Drobo and WHS2011 – Working in Harmony

Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report asks, Can a Windows Home Server user find happiness with a Drobo?

After Microsoft announced they were dropping Drive Extender from Windows Home Server, Data Robotics, Inc offered a discount to Windows Home Server users to buy a Drobo. Ed Bott took a look at the 2 units offered at a discount, the Dobo FS and the Drobo S.

Although not impressed with the selection of apps available for installation, Ed was surprised with how well the unit works with WHS2011:

…I used a spare PC with a single internal hard disk to serve as the system drive. I used the Drobo S (with four individual hard disks) as a second Home Server drive and pointed all the shared folders and computer backups to that location. The effect was just the same as if Drive Extender had never left the building.

WHS doesn’t see the actual capacity of the drive, it thinks there are 16 terabytes of space available.

You can read Ed’s report here.

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