The Drobo Mini comes with both Thunderbolt and USB cables included.
I guess that justifies the price then! Lol
You're not just paying for a HDD enclosure, but also the Drobo 'redundancy' with regards to hot-swapping HDD's that fail.
But considering you can pick up a 6TB Synology NAS for only a little more, adding all the full on NAS features, it's still way overpriced for what it is.
Remember, to fill it with 4 1TB HDDs you are looking at around an additional £400. That makes it a REALLY expensive option.
Its priced in the 4bay NAS category but its not really a NAS, so I'd say its more expensive, given what you're getting. Its an interesting product but drobo's reputation and price make it something that I'll not buy.
My thoughts exactly. It looks pretty good I must admit and I was interested, until I saw the price!
Also, with 4 drives I guess it needs an external power supply, which again reduces its appeal to me somewhat.
It would be interesting to measure the speed of the unit with 4 SSDs installed though. Would be crazy fast!
