Comments on: The Dark Side of DROBO http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/ Post Production Technology, Reviews, Experiences & Opinion from the Edit Suite. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Latham Loop http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-3/#comment-310 Latham Loop Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-310 Possibly, one could create a full 16TB Drobo volume, and implement user disk quotas so that the physical size of the Drobo drive could not be exceeded. Then when you added more drives to the Drobo, you could just increase the disk quota. Disclaimer: I am not a disk quota expert. Possibly, one could create a full 16TB Drobo volume, and implement user disk quotas so that the physical size of the Drobo drive could not be exceeded. Then when you added more drives to the Drobo, you could just increase the disk quota. Disclaimer: I am not a disk quota expert.

]]> By: Wesley Wilson http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-2/#comment-273 Wesley Wilson Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:43:22 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-273 This is a great read. I just plugged in my first drobo ever and before moving anything onto it I took one look and said "WTF, why does it show more capacity than it has?" I wanted to know what would happen if I went over, and this article answered that in complete detail. Drobo should probably just say on the cover of the manual in big red letters "DON'T EXCEED YOUR CAPACITY CALCULATOR CAPACITY." Everything else is self explanatory.<br><br>Thanks! This is a great read. I just plugged in my first drobo ever and before moving anything onto it I took one look and said “WTF, why does it show more capacity than it has?” I wanted to know what would happen if I went over, and this article answered that in complete detail. Drobo should probably just say on the cover of the manual in big red letters “DON'T EXCEED YOUR CAPACITY CALCULATOR CAPACITY.” Everything else is self explanatory.

Thanks!

]]> By: Johan Grobler http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-2/#comment-241 Johan Grobler Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:35:44 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-241 Excellent article - as this just happened to my Drobo. I wonder if Drobo will update the drivers/software somewhere to avoid this. Excellent article – as this just happened to my Drobo. I wonder if Drobo will update the drivers/software somewhere to avoid this.

]]> By: axello http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-2/#comment-186 axello Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:28:13 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-186 Thanks Tom for your great explanation. We too have a Drobo and used it 'out of the box'. Then, when we wanted to enlarge the drive, it was impossible because we didn't create a larger virtual drive first. This is not very well explained in the setup procedure, IMHO. So then you need to backup and restore 3 TB of data, which is, well, quite annoying. Thanks Tom for your great explanation. We too have a Drobo and used it 'out of the box'. Then, when we wanted to enlarge the drive, it was impossible because we didn't create a larger virtual drive first. This is not very well explained in the setup procedure, IMHO. So then you need to backup and restore 3 TB of data, which is, well, quite annoying.

]]> By: Fresh From Twitter today | Remote backup http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-2/#comment-162 Fresh From Twitter today | Remote backup Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:12:47 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-162 [...] first person to have my #drobofail and they know about the problem. luckily it is only my backup. http://is.gd/516uP@dtseiler would be very grateful if you could share the files and & db backup script, many [...] [...] first person to have my #drobofail and they know about the problem. luckily it is only my backup. http://is.gd/516uP@dtseiler would be very grateful if you could share the files and & db backup script, many [...]

]]> By: » Drobo: Sweet Storage, One Big Flaw MaisonBisson.com http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-2/#comment-148 » Drobo: Sweet Storage, One Big Flaw MaisonBisson.com Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-148 [...] manages them to ensure the reliability of your data and easy expandability of the storage. However, Thomas Tomchak just pointed out one major flaw: if you overflow your Drobo with data, the entire device may give up and you’ll lose [...] [...] manages them to ensure the reliability of your data and easy expandability of the storage. However, Thomas Tomchak just pointed out one major flaw: if you overflow your Drobo with data, the entire device may give up and you’ll lose [...]

]]> By: » Drobo – a one timer http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-131 » Drobo – a one timer Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:29:30 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-131 [...] another really big problem in my eyes can be read at www.suitetake.com [...] [...] another really big problem in my eyes can be read at http://www.suitetake.com [...]

]]> By: Thomas Tomchak http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Thomas Tomchak Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:57:14 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-113 Brad, I'll have to look into that. You raise a very good point and no I was not aware of that tech note from Drobo. I'm going to contact them directly and have them comment on my suggested resizing and see if I can find out more information. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll be sure to post an update to the post as soon as I have the information. Brad, I’ll have to look into that. You raise a very good point and no I was not aware of that tech note from Drobo. I’m going to contact them directly and have them comment on my suggested resizing and see if I can find out more information.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I’ll be sure to post an update to the post as soon as I have the information.

]]> By: Bradley Davidson http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Bradley Davidson Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:33:58 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-111 Tom, any comment on the one know Mac issue listed in the Drobo firmware release notes?<br><br>Macintosh Specific<br>Symptom: Non-destructive repartitioning is not supported.<br>Condition: In Mac OS 10.5 and later, Disk Utility allows you to repartition a volume without losing the data on it. Drobo volumes do not support this functionality and should not be repartitioned once data has been placed on them.<br>Workaround: Copy your data onto another drive and use Drobo Dashboard to reformat your Drobo’s volume to a smaller size. Tom, any comment on the one know Mac issue listed in the Drobo firmware release notes?

Macintosh Specific
Symptom: Non-destructive repartitioning is not supported.
Condition: In Mac OS 10.5 and later, Disk Utility allows you to repartition a volume without losing the data on it. Drobo volumes do not support this functionality and should not be repartitioned once data has been placed on them.
Workaround: Copy your data onto another drive and use Drobo Dashboard to reformat your Drobo’s volume to a smaller size.

]]> By: Engraver http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Engraver Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:07:23 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-101 I can't think of any technical reason DROBO couldn't prevent this from happening. Since they are simulating the drive area that isn't installed, why could they just simulate that the uninstalled part is already full of simulated read-only data. Then the OS would report the actual amount of free space. When an additional drive is installed then some of the simulated data would disappear. I can't think of any technical reason DROBO couldn't prevent this from happening. Since they are simulating the drive area that isn't installed, why could they just simulate that the uninstalled part is already full of simulated read-only data. Then the OS would report the actual amount of free space. When an additional drive is installed then some of the simulated data would disappear.

]]> By: om_nick http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-100 om_nick Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:47:30 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-100 Very informative blog piece that will help out many Drobo owners.<br><br>Like Robin says (<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=454" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=454</a>).. so nice/cheap you should buy two and as the old saying goes (especially in tapeless workflows) If you don't have two copies. you don't have it.. Very informative blog piece that will help out many Drobo owners.

Like Robin says (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=454).. so nice/cheap you should buy two and as the old saying goes (especially in tapeless workflows) If you don't have two copies. you don't have it..

]]> By: Mark Robinson http://www.suitetake.com/2009/08/21/the-dark-side-of-drobo/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Mark Robinson Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:34:59 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=2589#comment-98 Great post - we are thinking of getting a couple of the Driobo systems. It's good to know of tese kind of foibles. Great post – we are thinking of getting a couple of the Driobo systems. It's good to know of tese kind of foibles.

]]>