Win a Drobo S with the Home Server Show!
So you have heard us talking about them, now you can win one!
The Drobo S is the world’s most advanced USB 3.0 array. In addition to blazing fast transfer speeds for creative professionals and small businesses, the all-new Drobo S features USB 3.0 technology that delivers the most expandable, future-proof solution available today. Drobo S offers an unbeatable combination of automated protection, instant and perpetual expansion, and high-performance making it ideal for all of your primary and backup storage needs.
In case you didn’t win during the first Drobo Giveaway at the HomeServerShow.com, we’re giving you yet another chance to win one! We’ll also be giving away more during the upcoming months so make sure you’re following Dave(@homeservershow), John (@dieharder) and Jim (@jcollison) on Twitter and Google+ to hear the details. This Drobo S giveaway is open worldwide!
How to Win a FREE Drobo S
- REQUIRED: Simply fill-out and submit the form found HERE.
- Increase your chances of winning with Twitter. Copy-and-paste this into your Twitter feed: Follow @HomeServerShow and @Drobo and win a Drobo S! Details at: http://homeservershow.com #DroboHSSContest
Note: For the second chance you must be following @homeservershow. and @Drobo on Twitter. - Then, post your comments right here and tell us why you need a Drobo! The best ones will get read on the show on September 8th, LIVE!Contest runs from 8/29 to midnight eastern time on 9/4/2011. No purchase necessary and a winner will be picked live on September 8th during the show. You can listen live each week at http://homeservershow.com/live at 8:00pmCT/9:00pmET
Lastly, don’t forget to catch up on all the Drobo coverage here at HomeServerShow. @jcollison has a ton of posts for you here.
Thanks to our friends at Drobo!
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Category: Windows Home Server
Why i need a Drobo ?
Let me tell you… me and my wife have a 5 year old and so far we have 7500 photos of her, we need a safe place to keep them.
Thank you, Greg Welch aka Welchwerks
I have a great home PC and media backup/storage solution with Windows Home Server 2011 and 8+TB of RAID5 goodness, but that has just led to even more need for a large secondary, movable, but near-line backup. The Drobo S is perfect – especially now that my new WHS2011 box has USB3!
i already have a NAS server but it holds only 2 harddrives and i can't have any more stuff on it.. So it would be nice to have a drobo as my main nas and the one i have now can be used as back up for my pc or drobo
My recorded TV collection is getting out of hand! I have 4 different shares on WHS 2011 for archived TV shows (thanks to no drive extender) a Drobo sounds like a great way to consolidate all of that into one volume.
Have filled out & submitted the contest form.
Followed & tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/88k8y/status/10818967818379…
I've had too many hard drive failures recently and looking for a better solution. Drobo is just perfect for my data security and storage needs. I like the features of Drobo especially the ability to expand the storage whenever I need it without having to reload the data. Other features I like are the option to change storage strategies on the fly using the drobo dashboard utility and the seal healing feature that maintains data integrity. I would highly recommend everyone to get a Drobo for peace of mind! Thanks.
I need it because WHS2011 is a major fail at this point. I would like to upgrade but there are too many bugs/issues. So I would like the Drobo to work in tandem with my WHS v1 and to eventually replace it all together. I believe Jim has converted me to a Drobo fanboy; well, Jim and the fact that MS released such a horrible product.
I need it because I currently have an HP Mediasmart Server and with more and more Macs in my home, WHS just doesn't work that well with them. I want to use the Drobo to replace my MSS.
I need it to give be a better onsite backup, currently I am backing up onsite to LTO4 and via a vpn to a SAN at work, this would let me back everything up once then dup to the SAN at work once a week.
I am in need of a Drobo to provide the beyond raid large storage that I need for my WHS 2011. As all of us dads know we have lots of pictures of our kids and need to provide a safe and secure means of storing them and making them available to share in a large quantity. With our third child on the way I am sure to need the storage space to overcome the 2TB limit. I look forward to writing a review once I receive the Drobo
The old PC that I used to use to backup my WHS v1 shares and BDBB backups finally gave up the ghost recently. I now have a space in my server room (well, “wardrobe” really) that would be just right for a Drobo! It would mean that I can start backing up my WHS again and therefore be able to sleep soundly at night.
I would like to use the Drobo as a way to store local file backups of the WHS 2011
I would like to get a Drobo because of my family's increased digital content storage requirements. My parents figured out how to scan old photos and recently got a DSLR . I would give it to them because one 500Gb backup drive isn't enough or as safe as they think it is.
I'd love to have a simple way to backup our massive collection of family photos and home movies.
I need a Drobo S because why shouldn't you give to 'Jerry's Kids'? JerryW, that is. Besides, if I don't get one I am going to end up running out of space for all these darn movies, pictures, and music files.
I'm really interested in using the Drobo to store pictures and videos of my triplets. I have been using WHS v1 since the beginning and have written a couple of extensions for it. I've been toying around with 2011 and would like to attach the Drobo to my 2011 box. I really like the simplicity of the Drobo.
