Comments on: Drobo 2TB Storage Array Review http://www.digitgeek.com/drobo-2tb-storage-array-review/ Hardware reviews and Tutorials Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:52:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jYp http://www.digitgeek.com/drobo-2tb-storage-array-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 jYp Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:09:14 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1023#comment-1600 The performance numbers are rubbish. Since he doesn't say where they came from there is no reason to believe them. Using an iMac and the FireWire Drobo I get read performance in the range 53-55MB/sec. Write performance is around 34MB/sec. Time measured on an iPhone and dragging folders to/from the Drobo. The folders contain a mix of pdfs/mp3/aiffs/VOBs/dmgs The performance numbers are rubbish. Since he doesn’t say where they came from there is no reason to believe them.

Using an iMac and the FireWire Drobo I get read performance in the range 53-55MB/sec. Write performance is around 34MB/sec. Time measured on an iPhone and dragging folders to/from the Drobo. The folders contain a mix of pdfs/mp3/aiffs/VOBs/dmgs

]]> By: Data Robotics http://www.digitgeek.com/drobo-2tb-storage-array-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Data Robotics Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:46:19 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1023#comment-1598 The performance stats you're citing in your review were from a CNET review that had some issues--at first we thought they had a defective unit--it turns out in reality they were using a third party FireWire driver that had some bugs which unfairly reflected on Drobo. Drobo 2nd Gen performance is more like 52MB/sec and 35MB/sec (note the difference between MB/sec and Mbps. MB/sec is the correct performance metric for direct attached storage.) The performance stats you’re citing in your review were from a CNET review that had some issues–at first we thought they had a defective unit–it turns out in reality they were using a third party FireWire driver that had some bugs which unfairly reflected on Drobo. Drobo 2nd Gen performance is more like 52MB/sec and 35MB/sec (note the difference between MB/sec and Mbps. MB/sec is the correct performance metric for direct attached storage.)

]]> By: Cory O'Brien http://www.digitgeek.com/drobo-2tb-storage-array-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 Cory O'Brien Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:43:15 +0000 http://www.digitgeek.com/?p=1023#comment-1597 All those fancy features, and a price tag to match, and no network support? Seems like an odd choice. If I'm going to drop that kind of cash on something like this, I want to be able to access that data from anywhere. Definitely a good looking product though. All those fancy features, and a price tag to match, and no network support? Seems like an odd choice. If I’m going to drop that kind of cash on something like this, I want to be able to access that data from anywhere. Definitely a good looking product though.

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