Should I get a Drobo? It’s a storage device that handles up to 4 SATA drives and ensures that data is always protected. It uses a combination of RAID methods and constantly optimizes stored data.

My question is whether or not I should buy one. I have an external drive already and really have no immediate need for a Drobo. But I just can’t get this thing out of my head. It’s such a cool device, but is that worth spending the $700 (minus $100 coupon) on it? And then having to buy a few SATA drives.

What should I then do with my current external drive that is Ultra ATA? Sell it? Put it in my windows box as a replacement for the current drive and then make the current drive a slave?

11pm Update: I ordered one, but still let me know what you think.

Update 2: The Drobo now costs $499. You can get a $25 discount using the coupon code EVJASONS