http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/ Engadget Comments for Norazza PocketRAID takes data redundancy on the road http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/
I can just imagine... "Is that a RAID in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"

I can only guess that this is for the uber-geek who wants as much capacity in his pocket as he can get. Otherwise, the entire concept is questionable. Had they given it an LCD and media player functionality (or even just an ethernet interface), that might have been marginally defensible, but this is just silly.]]>Nov 13th 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/"Permanent Raid 1 configuration".

I didn't know you could get 1.8" drives at 320G...]]>Nov 13th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/From their site: "PR320 is 160x2 = 320G."

You get 320G of drives but only 160G of storage.

Still pretty neat :).]]>Nov 13th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/
Most people now have some king of flash based memory to take with them. And at $400-$1000, you can now get a similar size solid state drive that's more reliable/durable and faster.

Anyone who needs that much portable storage with redundancy would also have a copy of any important files stored somewhere else or on-line. Doesn't matter if it's RAID 1, 5, 6, or whatever if it's lost or stolen.]]>Nov 13th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/
There are a number of benefits to having the mirror - say the one drive dies while you're away at a conference. With a single external drive, you'd be lost. The RAID 1 array could get you out of some tight spots, improbable as they may seem.]]>Nov 13th 2007 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/
Anyone away at a conference already has a backup of the data on an external drive. It's on his primary drive in his laptop. If all you travel with is a portable drive AND the data you have on that drive is critical, then you travel with two drives. Doing so eliminates failures of common components such as the bridge electronics, it simplifies the process, and it reduces the likelihood of multiple failures.

This design makes no sense.]]>Nov 13th 2007 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/Nov 13th 2007 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/norazza-pocketraid-takes-data-redundancy-on-the-road/RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD, BIG, SAFE33, and SAFE50. The transfer speeds using RAID 0 on the eSATA port is very fast. Another cool feature on this Pocket RAID unit is "drive locking" which helps you protect your data by allowing you to password lock your directly attached and cascaded drives. If a locked drive is detached from its assigned computer or cascade, the data on the drives is inaccessible until it is reconnected and unlocked by the user supplied password.

Support for RAID 0 (FAST), RAID 1 (SAFE) and JBOD are cool, but I found the BIG, SAFE33 and SAFE50 modes very interesting. BIG concatenates all drives into one large virtual drive, while SAFE33 and SAFE50 create safe RAID 1 partitions and use the remaining capacity for concatenated storage. Depending on how you configure the Pocket RAID, you can create sophisticated storage constructions. With the drive locking feature and added end user flexibility, I think this product has some potential.
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