We removed two hdds and replaced them with sandisk extreme pro 240gb ssds to test the cache features. As always, we recommend following best practices, which include backing up your data prior to installing the latest firmware. The 5n2 is drobos 7th new product after undergoing an organizational. While we could test the drobo 5d3 over the ss usb 3. Performance with an improved cpu over the previous drobo nas, as well as twice the memory at 2gb of ddr3 ram, the drobo performs. Drobo 5n2 isnt as featurepacked as, say, a pricecomparable unit from synology or qnap, but the ease of use could be of more importance to users seeking robust data storage with minimal fuss. And this is one of the cool things about the drobo. Jan 26, 2010 the test ranges from 10mb on the lowest to a hair over 45mbs on the bursts. Below is a recommendation of drive types by drobo model. Pentium4 cpu or better, directx 9 or higher video, 2gb ram, 300mb of free disk space, display resolution 1280x1024. Computer forensics and loopback test plugs for burn in testing.
Jun 06, 2018 you might be wondering by now why ive been taking you down memory lane on my drobo adventures. Test testing your computer is easy and only takes a few minutes 2. View more drobo solutions learn more about your drobo view more win a drobo enter your email address to join the world of drobo win a drobo. As we are using mechanical hard drives the 4k performance suffers, but it is. While the drobo 5n were using today really meets our needs, the drobo 5n2 according to the marketing messaging explained that its twice as fast. In terms of performance, when hosting four highspeed 2. The lights on the front of the drobo do a little dance and then turn amber. Copying a 780mb file from my pc to the drobo takes 68 seconds.
Pc reliability and load testing software for windows read more. For most systems, we test the software management that comes with the nas. The drobo 5d one of the many systems i have is the perfect workhorse for me. The drobo dashboard is the software platform that gives you complete control of your storage with drobo. Each workload was configured with a two thread, two queue depth load, with each server interacting with the drobo at the same time over the duration of the test. Drobo, droboshare, drobo fs, drobo 5n, dri and all related trademarks are the property of data robotics, inc. Compare results with other users and see which parts you can upgrade together with the expected performance improvements.
Before you can use your drobo mini you have to install the drobo dashboard software and put some drives in. Its almost frightening how well the synthetic tests predict file transfer performance using application traces. All tests were run using western digital red 1 tb wd10efrx x4 snb supplied. If you run a home office, small business, or are just a home user looking to backup your files, the drobo 5n2 is a reliable, fast, redundant, and super. Jul 25, 20 drobo designed the 5d with media creatives such as video and audio editors in mind understanding their need for high capacity, high performance devices.
Mixed drive capacity utilization grow storage to meet your data capacity needs with minimal effort. Drobo offers a couple of other devices in the family such as the mini which has the same features but with support for four 2. We loaded the system with eight seagate enterprise nas hdds for the first round. Compare compare your test results online to spot potential problems 3. The scenario in this video is with the drobo configured with 8 2tb drives with twodrive redundancy with a 2tb lun accessed over iscsi by iometer, utilizing 5gb of space for the test. Providing control through the drobo dashboard software would make control even more simple.
The high random write performance doesnt save the drobo 5n from falling short with random mixed workloads. Aug 27, 2017 the system allows us to deploy four test nodes that execute custom software scripts using industry standard test software to measure our base performance metrics. Additionally a manual update of the drobo firmware can be performed. Drobo downloads for legacy products to ensure optimal performance and to take advantage of the latest features, set your drobo device to automatically check for software updates. To enable network interface bonding, first click on drobo settings then network, on the navigation menu. Its roughly 45 times faster than my wd external usb 3. Novabench is a free benchmark that tests your computers performance. Drobo transfer rates benchmarks anyone accessories.
The drobo 5cs performance, from a budget conscious. We used the drobo setup application to build our iscsi storage, just as you would during a typical deployment. Jul 23, 2012 the drobo interface extends to both the forwardfacing hardware features, as well as the easy to use drobo dashboard. Drobos idea is that users can increase capacity or performance by mixing. As always, we recommend following best practices, which include backing up. Next, check the box next to network interface bonding and click ok. Userbenchmark will test your pc and compare the results to. Jul 05, 2011 its hard to fault the drobo b800i, which combines good looks, performance and functionality with ease of use. Drobo can send you alerts in any way you would like to receive alerts of emergencies or concerns of your drobo. Simple, scalable, reliable drobo products are engineered to be the heart of your data storage solution needs. This site is not affiliated, endorsed or supported by dri in any way. To ensure optimal performance and to take advantage of the latest features, set your drobo device to automatically check for software updates. I reran the test at a later time and had a better result.
