Drobo Launches High Performance Thunderbolt 3 8D Direct Attached Storage Solution

For professionals involved in content creation, or those keen on amassing large quantities of media files simply because they like/need to keep their assets private and locally stored, there is now a new great solution. Drobo has launched the new Drobo 8D, a Thunderbolt 3 Direct Attached Storage (DAS) solution which brings a 10x performance increase, allowing to mix and match hard disks or SSD drives on 8 bays, and featuring Intelligent Volume Management and a new SSD accelerator bay, increasing performance by up to 30% for frequently accessed data.

The DA-6400 records 64 tracks at 48kHz/24-bit or 32 tracks at 96kHz/24-bit. Included on the rear panel are SMPTE timecode, word clock, RS-422, parallel and Gigabit Ethernet connections. Designed for live recording, the new Tascam recorder includes an internal SSD Drive and features MADI and Dante optional audio networking.

It doesn’t matter how many “unlimited storage” cloud services we subscribe too, the truth is, laptops with only 256GB suck big time. The future looks much brighter when we hear about a 6 Terabyte SSD coming to market. OK, it might be sometime until we can afford one, but at least we know its coming, from Fixstars.