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![]() What’s equally interesting to me is WHO they are. So I’ve described a bit about what Drobo physically is. With the new firmware update for the 5D’s, I can now handle as much as 64TB of data. Before the newest Droboįirmware update, my 2-3 year old Drobo 5D’s would only handle 16TB of data and I needed at last 20TB. That’s not easy when you have a library of almost one million images. One of Mylio’s requirements for its blazing speed is to put all photos being managed by Mylio on one hard drive. The reason I had to go through all of the above, learning about expensive RAID devices, was due to my migration from Apple’s Aperture to Mylio. Drobo let me do it with a minimum of three drives to start, then add the drives as I need more. Not only did I not need them, but I would have also been paying for the drives at today’s prices, which in a year will be much cheaper, all for space that wasn’t necessary. For the one I was considering, that meant I was buying 3-4 hard drives I didn’t yet want. Pegasus required that I buy the box with all the drives installed up front. I actually thought about moving to Pegasus but I had no desire to spend almost $6000 to move away from my Drobos. An example of this is a very well known, high quality RAID device called the Promise Pegasus. ![]() I bought a Synology device, a competitor to Drobo and was so turned off by the prehistoric looking, Windowsesque, Explorer like interface, I sent it back the next day.įor me, Beyond RAID is a must have feature for those of us who don’t want to spend money on hard drive space we might not yet need. It may sound strange to be so thrilled with the design of the Drobo Dashboard, but if you’ve seen the competition, you’ll understand why Drobo takes the lead in simplicity and elegance. That is beautiful beyond belief.Īnd speaking of pure Drobo beauty, no other device comes close to the gorgeous Drobo Dashboard which is the software you get to keep track of your Drobo devices. I can pretty much just select a drive and plug it in. They keep it simple by not requiring I know exactly what speed the drive is, what size it is, what brand, etc. But Drobo Beyond RAID does it different by way of giving me the ability to mix and match virtually any drive I have available. There’s lots of regular RAID devices on the market. Visit Software Updates to download the latest version of Drobo Dashboard and view the release notes.QA Software Engineer, Albert Langarica, hard at work coding the great Drobo software. Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 or later (Intel Only).Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 or later (Intel Only).Mac OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion (Intel Only).Windows 2003 Server R2 SP1 32 and 64 bit.Windows Vista (Service Pack 1) 32 and 64 bit.Windows XP (Service Pack 3) 32 and 64 bit.Windows 7 (Service Pack 1) 32 and 64 bit.And if you need it, create a Diagnostics file to help resolve issues with the Drobo Support team. You can also access documentation, information, and even register your Drobo from inside Drobo Dashboard. When Drobo is running low on space, simply remove the smallest drive and replace it with a larger one.ĭirections and helpful tips are included on each screen so they are available to you in the right place at the time you need them. Since Drobo supports mixed drive types and sizes, it helps to know in which bay a drive is located. You can get detailed status about the Drobo and its drives. IT administrators have the tools to monitor Drobos without any day-to-day effort. Management options such as email notification are easily configured in Drobo Dashboard. General, network, and administrator settings are each displayed in separate screens. ![]() With one click, see exactly how raw disk capacity is being used and how much space is available.Īll of the settings windows are simple and easy to use - as expected with Drobo. ![]() The front panel of a Drobo is the primary user interface and Drobo Dashboard lets you see in the front panel all your Drobos from a remote location.ĭisplay a detailed, but easy-to-read, capacity chart with a pull-down menu to access common Drobo tools for naming the device, updating firmware, and shutting down. When Drobo Dashboard is launched, it shows all Drobos connected to your computer and scans the network for file sharing and iSCSI Drobos. If you're running the most recent version, you'll see that DroboCopy tasks now run in the background and you can configure email alerts to more easily monitor your Drobos. Drobo Dashboard, running on Windows or Mac OS X, is the management application for both Drobo Prosumer and Business products that enables you to get status on and configure all your Drobos in one window.ĭrobo Dashboard automatically discovers the Drobos on your network so that you can click through for capacity, status, and other information. Wouldn't it be nice to see all your Drobos from a single window? That's what Drobo Dashboard does.
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