October 3, 2014

Drobo launches world’s highest capacity portable storage array

Storage arrays are something you’d probably expect to find in a server room but with technology being so portable these days, it would make sense for someone to come up with a storage solution for people on the go. So Connected Data the creator of the Drobo line of start smart storage solutions has unveiled the new Drobo Mini 8TB Bundle, the industry’s first portable protected storage solution.

The new bundle features four hot-swappable 2.5” drive bays that come factory preloaded with four 2TB Samsung Spinpoint M9T drives which are only 9.5mm thick. The system is configured with Connected Data’s BeyondRAID technology that allows the restoration of data in the event that one or two drives fail simultaneously. Read more…at Canoe Tech Blog

VIKINGS SEASON 2 BEHIND THE SCENES (Bonus Feature)

If you are a big fan of VIKINGS, you might be happy to know that on October 14, 2014, season two of the hit HISTORY drama series will be released on DVD across Canada.

Vikings is an international Irish/Canadian co-production created and written by Michael Hirst (The Tudors, Elizabeth). The show focuses on Ragnar (Travis Fimmel), a young warrior and family man who desires to find and conquer new lands across the sea and claim them as his own. Now he is an Earl, allied with King Horrik (Donal Logue). With more power than ever before, his desire to sail west and explore new kingdoms remains unappeasable.

Season two brings crises of faith, of power, of relationships. The action packed and emotionally charged season has brothers rise up against one another; loyalties shift from friend to foe; and has unlikely alliances formed in the name of supremacy.

If you haven’t seen the show, here’s a behind the scenes clip: