Hello -
I have a Drobo S with three drives installed. Performance feels sluggish.
Just ran the AJA test and got :
Write 35.2 MB/s
Read : 58.6 MB/s
with a 1.0GB file
Is that normal? Am connected via Firewire 800 on a Mac Mini.
Thanks,
Andrew
That sounds reasonable.
What kind of performance do you need/expect?
Drobo is not a high-speed RAID, its purpose is to prevent data loss in the event of a drive failure, and allow you to easily expand storage by adding/upgrading drives.
Hmmm. Have I been sold a pup?
To quote the website :
"In addition to blazing fast transfer speeds for creative professionals and small businesses, "
Wouldn’t expect high speed raid, but I could I not have expected the same kind of performance as a 5400rpm internal drive?
Thanks,
Andrew
Drobo is rather liberal with their concept of “blazing fast.” Speed has never been a feature of Drobo products.
Sorry, mate. If you were expecting anything close to single-drive speeds, maybe you did “pull a package” or were “sold a pup.”
Oh well - thanks.
Guess I’ll have to look at the Promise version or something similar.
Thanks anyway -
Andrew
yeah - drobo is simple to use, but not as fast as it could be
my synology’s rarely/never drops below 100MB/sec (which is pretty much bumping against the limits of the GbE its connected via)
DS1511+
Thanks - Never heard of Synology. Will look them up.
Andrew
Although we do use our Drobo Pro at the office (and at tradeshows) for video, it’s a very different product and usage compared to a typical RAID-0 or RAID-5 solution.
@ daviesap
you want to look up synology, qnap, thecus (and maybe netgaear’s NAS line) as higher performing alternatives