Re: Drobo (was: Netgear ReadyNAS Pro?)

[Bob Crothers <bob.crothers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Be careful about Promise SmartStor nas boxes also.  Less than fully reliable
is how I'd describe the one I have at home.
Bob
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've got a Drobo here in my office that I use as a onsite hot swap if my
> primary compute power goes "bill gates".  I sync to it periodically enough
> that I could plug it into any other box in the house, share and I'm on the
> air in minutes...
>
> My config is 1-tb's in all drawers, raid-5...  Problem is with that size
> array you have to split it into 2 virts cuz windoze can't handle the size
> so
> I have droboa and drobob...
>
> The problems I keep having with this 2 month old box is that it will
> powercycle itself randomly, it will drop one of the 2 partitions totally
> and
> randomly, it is INCREDIBLY SLOW - (MUCH SLOWER Than just simple USB-2
> attached external drives using the drobo provided firewire
> connection!!!!!!!)
>
> I would be very selective how I use it in a production environment and most
> definitely not for critical apps...
>
> Usually I just powercycle the drobo with it does a bill gates on me and it
> spins up fine and is re-recognized by windoze fine...
>
> I'll write a review on it and experiences on my webber shortly when I get
> that cranked up for product reviews next month.
>
> But for a CYA, it should work as a short term stop gap for me and my needs
> here...and the space is nice...:)
>
> D.Rima
>
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> Hmmm...
>
> Interesting.  I had heard about the Drobo but have yet to part with my $$$
> to get one.  I had thought that if I was going to get one I should get the
> DroboShare to go with it.  I had heard the "I love my Drobo" comments
> before but this is the first negative press that I've seen.  I'm not too
> concerned about the one-year warranty.  Usually, for something like that
> it's either broken from the start or works right out of the box and runs
> forever.  I would agree that it stinks to have to pay for firmware
> updates.  Maybe it's a new business model?  ...hopefully one that doesn't
> catch on.  Maybe the company may have some cash flow problems and this is
> their way of generating some revenue?
>
>
> Dave Parnin
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> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > You may want to consider comparing it to a Drobo (www.drobostore.com).
>
> FWIW: I just found this:
>
> Data Robotics Charging for Drobo Firmware Updates
>
> http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-02/data-robotics-charging-for-drobo-firmwar
> e-updates/
>
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> "This is the first time in my 25+ years in computing that a hardware
> manufacturer has informed me that it wants to charge me for a firmware
> upgrade. I innocently checked my Drobo for firmware updates yesterday and
> was startled to receive the message above."
>
> (more interesting info on the page)
>
> david
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