This post is the first in a series covering the DroboElite SMB storage device from Data Robotics Inc.
The DroboElite is the most fully featured storage array in the Data Robotics range of devices. Regular readers will know I’ve posted frequently on these devices, from the first
I’ve had my DroboPro for some time now and initially I had mixed results with it. Although I was aware of the single connection to an iSCSI target restriction, I was slightly disappointed with the lack of vmfs support within the Drobo operating system, especially as the product sells itself on understanding the filesystem format. My next [...]
I’ve had my DroboPro for some time now and initially I had mixed results with it. Although I was aware of the single connection to an iSCSI target restriction, I was slightly disappointed with the lack of vmfs support within the Drobo operating system, especially as the product sells itself on understanding the filesystem format. My next [...]
This is a problem that’s been on my mind for some time; can the Drobo Dashboard see more than one device at the same time? Well, it turns out the answer is yes.
At first my thought was that it wasn’t possible for the Drobo Dashboard to manage more than one device. Currently [...]
This is the second in a series of posts looking at the DroboPro from Data Robotics Inc. Previous post(s):
Previously I discussed a few frustrations with connecting my new DroboPro to ESXi, the target environment for my new device. I’ve now managed to get the [...]
My new DroboPro arrived this week and so far I’m less than impressed. As you know, I already have had a generation 1 Drobo for some time. It has been a great device, doing exactly what I wanted. After winning a second standard Drobo at Tech Field Day, I paid for the upgrade to the [...]
I’d like to think I’ve visited a lot of customer sites over the years. Admittedly most of these are “enterprise” class with multi-terabyte if not petabyte quantities of storage. None of those customers have ever bothered deploying iSCSI as their storage protocol. Invariably block storage has been implemented using fibre channel and file using CFS [...]
There’s a new Drobo out!
The Drobo range has been expanded with the release of the DroboPro, an 8-drive big brother to the Drobo “classic”. The new model is being touted as a “business class storage array” and looks very interesting for the basic price tag of $1299 [...]
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