Drobo 5C

£349/$320 (drives extra)

Your long-term storage solution

There can’t be many photographers who haven’t had to boost their computer’s internal storage with

external drives. But regular external drives eventually fill up and sometimes fail.

The Drobo 5C addresses both of these issues, using up to five disk drives in a flexible desktop RAID system. Unlike regular RAID setups, though, it lets you mix and match drive brands and sizes and even ‘hot-swap’ drives while the unit is running. You can swap out faulty drives when a red light shows, or just flip out a small drive to replace it with a larger one.

WINNING features

Flexible storage and data security combined Drives can be mixed sizes and brands