[JesperA86]

FAT32 cant use files bigger than 4Gb, thats why you cant move your big file to the drobo, also, this is a HUGE disadvantage when doing backups since alot of backup files is larger than 4Gb, you should have choosen to format in HFS, HFS does not have that limitation.

[JesperA86]

Oh no, FAT32 :(

[AllMyApple]

There's a program called MacDrive for windows that will detect and read/write hsf+ drives. That way you can still use it cross platform and avoid the FAT limitations JesperA86 pointed out.

[bollwerkman]

@thatnikonguy Hi Matt. Thinking of getting a Drobo as well. Can you put a bit slow into numbers? Can you work off that device for Lightoom or Aperture?