Tagged: Drobo

Don’t use iPartition and Drobo

 

AEBS and Drobo
Image by TimWilson via Flickr

Coriolis Systems – StumbleUpon. Drobo have their own set of issues that make them unrealiable storage in my opinion. I wonder if they ever solved this issue? They didn’t follow up on this post. I will send them an email and ask.

This was the email text I sent to them.
At this URL: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7vS1ZK/www.coriolis-systems.com/

You have a post hosted that talks about the incompatibility of iPartition with Drobo. Is that still an issue and can you update that article? I have bought your software and want to use it to help a friend with a drobo.
I heard back from the company and according to them this is still an issue. I wonder why Drobo doesn't seem to care about fixing this?
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Don’t Get a Drobo (via A Geek With Guns)

AEBS and Drobo
Image by TimWilson via Flickr

There are some very good RAID/DAS/NAS devices to use. I have written about the Synology here, the Pegasus here, Qnap here, Netgear here, Western Digital here, Buffalo here, or a NAS roundup here.

Since I have a massive amount of data on hand I’ve been spending a lot of time looking for an external multi-drive enclosure that either had RAID capabilities or something similar. Due to reading enough positive recommendations that had the Drobo been a person it would be nominated for sainthood I decided to go with one. A bit before Christmast I ordered a standard FireWire 800 four-bay Drobo using a $100.00 discount. I was going to run it for si … Read More

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