Comments on: Drobo Goes Sideways and Slantways With the Drobo S and Drobo Elite

By: adamnyholt

adamnyholt — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:26:32 +0000

Thanks for the great summary on the new droobs! I'm torn between buying a G-Technology raid (focusing on performance) and the Drobo S (focusing on flexibility/upgradeability). You're post was very informative, but I'm still no closer to making a decision. I do want to add however that Mac users with towers (Macpro, etc.) or laptops with express slots can add eSata connectivity rather easily. It is frustrating that Papa Jobs won't give us eSata standard.

By: Weber

Weber — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:43:36 +0000

I do like the direction Drobo is heading, and it truly is getting better. But they cannot, and I repeat, CANNOT sell themself as enterprise until they put in redundant power supplies. I will not run my VM environment on a storage solution that has any single point of failure.

I really was hoping to see this improvement come after they pushed the Drobo Pro to me as 'Enterprise'. I relayed my conern on the lack of redundant power supplies to their engineer, and he really just blew me off as if it truly isn't a big deal. I figured they would really think about that and in the next release fix this major flaw. Still waiting I guess.

By: Jona

Jona — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:22:06 +0000

As a note for those looking at the VMware Compatibility Guide; it doesn't seem to find the DroboPro (only one on there at this time) by name, but you can select 'Data Robotics Inc.' from the 'Partner Name' pop up, which will show you an entry for the 'DRPR1-A'. This is the DroboPro; as the Elite gets certified it should show up there as well.

Also of note; if implemented with VMware ESX servers, the DroboPro supports up to four (4) servers, with two being the recommended limit. See the Data Robotics' VMware briefs and such, they have a good chunk of detail.

By: Jona

Jona — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:08:58 +0000

By: Jona

Jona — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:22:06 +0000

By: Jona

Jona — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:08:58 +0000

By: hmurchison

hmurchison — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:01:44 +0000

Drobo is most definitely marching on. I agree with the simplicity ideology. I really don't want my storage device downloading torrents or running an iTunes server. I just want it to store my data reliably and produce it quickly. Doesn't the Drobo Elite have new features to prevent data corruption as well? Right now the Drobo S or Elite (depending on need an/or budget) looks like the perfect mass storage for the Mac mini server. I imagine that in a few years we may even see a Light Peak version of the Drobo and I'll be able to store my storage away in a cool and safe place and no one will know I have 12+ Terabytes of data sitting on the other end of a fiber optic cable.