Doesn’t Deliver on Core Features: One of the features of the Drobo that sold me on it was that it should notify you when a drive is failing. There’s no reason for the app to exist let alone broadcast anything. Even worse, the dashboard app supposedly connects to the Drobo through port 5000 and then broadcasts over a randomized port which requires custom firewall permissions if it doesn’t support app level permissions. Weird Custom Desktop App: The Drobo dashboard is terrible and should have been a web interface like the other NAS options on the market. The dashboard is an app that runs in the background to connect to the shares and manage permissions, which every OS can do natively. 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 MISSING DROBO APPS PRO
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