I have a little exposure in that one of the managers bought one because
it was cheap and his friend told him it was great. He told us to put it into
the enterprise. We played with it for a couple weeks and then sent it back.
This may not be the gospel truth, but after multiple calls to support,
this is what we came up with:
It is not really a NAS device. The DroboPro can only be attached to one
host at a time, even through the Ethernet. There is a NAS attachment that you
can buy to make a Drobo into NAS, but that product is NOT compatible with the
DroboPro, only the non-pro version.
After multiple support calls, we determined that it is really
just locally attached storage (Firewire, USB, Ethernet) that has some very cool
functionality in the way that it does Raid and lets you mix and match drive
types and sizes.
I really want one at home, and a small business might be OK, but in my
opinion it is not for medium to large businesses.
YMMV,
Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jim
Neal
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:53 AM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] DROBOPRO Storage Device
Importance: High
Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience with a NAS product by Data Robotics Inc
called DroboPro? If so, can you tell me if it can be backed up and whether
it supports NDMP? I know I could ask the vendor, but I tend to think that
most vendors will say their products can do anything so I am requesting an
independent assessment. Thanks much!
Jim Neal
Sr. TSM Administrator
IS&T Storage and Backup Group
U.C. Berkeley
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