This afternoon one of my students pointed me to the website of Data Robotics. They are offering the DroboPro which is a really cool, intelligent, but most of all cheap iSCSI server offering 8 disk bays.
Don’t confuse the DroboPro with a sad scene from Dumbo. DroboPro has been certified for use with VMware and is the first business class storage array that manages itself. Engineered to be both simple and scalable.
Grow your storage in line with your data capacity needs with minimal effort. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard disk or replace your smallest disk with a larger one, even when all eight-disk bays are full. Unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID technology found in DroboPro enables you to mix n’ match capacities, disk brands and speeds. This allows for continuous expansion as disk capacities grow. With DroboPro expansion is automatic, instantaneous and access to data is always maintained.
If you’re looking for 8 TB of iSCSI storage for under for under € 2000 ? -> Drobo Pro 8 TB
