Re: [Hampshire] Linux drobo alternative

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Linux drobo alternative
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:14:32 +0100 (BST), "Vic" <lug@???> wrote:

>>> Well yes - Drobo *is* a Linux box...


>>


>> Popey told me it ran vxworks..


>


> My brain is failing with age, so it's entirely possible I


misremembered...

>


> A colleague of mine knows the guys behind Drobo. I'm pretty sure he told


> me it started from Debian. But I might have confused two different


> conversations...




AIUI the drobo runs vxworks and the droboshare (the network connection

device) runs Linux.



Tony