#Drobo looked like such a cool way to handle storage, and it lasted long enough that I assumed it was solid. But, Chapter 11 reorganization in 2022, transitioning to a "self-service model" in January, and now Chapter 7 liquidation - guess that's all she wrote for the magical storage robot.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/drobo-reportedly-files-ch-7-bankruptcy-signaling-the-end-of-a-simpler-nas/

RIP, #Drobo. Was my first ever multi-disk storage array, way back in the day. #Synology has ended up a lot more flexible in various ways, so I don't exactly /miss/ my very old Drobo, but still sad to see the end of an era.

„As of January 27th, 2023, #Drobo support and products are no longer available.” https://www.drobo.com meh

@jhpot
Thanks for the link and I agree with your review.
I've used iDrive for offsite backup of my personal and work files for several years and found it simple and reliable.
I've never had to do a complete restore but there have been a couple of occasions where I have had to recover a file because the original was corrupted.
We also use Drobo for disk mirroring but have found them unreliable if there is a problem with one of the drives.
#iDrive #Drobo

For those who still use Drobo, still working fine in MacOS Ventura 13.2.1. Note re-auth of kernel extensions with a rebuild and second reboot is required after upgrade (was a little concerned, but all went fine).

#drobo #ventura_13_2_1 #workingok

After switching to a #Synology NAS from #Drobo, by #Plex server has become a lot more stable. Might just be Windows being more stable too, but it started right as I switched

Just checked my #Synology uptime: 427 days. Definitely quite a difference from the days when my #Drobo would crap out every couple of months!

Also brb, I’ve probably got an OS update or two I should be installing… 😅

With #Drobo (the company) going unreliable and the software being rented problematic/incompatible with MACOS Ventura, It’s been time to move to a new RAID solution for my MacBook, maybe even NAS. Step one has been to plough through 16TB of data that spans from “irreplaceable” to “backups of backups of temporary work files for already-finished projects.”

Also tons of, “have I got this photo or video saved elsewheres?”

I need advice on storing 20 TB in 2023.

Not 16 #terabytes — that's far easier. I work with 4K video and I've just completed my 2022 deadline of duplicating my #RAID array (RAID ≠ backup). But I also realise this is the last year I can fit everything in 16 TB.

I tried deleting as much as I could but it's clear I'll need 20-25TB for my next purchase, or I could begin to live with a *second* 16TB array … but whyyyy … whyyyyyy

If this was 2018, the choice would be simple — cram 5 of the biggest 3.5" HDDs (2nd largest WD Red Pro is always the sweet spot) into a #Drobo 5D3. Upsize later with bigger disks.

But if I want to move to 2.5" HDD or #SATA SSD or #NVMe, everything tops out at 8 TB. But I *should* move, right?? When are any of them going to 10 or 12 TB?

If I don't use RAID 5, that means a week downtime while restoring my backup.

No #NAS suggestions please. #DAS only. I don't want another network device with another IP address to protect. I want those sweet, sweet native #filesystem benefits.

Hi #fediverse - I haven't upgraded to #macOS #Ventura yet because of my #Drobo #5D (yes I know, need to change to something else in the future... 😇)

Is there any workaround yet to make it work? Mine is connected to my iMac via Apple's #Thunderbolt 3 to 2 connector.

Tested with my MacBook that already is on Ventura but it looks like it won't work via the Thunderbolt adapter. Could that be a #M1 issue on the MacBook?Or doesn't it work on Intel Macs as well?

Appreciate any advise ☺️

So happy I switched to #Synology after my #Drobo died a month back. Should've done a switch years ago

Replaced the failed disk in the #Drobo and I'm a bit suspicious of it now.

First, it didn't recognize the new drive at all. Just claimed the bay was empty. So I reinserted it a few times (no change), and then rebooted the device.

It came back up and now the bay (with the new drive) is marked green. Which would be good…except that it didn't seem to do any rebuilding at all?

I'd have thought it would need to spend some time re-silvering the new drive, but apparently not. 😒
#storage #hardware

Well, *that's* not supposed to look like that.

Strongly tempted to ditch the old #Drobo completely in favor of something new (like a #synology), but they're not cheap and it feels silly to get rid of working hardware (even if the Drobo is slower than a frozen slug). So I guess I'll replace the failed drive and go from there.
#storage #hardware

@peteorrall my earliest #introduction to #Unix was on my #C64 in the #1980s I was literally clueless at the prompt and bailed. I returned via bookware around 1995 and was hooked. I now have 2 dual boot mxlinux laptops a #rpi and a #drobo (runs some proprietary BSD derivative).

Linux, and unices in general are better by design. I am not a #SystemD fan, but it has its uses.

My #Synology 920+ showed up.

It is not remotely as simple to use as the #drobo. Vastly more powerful though.

This is going to be a bit of an effort to figure out.

Remember #Drobo? Well, they're now filing for #bankruptcy. 🗄️

https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/07/06/storage-firm-drobo-has-filed-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy

After some tweaks, including enabling jumbo frames, I’ve been able to get the Dumpster Drobo’s (an old Drobo b800fs) throughput up to 30MB/s writing and 35MB/s reading, on large files (1GB+). But small file performance is still dog slow.

Even for its age, this thing shouldn’t be *that* bad. There must be a problem somewhere.

But at some point it’s a question of whether it’s worth spending the time to figure it out.
#drobo #hardware

Starting to think that my "dumpster find" Drobo may have been in that dumpster for a reason.

Too bad, as it *looks* pretty dang cool.
#hardware #drobo

Came home from a trip to find my Drobo making a rather annoying grinding/mechanical noise; it seems likely one of the cooling fans bearings has gone bad. Guess I'll need to figure out how to fix that before it drives me completely nuts.

Here's hoping it's an easy-to-find part.

#Drobo #hardware #repair

把 #Drobo FS上的幾個軟體用的 #ncurses 升到6.1重編，結果256色支援出狀況，不論是putty-256color或xterm-256color的terminfo描述檔都不認得了？標準16色的putty或xterm倒還能用，不知道問題出在哪… 🙄