The utility also lets you test the quality of third-party drives (both HDD and SSD). Speedy enough for 4K and 8K video editing, the Rocpro T38 uses a hardware RAID controller and includes a monitoring utility to keep you apprised of the system’s health. Your connectivity options include a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports and a DisplayPort 1.4 connection. It’s built using a vented enclosure with vibration-dampening, non-skid feet.
Included SoftRAID XT software lets you configure RAID levels and monitor drive health with both desktop and email notifications in the event something goes awry. The Thunderbay 4 accepts both HDD and SSD media in its four drive bays and supports RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 1+0 configurations with a maximum capacity of 56TB. Files stored on the drive can be accessed using the free WebAccess service, and the drive’s contents are encrypted to keep unwanted users from poaching your photos.
The TeraStation ships with NovaBACKUP software for archiving files.
It supports multiple RAID levels and capacities up to 16TB. This NAS drive connects to your network via RJ-45 ethernet and features a pair of USB 3.0 ports and four drive bays for HDD and/or SSD memory. Like prior Drobo drives, it employs the company’s Beyond RAID software to divide and allocate storage space and performance across multiple drives. The 8D accepts both hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD) via eight drive bays and can deliver up to 256TB worth of storage capacity. There’s also battery backup to protect data stored in your cache. You can create storage volumes as large as 128TB even if you have a 2TB drive, enabling you to add additional storage to the volume in the future without having to format it.Ī dedicated SSD slot lets you establish a hot cache for quickly accessing data-good for video editing-before moving information to the other drives for longer-term storage. This is the first Drobo drive to incorporate new “Intelligent Volume Management” technology that lets you control how data is handled across different drives.