How does plex & drobo compliment a wd tv hub?

or maybe suplant but for me the wd hub is supreme because u can get out n about with its google trapdoor exit to the web  (courtesy MEDIC post a year ago)

http://www.drobo.co.uk/

http://www.fileparade.com/listing/121391/Plex%20Media%20Server?did=10844&pid=1&ppd=search,33419619740,plex%20media%20server,e,c,0,&gclid=CKDt

oh dear looks the RIP thread says it all especially with say the nova pockit pc…

http://www.novatech.co.uk/pockit?utm_source=eweekly&utm_medium=eweekly&utm_campaign=eweekly-070214

RIP thread link

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-TV-Live-Hub-Discussions/RIP-Live-Hub/td-p/672769

looks like game over wd tv hub (adios & vaya con Dios mi amigo) £800 with win 8 & full biz pack

http://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/novatechpockitnpi04.html#reviews

Oh well use the RPi for £100 or so 7 Linux & its all done

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/raspberry-pi-advanced-kit-n34qg

Denis M has posted on the UK Radio & TV forum thread - all looks complex to me - Im going down the linux python way with the RPi to run the show = never taken the easy lo road  = wonder if www.xbmc.org has any tips??

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1391850342/0#7

uk radio & tv site link 4 u

DIY RAID / NAS & 4 way powered usb hub???

Only thinking and posting early AM…cant afford real DROBO NAS kit but maybe could get some of its features from say connecting 4 * 1 Tb USB HDD eg WD Passports to the 4 way hub (only have switched on when needed for use) maybe they WD Passports have RAID to report early defects before a crash? and then use Plex media server software to report contents - after the install use the WD TV Hub live discovery software to sort out any network aspects
From green views I will not run PC or HDD.s when not in use - anyway constant use will soon run into their ? 100K hours ?? before their MTB Failure hours.

from  http://forums.computeractive.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1428949#post1428949 forum

I will post this early AM post to the WD TV discussion & Radio & Telly UK to try & get more real AV brains (pink hardware) involved = back to kip & perchance not to dream of huge networks going to infinity & beyond…

well here a link to google chrome book & xbmc & saadly in the wrong thread but ? right

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ultimate-guide-xbmc-tools-chromebook/