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cperciva on Jan 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: AWS Storage Gateway

Sure. But if we're ignoring the case where the appliance doesn't fail it's no better than a drobo.

tiernano on Jan 25, 2012 [–]

the storage for the appliance can be outside the appliance (DAS or SAN storage). the appliance can die, but you just plug in a new appliance and point at the storage, and your back... as for the drobo comment, this should be faster than a drobo... and even ignoring the appliance fail, the off site backup is key.

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