Will the Touch be able to manage a directly attached storage device like a drobo?
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2009-09-08, 06:23 #1Junior Member
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Touch and Drobo?
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2009-09-08, 08:01 #2Senior Member
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Does the Drobo attach and install itself as a standard USB mass storage device?
If so then yes it should work with Touch.
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2009-09-08, 08:54 #3Junior Member
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Well, that's the part I'm not sure about.
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2009-09-08, 15:53 #4Senior Member
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Yes, afaik, the Drobo is USB mass storage. It does have a configuration software that you would need to use on a PC first.
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2009-09-09, 14:29 #5Senior Member
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Yes.
Drobo attaches either by USB 2.0 or Firewire 800. So the Touch _should_ mount it just like any other drive.
http://www.drobo.com/products/drobo.php
Question: Is there any limit to the size of volumes that the Touch can mount? (Drobo can present as much as 16TB as a single volume.)
They also sell a Drobo Share module that adds Gigabit Ethernet and the ability to host other services that consumer NAS boxes generally feature (http,ftp,rsync,dlna,etc.)
http://www.drobo.com/products/droboshare.php
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