I would love a Drobo because I hate RAID! I love the magnetic cover and the status lights that make it easy to understand storage!
I would love to win a Drobo because they are Super Cool! Well beside that, I would like to have a nice reliable, easy to use back-up in addition to my v1 WHS. Really like the ease of swapping drives out with no hassle. I will be in the market for a DSLR once I get my wife back to work and think this would also be a sweet place to store all those RAW images I plan on taking. Love the podcast. Keep up the great job!
If I had a drobo, i'd use it to back up my whs2011 box.. oh yeah and the "lbl's" (thats little blinky lights) would add to trekkie computer closet .
Would be great to plug a Drobo into my WHS2011 home (and small biz) server. Haven't felt the safest since DE was removed and currently don't like all the 3rd party add-ins. Drobo would make this easy and help me rest comfortably at night with both hom personal docs and my small biz materials.
Just moved to 2011 and am looking for a way to conveniently backup my shares, a drobo would be perfect as I could re-use some of my drives from my V1 box. Just got married, family hopefully on the way soon and recently got into dSLR photography – have some precious memories to look after and hopefully plenty to add!
Why I need a Drobo: A Work of Fiction in Three Acts
By Foy1deR
Act 1: The Setup
Tim knew that he needed to backup. Otherwise, why would he have a Windows Home Server? It certainly wasn't because of all the ladies that he picked up in the bar with the WHS based pickup lines. "You know, I have more storage than my the server at work…" or "You should see how big my Backup Database Backup gets…"
Tim's Windows Home Server, Albert as he had affectionately named it, was dutifully backing up all his critical files every night. It hummed away streaming music and movies to his Xbox360 and media center PC, never asking for more than a steady fuel of electricity to save those bits from a life of malcontent.
Act 2: Come on Irene!
"Hurricanes are for Southerners! Bring on the blizzards!!" Tim shouted to the darkening clouds as the wind blew leaves from the trees. As a New Englander, Tim was used to shoveling snow from his roof in the winter and washing the mud from his car in the spring. A hurricane would be an entirely new experience. It would be an storm to ride out, by the time it reached the northern states it was projected to be a category 1 storm. Nothing he couldn't handle as a hardy mountain man.
As dawn broke the following day, the rain had started to fall. By midday the UPSes were screaming to be free from the powering Albert much longer.
As the deluge continued to fall, Tim started to appear worried about the capabilities of his basement walls to hold back the torrent that was surely gathering beyond the concrete. At any moment water could become pouring in and that might be the end of poor Albert. Tim had decided to place a life jacket around his server, but even the slightest drop of water could ruin all his memories, his unfinished Master's Thesis, his DVD backups, his photos of family and friends. All of it could be gone with the blink of an eye.
Tim didn't sleep much that night, concerned over his worldly possessions, he tossed and turned as the torrent continued to batter his neighborhood. Nightmares of water and lightning filled his mind. Before he knew it, sunlight was peeking through his curtains.
He jumped to his feet and began to survey the damage from his first experience with the forces tropical terror. As he rounded the stairs to the basement, his worst fears were confirmed: Water in the basement, Albert, face down floating at the top.
Act 3: The Kansas City Shuffle
As Tim lamented this loss of his dear server Albert, he vowed that he would rebuild. He would find a way to come up with the funds to bring Albert back from the brink. He convinced himself that Albert was not just a server, it was an idea, and you can't kill an idea with a couple of feet of water.
The next day, Tim went into work with a bit more pep in his step. His head was held high because while he knew that while hardware was expensive, data was priceless. As he logged into his workstation, he looked over at the little black box sitting next to the monitor and thought to himself "Always keep 3 copies…"
Wow, I should have not written this so late. Or written it in Word first. Sorry for all the mistakes.
oh A Drobo with USB 3 and E-Sata … Drooo-eeelll.
A five bay system with the new dahsboard software, and Backup software! – this is geek heaven. I have recently experienced the wrath of hard drive gods and was greeted one morning by the clicking sound of death coming from my home server. Needless to say – this is a scary sound EVEN if you are sure your backups work and have been tested. I was lucky and all my files where backed up to my external USB – but that is only one disk – and its full – I need more safe space!
I could really use the Drobo – this would help ease my mind and allow me to rest easily at night
BTW – love the show – I download the podcast and listen to it on the way to work – better than morning radio any day – especially here in Michigan!
I would like something better than my almost full external hard drive.
Why do I need a drobo?
I want to migrate my current WHSv1 server to WHS-2011 and the drobo would certainly be the easy option for me to back up all my server data, then move it all to the WHS-2011 install. Then it would live a happy & fruitful life as a permanent backup solution to my server which backs up all the PCs in my household. Nirvana!
I could really use the Drobo to back up all my 3.5" floppy disks so I can finnaly throw them all away!!
_No Really, I need a place for all my virtual images to sit until I need them and then it would be great to have the extra storage to keep my Data, music and videos nice and safe!
