What program are you using to cut/edit MKV’s? My ts files are taking up to much storage, and would like to do something about them.
I got to say i’m pretty happy with mine as well.
I have had it for about 6 month now and its been working nonstop 24/7 without a hiccup. I replaced my Netgear Duo since it was extremely slow when accessing it through the internal network. I have pretty good wireless speed (300Mbit) but still took ages to browse folders or even open a folder.
Drobo is much much better even if it does sometimes take a bit long (not nearly as long as netger’s still).
Only downside is the price but if it manages o work say 10 years without breaking then i say its worth it, i guess time will tell. I did buy Drobo FS since its more future safe thanks to 5 bays and pretty generous max disk size.
I got my Drobo FS about two weeks ago. My first positive impressions:
- absolutely beautiful form factor. It sits in my living room and it fits in nicely
- my unit is very silent
- I like the “trustworthy” storage of my data (mostly movie files)
- streaming from the Drobo to my media player (through a wired switch/bridge) works just fine. My BluRay backups play without a hiccup
- works great with my Win7 desktop
My negative impressions:
- transfer speed over wireless 5 GHz n network are ridiculously slow (~ 2-3 Mbps)
- after, assumingly, Windows7 took over the disk/network management the Drobo Dashboard no longer can make a connection with the Drobo (from neither my Win7 desktop nor my MacBook Pro). As such, I can no longer “control” my Drobo
- the Drobo keeps mounting/unmounting in my MacBook Pro. I am not sure if this has to do with the spinning/powering down of the drives or what…
- I have media files backup on my Apple TimeCapsule and on the Drobo. Wireless streaming from the TimeCapsule was and is never an issue. With the Drobo, even wireless streaming of (low-bit) media files (even as low as 700 bit) never goes perfect. There are always stutters.
I haven’t decided yet if I will return the unit or not. This post is my first and I will do some searching on this Forum. Any good samaritans out there, please feel free to help out solving my issues…
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- transfer speed over wireless 5 GHz n network are ridiculously slow (~ 2-3 Mbps)[/quote]
Wireless is slow in general, latency is an issue, as is packet fragmentation.
[quote=“mvnuenen, post:23, topic:1940”]
- after, assumingly, Windows7 took over the disk/network management the Drobo Dashboard no longer can make a connection with the Drobo (from neither my Win7 desktop nor my MacBook Pro). As such, I can no longer “control” my Drobo[/quote]
Check your firewall - it’s probably blocking Drobo Dashboard.
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- I have media files backup on my Apple TimeCapsule and on the Drobo. Wireless streaming from the TimeCapsule was and is never an issue. With the Drobo, even wireless streaming of (low-bit) media files (even as low as 700 bit) never goes perfect. There are always stutters.[/quote]
Sounds like either there’s a jumbo frames issue (FS trying to use them, the wireless network not supporting them) or more than one thing is accessing the Drobo simultaneously.
Possibly there is some network problem as you say you wireless performance is poor.
How does it fare with a wired network connection?
Also, non-Pro/Elite Drobos don’t do so well with simultaneous access.
After power cycling the Drobo, both my MBP and Win7 can again access the drobo with the drobo dashboard.
My wireless n 5 Ghz is not the issue. I notioced I get a little better transfer speed (4-5 MBs) when copying from a faster source hard disk. Still, it goes slow…
The wired part of the network goes great. No issues.
What remains is streaming from the Drobo through the wireless network. I currently use Samba. I have learned that NFS should do better but haven’t figured out yet how I can get that onto my Drobo…
I am confused. Why do you think the wireless speed has something to do with your Drobo.
Using Win7 x64 here, and the dashboard connects every time.
[quote=“mvnuenen, post:25, topic:1940”]My wireless n 5 Ghz is not the issue. I notioced I get a little better transfer speed (4-5 MBs) when copying from a faster source hard disk. Still, it goes slow…
The wired part of the network goes great. No issues.[/quote]
The Drobo doesn’t know or care whether the other end is wired or wireless.
How are your non-Drobo transfer speeds (PC to PC, etc) over the wireless connection?
If they’re slow only with Drobo, then I would say yes, Drobo’s part of the issue. But if they’re slow without Drobo, then there’s something else to blame.
I edit the TS’s with HDTV2MPEG but I leave them as TS files. Then I handbrake them to MKV’s.
From W7 to the drobo is with 3-5 MBs. Nevertheless, although slow, this is not a deal breaker as most of these files are media files that I copy only once.
It is the playing/streaming of these media files that is giving me the issue. Playing them over the wired part of the network: no issue. Playing/Streaming them over the wireless part leads to stuttering. Playing the same files from my TimeCapsule over the same wireless network goes mostly flawless.
UPDATE: Increasing the Extra Network Cashing Value from 2000 to 4000 solved it for me
I’m looking for a W7-W7 or W7-Vista/XP type value, but perhaps you only have one PC?
Caching helps when the connection throughput is not stable - gives you a buffer to “ride out” the rough spots.