Similar issues with Drobos here. Any advice on keeping them running after support expires??
Thanks. D -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 7:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Synology NAS Recommendations 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
