heh. Within a few weeks time, answer to that will be no
I seem to have gotten into a pattern here; get paid, buy hard drives, get paid, buy hard drives...
I think the only answer for a failed drobo is getting another one, and putting the drives in, in the same order they were in the last one.
I almost passed on the drobo for the same reasons Riceboy mentioned above, but decided the convenience was worth the risk for me personally, especially since its not my only source of backup. For me, it was either this or get at least 2 more Thermaltake Blaxxs. Not as convenient, but that would have been a lot cheaper though.