Comments on: For Sale: Storage Robot (Drobo)

By: Techlifter

Techlifter — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:18:27 +0000

I’ll do what I can to add my voice to the din.

Thanks again for your responses.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:00:07 +0000

@Techlifter I don't think my request got to the right ears. While I admit I'm trying to use it beyond normal target, I can't help but think others are running into similar issues. Given that and the fact that every firmware update includes "improved streaming performance" tells me that they haven't nailed everything down yet (or are working around Apple issues).

By: Techlifter

Techlifter — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:30:06 +0000

Mike,

Thanks for the lightning-fast response and quelling my fears about the Drobo’s ability to serve to my home theater.

If you don’t mind my asking, was the engineering department receptive to the offer of help?

I know myself well enough to be aware that, once purchased, I’m likely to want to improve a few things here and there, as well. It’s the nature of the beast.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:47:48 +0000

Techlifter-
It did largely help as did the recent 1.3.0 firmware though not completely. I have learned that if the server is doing any significant iops (like a network machine doing a Time Machine backup while playing back) it does stutter a bit. Personally, I think I’m not asking more than it is capable of and have offered to work with their engineers on isolating and resolving the issues.

If you are only using the Drobo for home theater use there would be no problem.

By: Techlifter

Techlifter — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:01:10 +0000

I’m curious: did the new FireWire version of the drobo allow for more I/O and no more dropped frames?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:41:18 +0000

Everett, sorry I sold it to someone here at work. Thanks for asking, though.

By: Everett Hayward

Everett Hayward — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:38:12 +0000

Still 4 sale?