Just seeing this post now... I am a former/current Drobo admin/user as well as a Synology admin/user for a few years now. My opinion is pretty plain and simple: Drobos are crap. Synologys are good.
I was initially impressed with Drobos until I started to deploy and maintain them in large environments. The bigger/busier the environment, the worse they are. Performance goes exponentially in the toilet to the point of literal unavailability - aka, it kills them. I've had Drobo support replace quite a few of them, only to experience the same problems after prolonged use. I was primarily using them as backup devices. Very large/long backup jobs can kill them. I seriously recommend removing any/all at your first opportunity. Synology is my current go-to for these types of devices. I haven't experienced any issues of note. -- Espi On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Gordon Pegue <[email protected]> wrote: > I currently have a DroboPro unit populated with 8 – Seagate Constellation > ES 2GB drives connected to a server via iSCSI. > > The unit is used to store backup sets and other file/folder content for my > modest Windows network. > > The hardware is robust and very stable but using Drobo Dashboard to do > anything beyond checking device status is painful…. > > > > I’ve lurked here for some time and see repeated recommendations for and > kudos given to Synology NAS units. > > > > Before I can pitch to management my thoughts on replacing the Drobo unit, > I was wondering if anyone on this list was a former Drobo user and now a > Synology user who might comment on the transition. > > > > Inviting any other commentary/recommendations as seen fit. > > > > TIA > > Gordon >
