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Connected Data are the ones behind the award-winning Drobo range of smart storage solutions, and in their latest product announcement, they have turned our attention to the the newest 4-bay Drobo. This third generation Drobo will be easy on your finances, and not only that, it is also three times faster compared to its predecessor, and you will be able to enjoy updated features including the likes of USB 3.0 connectivity, significantly faster rebuild times and enhanced support for Apple’s Time Machine. Not only that, in order to entice existing customers to perform an upgrade, the company has rolled out a customer loyalty discount program of $50 off for all first and second-generation Drobo customers.

Touted to be the “Most Advanced 4-Bay Drobo” ever, this third generation Drobo will cost a relatively affordable $349 each, packing in a totally new architecture that makes it three times faster compared to the previous generation. Not only that, we did mention that it will have faster rebuild times, but just how much faster would that be? We are looking at four times the speed in order to maximize data availability just in case there is a disk drive failure, and there is also the option of throwing in a battery back up that delivers additional protection in the event of a power outage.

Data protection becomes a no-brainer with Drobo, as whenever a drive fails, Drobo will automatically protect your precious data without requiring any form of user intervention. Apart from that, you will be able to purchase the capacity that you need at the moment, with the flexibility to increase space by throwing in extra disk drives, or through the swapping of smaller disks with larger ones some time down the road. Not only that, Drobo even offers protection against one or two simultaneous drive failures with but a single click.

Pre-orders for the third generation Drobo are already being accepted as you read this, and shipments are set to commence later this April.

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Toshiba has introduced the brand new Canvio Home Backup & Share, which is a simple and powerful network attached storage (NAS) hub for those who want to live in a connected home which will be able to bring various islands of content that enables easy access to digital assets. This particular NAS will be available in various capacities of up to 3TB, so that you will be able to access content on a contextual basis, which will flow from device to device, screen to screen and location to location.

The Toshiba Canvio Home has been specially designed to address past complications when it comes to storing files, thanks to the inclusion of easy-to-install and easy-to-use software when it comes to the slew of important functions. The moment it is up and running, users should not have any issue with logging in and locating the files as well as other content that they are looking for, courtesy of a single application that boasts of a clear menu and intuitive interface. It will be different from online backup solutions, since the Canvio Home would stash away all of a user’s digital assets in a familiar, centralized and completely secure place. Hence, fret not about your data being sent to the digital equivalent of Timbuktu.

Between desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones, you will find numerous methods of consuming content across today’s digital playground. With the Toshiba Canvio Home, it will fit right into the digital lifestyle, where it will play nice with majority of the other popular platforms that are on the market, where among them include Windows PCs, Mac computers, the iPhone and iPad, as well as Android powered smartphones and tablets, in addition to DLNA-compatible media streaming devices.

The Toshiba Canvio Home Backup & Share NAS will arrive in 2TB and 3TB capacities, where they will retail for $199.99 and $259.99, respectively.
[ Toshiba introduces new Canvio Home NAS copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

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In this day and age, the total amount of information that we have in our slew of devices can add up to staggering values, so much so that it is virtually impossible to keep track of it all after a while. You would need plenty of discipline as well as enough resources and physical space to start cataloging those 1TB hard drives by the computer. Well, cheap and feature rich storage devices are always in demand, so you might want to check out the Thecus N2310 NAS that has just arrived in the US as part of your potential purchases.

Just what kind of goodies will the Thecus N2310 NAS bring to the table? For starters, it will come with a gigabit Ethernet port, a single USB 2.0 port, and of course, just to keep up with the rest of the times, one USB 3.0 port to go. Needless to say, those would be the kind of features that we would have expected it to arrive right out of the box, including a built-in BitTorrent client and RAID support. One good thing about the Thecus N2310 NAS would be its energy efficiency, where Thecus claims it will sip a mere 5W of power. If you were to translate it to the total amount of electricity that you had to pay for it, it would cost a mere $5.03 annually on average to run it at home. $170 certainly sounds like an absolute bargain for the Thecus N2310 NAS.

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