I thought this device from Drobo was interesting in that it seems to follow the same non-RAID strategy as unRAID. It also has "pooled virtualized storage" which sounds a lot like unRAID's user shares.

I'd pass 700 bucks no drives and can only hold 4 of them....no thanks

It definitely wins the 'cool factor'

 

But...for things such a practicality, storage amount, budget, ect...lime technology wins hands down.

 

unRAID needs a marketing push like Drobo has.

I agree on the price, open-ness, and capacity benefits of unRAID. But lots of people would pay a premium for ease of use, UI, and minimal hassles. My motherboard's NIC died, for example. If this were a Drobo box I'd send it back, and you can bet that V2 of their box would not have chosen the wrong component like I did.

 

For a long time people had to pay extra for Macs, and were happy to do so.