Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Bread Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Drobo end days. Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:53:39 -0800 Organization: lined up neatly Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1392872020 2252 127.0.0.1 (20 Feb 2014 04:53:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 04:53:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:56732 On 2014-02-20 01:03:16 +0000, Alan Browne said: > (The Drobo for all its glory is not esp. fast - even with FW-800. Only > a hair faster than the USB 2.0 docks/drives that I have for direct > copying.) "not esp. fast" is an understatement. I love my Drobo. But it's downright slow. Copies to/from a USB*2* connected drive are much faster than the Drobo at FW800. The bottleneck is not the interface. Similarly, I just saw a great deal on a USB3 128GB memory stick. I have a USB2 one and it's a fraction of the speed of using USB2 with a hard drive, so, again, I wonder if they're working hard to speed up parts which really aren't the bottleneck at all. > There's really no "gain" in going with the Drobo or buying a new one > and retaining the single point of failure. Buying 2 is out of the > question. I have much better places for that cash. Drobos don't mean you don't need to back things up. Or, in my case, the Drobo *is* the respository for backups and much faster (singular) drives are the primary working drives. > Until it fails. I've had zero replies on Craigslist (indeed I should > go refresh the advert. It's probably expired). But the local computer > repair shop will happily put it up for sale. I sold my other iMac > there. Hrm. What's a used Drobo go for these days? (not really asking - I'll take a look on eBay to satisfy my own curiosity).