DroboPro – Long Term Testing Follow up
The honest answer from me is that I have one and well I have had multiple issues with it over the past year plus I have had it.
I have the Drobo Pro – Actually won it in an online contest so I am not complaining but here is the list of issues both related and none related to the Drobo itself.
1. Tons of issues with getting iSCSI setup – when it finally worked after about 6 firmware and software / dashboard updates it does work well – but there were definitely growing pains early on with WIN XP especially – it’s much easier to use on WIN7 now.
2. It’s pretty loud – just take it into consideration – I know it has to be loud but if you are putting it in your room vs. an office it is a constant fan drone you will hear.
3. I had massive drive failure issues with Seagate – Not related to Drobo – I purchased 8 Seagate drives for it and basically all of them failed in the first month of operation – Seagate replaced them all but this was pretty scary and I am very lucky I setup the pro in double redundancy or I would have lost data.
4. Speed – Unlike some here the speed over iSCSI is actually good – it’s not like a local drive but it’s good.
5. Virus Scanning – Some virus scanning software will severely affect transfer rates – you can in some exclude the Drobo location – so if you are moving files the scanner will scan them and thus slow your transfer way down..
6. Cool Feature: If you are using Backblaze etc – it will look at this drive on iSCSI as just more local drives and back it all up – that said Backblaze can get a bit overwhelmed with this much data and can cause your system to run slow when it is producing file lists each day. If that happens call Backblaze… I had to re-upload all my data twice so far to backblaze because of issues locally with the config files.
7. Support – Support for Drobo is good – thou in the beginning it was not so good – the people are great but even they did not have answers to the questions I had – after some time we got the issues worked out thou.
Pretty sure I have many other things to add – Watch this post for other issues as I remember them – Sadly one of the issues of having a blog for me is so i can post things so I remember them. To do this thou you need to remember to actually post them in the first place!
No commentsMore on the Manfrotto Modopocket Tripod
Some Application photos – Just a side note I tool these horrible shots with my HTC Incredible – Not exactly incredible at taking pictures as it might want to make you think:
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New Site Intro page…
As we move closer to the full launch of the podcast in the next month or so I decided to spruce up the front landing page a bit.
It was time for a refresh and links to all the work I seem to have accumulated online in different places. If social networking was not so helpful I would love to place all this in one location. Seems that sometimes the internet and the industry is just impossible to keep everything updated.
No commentsManfrotto – Mondo Pocket Mini Tripod
Modo Pocket is the world’s smallest tripod, a result of Manfrotto’s sensitivity and years of experience in the world of photography. Modo Pocket gives a wide variety of solutions for the amateur photographer, providing an answer to the need to have stable, yet very versatile support whatever the situation may be.
http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/pid/16411
** This is the best mini tripod I have used… Great with the Canon G10 **
No commentsA Reminder of where I started….
Bye Bye July 4th – Version 2
That’s all for the fireworks… I think its time to go back to the regular job… change of pace for the site thou..
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