Anthony Smith, Technical Director—Division-M, has responded to our request for comment on Andrew’s announcement that Tranquil is using DriveBender rather than DriveHarmony.
To recap, Tranquil has announced that they have dropped DriveHarmony from DataCore in favor of DriveBender in their upcoming Leo HS4 and Leo SS4 servers. I asked DriveBender for their comment and this is what they sent me today:
Yes, we are very excited about the Tranquil PC partnership. Although I can’t comment in detail on the DataCore product, I can say that for WHS users the DataCore solution is not seen so much as a DE replacement, but instead as another RAID solution. Our view is that if a user wanted RAID (hardware or software), they would implement this independent of WHS. In the early days we looked at a RAID style implementation, but felt it didn’t fit with the Drive Extender style product we had in mind. Given the level on interest in beta 3 it would appear that others share this same view.
Cheers,
Anthony Smith
Technical Director – Division-M
Thanks, Anthony.
I’ve asked DataCore for their comment as well and will bring that to you as soon as we can.
In the end analysis, I intend to evaluate all three options: DriveBender, DriveHarmony and StableBit DrivePool before I decide. How about you?
This is great news in that a major PC builder has picked a solution out of the three. My biggest concern after functionality/stability was the longevity of either DriveBender or Stablebit since they haven’t been established in the market. I agree that DataCore is a revamped RAID solution which doesn’t appeal to me.
Having a major builder in Tranquil back DriveBender hopefully adds legitmacy that the DriveBender product will see additional financial and technical support as they weave their way through the beta. I’ll be looking forward to your reviews!
Thanks for the comments, Brad. I agree that this is good news for DriveBender. I still will have to test these solutions myself before deciding.