Scott Kelby, a fairly well-known photographer, isn't a huge fan of Drobo, most likely because they're using proprietary hardware RAID [1]. Synology, on the oth

Scott Kelby, a fairly well-known photographer, isn't a huge fan of Drobo, most likely because they're using proprietary hardware RAID [1]. Synology, on the other hand, uses Linux mdadm. You can stick your RAIDed disks into a normal PC and access your data. [1] http://scottkelby.com/2012/my-life-after-drobo/ http://scottkelby.com/2012/my-life-after-drobo/