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Quality
Overall im very satisfied with the drobo 8d
The transfer rates and access to these files is almost instantaneous with the thunderbolt ports allowing me to work on more and... Read More
With the drobo 8d i gain a similar yet easiertomanage level of protection using dual disk redundancy and the ability to hot swap disks i
The various vendors have different feature sets and painpoints das and nas have different performance profiles and what you do ... Read More
Packaging/appearance
After shutting the drobo off the unit would not boot up again
From the packaging setup feature set dashboard and ease of use drobo did everything right on this das
The packaging fades into the background as you open the inner box for the accessories you need likewise interior is black befor... Read More
Competitiveness
I also outfitted it with a 512gb 860 ssd in the ssd slot
I attach it to my macpro using a tb3tb2 adapter
Ive used several qnap and synology devices over the years and even a ciphertex 5bay nas
I have four 10tb drives and four 2tb drives in my new drobo 8d
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 52.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 35 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 6 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Getting the correct nas for what you want to be using it for and the os
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It’s a shame they stopped the drobo mini i sent i picture to them of a similar design to that before they brought it out unfortunately it would only take the slim 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Thats not to say the other brands dont but they are trying to be all things to all people web servers database servers etc as network attached storage whereas the drobo is just a raid storage device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I downloaded the software in advance of the unit being delivered so was off and running in a matter of seconds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did a firmware update first it automatically told me one was available as soon as it could see the unit and in a matter of minutes was formatting the disks id immediately slapped into it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Which is where my sole complaint comes in im a full manual tech guy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Apfs is now mandatory for os volumes you can try and get around this but youll find updates then refuse to install anymore as of 10
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