Why do I want to win a Drobo? Who wouldn't want to win one? I need more storage space!!!!
i would like to win because i want to store all my pictures on it…and i have a lot
It’s time for an upgrade. I have the Drobo 2 attached to the DroboShare (which is no longer supported, so can’t upgrade to the 2.0 dashboard). With the Drobo S, I could pass my Drobo 2 on to my photographer friend. I would use the USB 3.0 connection on the Drobo S to give me a high speed external storage solution for my media PC, which houses all my photos, music, and videos. This media is then streamed throughout the house using media extenders.
Why do I need a Drobo?
1. Backup for my WHS v1.
2. Storage for system images & data as I work on various computers for friends, family, and church
3. Reliability and Redundancy vs my single drive WD harddrive.
4. Cost is outside of my tech budget at the moment.
5. Need to work around the WAF/SAF of having 'another box' in the house
6. The WHS actually belongs to my wife (it was her birthday present) and you just never know…
7. They're cool
8. I've wanted one since I first heard about them.
I'm transitioning from my HP MediaSmart Server 470 to a 4 year old Dell XPS repositioned to run Windows Home Server 2011. From all I've read, Drobo with be the best way to add expandable memory to the new server.
I think i deserve, rather need to win a DROBO, Why ?. Well because I've been a PC user since around 10+ Years, (that's half my life) During which I scanned many photos, clicked them, worked on various graphic files, documents and even ripped all of my music to one library On my Old IDE drives, but then had extremely bad experiences with SATA drives.
I am highly interested in Graphic Design and Photography, but because of my storage issues, I can't store my resources etc. in one fixed library, and often due to lack of space I have to work with temporary space of only around 2GB which is quite less when working with high resolution images and panoramas. I am very afraid of upgrading to a drive as I may choose the wrong one as I've done in the past.
Here's a little summary of my bad Experience.
I was a user of IDE Drives, but had to switch to a SATA motherboard, so I upgraded to a 320GB SATA 7200.11 Drive. I Copied all of my data to that drive like a happy camper, and within the warranty period my drive failed miserably, around 2 years back (Not power failure). The disks literally sounded like they were being scraped. And before i could back up the data, the drive lost its life. I've tried many DIY fixes and asked many Hard drive recovery guys in my country, but they couldn't do it. They said to first get a donor drive(since that drive wasn't common) and have it recovered from abroad (which i can't even afford yet). I sent it back to the dealer, he said to RMA it, and loose my data but instead I told him to keep it and look for a hard drive recovery guy. He said he will look around and give me a call within a week.
I was impatient of someone having my drive, and quite paranoid. I called everyday to check, and prayed everyday without fail for it to get recovered(it was my life). But finally after some days, I called him, he said there's no hope, so come and collect it. I went to collect it, and i checked the serial no. with the receipt, it wasn't matching with a few digits. I was telling him it isn't mine, even though he was persistent that it was a typo. He finally convinced me and i took it home. My Computer wasn't working so i couldn't check it. I was all along in doubt. After a 2 weeks my brother returned from a work trip, and said this wasn't the drive at all. He called the dealer up, the dealer denied that they gave me a wrong drive and said there was no other drive there.This got me really worked up and got me praying harder. We went to their shop to take a look and finally they found it. He returned it. Since the drive i had was rare, and this drive he had mistakenly given me was the same model, i decided to buy it, and keep the hardware as a donor drive. So i took it home and thinking i would use it as a donor drive to recover my drive.
Almost a year passed by, i couldn't find someone to do it, and didn't have enough of funds to do it.
I was running out of place on my old 40GB IDE drives, so my brother told me to use the Extra drive that i purchased. I finally decided to trust a drive after a while and I began to do use it. Once again copied quite allot of data, and was rebuilding my library on that drive, until a few weeks back(Almost A year later),that drive would shut off during use, and then finally gave a similar sound as my previous drive. It finally died off 
In spite of having a fan cooler for those drives, defraging and taking good care of both those drives, they both gave up. 
Seemed like those models of SEAGATE were of a real bad batch. 
Now im really frustrated, a friend told me about DROBO, and said i should have used that, or set up a RAID system. I'm trying to save up to build a cheap DIY RAID system since a drobo is more expensive especially for a student., but isn't going into action since some expense or the other keeps coming up. I wish I gave importance to RAID and was aware of DROBO, but sadly I found out after my tragedy after doing research.
I've done some looking into the DROBO scene, they have definitely made setting up a RAID system so easy that even an elderly person with no education of computers could understand how to maintain a DROBO. It's as easy as seeing if a light is showing the drives need replacing, then you buy a new drive, slide out the old drive, and slide in the new drive. WOW ! , i've done all my researching on the DROBO, and it's quite a magical system, but a bit too pricey for me
I would like to use this chance to upgrade my storage system
Since i got only ~1GB on each of my IDE partition and my work files are stored in many DVD discs and quite difficult to access them when i need them.. (one whole shelf of disks in spindles)
If anyone managed to read my long story, please learn from my mistakes, don't trust Seagate 7200.11 drives, take backups AND set up a RAID system. Or if you can afford it, GO FOR DROBO! IT's simple and completely safe !