Drobo dashboard not finding drobo pro#

The warranty is one year and then you’re on your own which is not exactly confidence building. Terrible Support: Support is lackluster.If the unit fails, you lose everything unless you buy another unit. Vendor Lock-in: You can’t access any of the files without a Drobo due to the custom file system.Missing file range from a few to hundreds and they vary in size so there’s no discernable pattern. I’ve confirmed this actually happens by running a disk catalog before shutting down and then running a report on the compare which shows files are definitely missing. I’ve done this 4 times and have verified it happened 4 times now. Because it’s a custom file system, I have no way of trying to recover anything. Files (entire gigs of them) I haven’t accessed in months are mysteriously gone. I’ve noticed this a few times after I’ve come home from vacation and turned off the unit to save power. IT LOSES DATA: My Drobo mysteriously loses data after it reboots.I’m lucky in that the unit has not failed yet like it has for others but it’s also a horrible choice for backups for a myriad of reasons. I did my research and at the time, it looked like a fantastic deal.Īfter a few years with it, I can readily admit I made a huge mistake in purchasing the product.

If one starts developing issues or gets full, Drobo will warn me, and robotically shift my data to other drives until I can replace that drive.

Another feature I liked was that it also monitors the health of my hard drives. After getting a demo from one of my vendors, I was sold on the ability to have different sized hard drives, hot swapping, and the self repairing file system.

Drobo dashboard not finding drobo pro#

Administration Drobo Hardware Products Reviews Why the Drobopro-FS Pro sucksĪ few years ago, I purchased a DroboPro-FS Pro 8 bay NAS system.