Reviewed: 4-bay RAID enclosures
Posted today are my review of the Other World Computer Mercury Elite AL-Pro QX2 4-bay RAID enclosure and my review of the Data Robotics Drobo 4-bay RAID-like enclosure.
Photographers should take a close look at the capabilities provided by these units, but the choice of which to get is clear, and it’s about reality once the slick marketing hype is bypassed.
I advise using the QX2 in RAID 5 mode, which allows one drive to fail with no data loss. Use eSATA for vastly superior performance over Firewire 800.
OWC Mercury Elite AL-Pro QX2 4-bay RAID enclosure
Beauty is more than skin deep, and sometimes it’s a thin skin (literally) and not really very beautiful upon closer inspection. The Drobo might be the world’s slowest Firewire 800 enclosure, or at least the slowest one I’ve ever used.
Data Robotics Drobo 4-bay RAID-like enclosure