Jan 30, 2010 this test gathered during each of the four tests shows the total throughput each device was able to push over the 15 second test window. I wanted to provide an idea of base performance that one would expect from a setup with one of the slowest possible usbc laptops. Test the speed of your 3d video card by selecting from options such as fogging, lighting, alpha blending, wire frame, texturing, resolution, color depth, object rotation and object displacement. Our methodology involved executing 12 passes using the 5gb stress test file setting and taking the average of these values. My pc and the drobo are both wired into a gigabit router. Drobo products drobo solves the three major storage challenges in one device data protection, capacity adjustment, and ease of use. We also tested the drobo 5n2 under two separate conditions. Drives have varying cost, performance and reliability characteristics. Nov 15, 2019 the latest offering from drobo is the 5c, and we have it in the lab. My current one holds up to 16tb, but this is configurable based upon one kind of drives you put inside. Oct 23, 2016 we test and highlight the performance of smb encrypted folders and iscsi volumes on applicable models, but not all systems support the features. Beyond that, i look at performance, apps, user interface, and so much more.
Drobo designed the 5n to bridge the gap between performance and affordability while keeping a small footprint that is ideal for desk placement. Drobo 5d sdr yes msata single disk redundancy with msata. Normally you would next download and install the drobo dashboard software, but i already had it installed. Now you plug it into your network and power and turn it on.
I ran a test with around 80% full drobo s and replaced one of the drives. We chose two products to test against drobos b810n. I did a similar test on the readynas pro and it fully rebuilt the array in about 22 hours. My experience with them have been sub par for the most part either poor performance or outright failures. This too hasnt changed much over the years although it. The use of information and software provided on this website may be used at your own risk. Drobo 5n2 nas im test flexibel, einfach, schnell tweakpc. Uber diese software kommuniziert man mit dem per thunderbolt. This is a shame as thunderbolt is starting to find its way onto a number of. The test ranges from 10mb on the lowest to a hair over 45mbs on the bursts.
One day i happened to speed test the device and noticed that whilst my write. Drobo 5n2 im test schneller dank neuer cpu hardwareluxx. With drobodr, users can set up a pair of 5n2s to make an offsite copy of data. The tests in this section will carry over to the application workloads on the next page, which measure performance when we have software running from the nas. If you have connected both ethernet ports to the same network, network interface bonding should be enabled to maximize performance. Complete solution for creative power users, includes msata card, 3. Drobo designed the 5d with media creatives such as video and audio editors in mind understanding their need for high capacity, high performance devices. What this means is with drobo products you have no need to micro manage your storage device, you can mix and match hard drives including drive capacities by simply inserting your hard drives of choice and the drobo 5c takes care of the rest. Utilizing cuttingedge thunderbolt 2 and 3 and usb type, c technology, they provide blazingfast access to your media.
The data has been virtually inaccessible during this time, with extremely slow performance. In reply to spaschedag may 3, 2010 i really like everything i read about the drobo, but the drobo s on esata as you have seems to be the only configuration that has competitive performance other than the drobo. View more drobo solutions learn more about your drobo view more win a drobo enter your email address to join the world of drobo win a drobo enter your email address to. Dec 08, 2016 performance and testing crystaldiskmark the readwrite speeds of the drobo 5c isnt too bad. Although the sample 5n2 drobo provided had an msata ssd installed, thats not the stock configuration. To ensure data is safe, the 5n2 also comes with the drobodr disaster recovery software solution developed by drobo. With an average read throughput of 1mbsec, my internal drives are much faster than both the drobopro and readynas pro storage units. But while the new drobo is faster, its test results were less. To start off the synthetic benchmarks, we used a straightline performance test that measures largeblock sequential transfers using iometer. Since drobo is a block level system, it easily adapts to almost any environment. By looking at the front of the b1200i, its easy to tell what percentage of available capacity is left or even what the status of each drive is goodbad. Drobo performance is a problem, depending on your perspective as many of you have noted, its not going to win any speed tests, so its just a matter of what you consider to be acceptable. Drobo 5n2 software and hardware test raid recovery whilst. Drobo s beyondraid technology is designed to work with any drive depending on what is most important to you.
Aug 14, 2008 im also curious about the performance of the new drobo with firewire 800. Test drive next drobo 5n is a network attached storage option to allow multiple users to access data or people who are mobile with their laptop but still need to access their data. What i learned doing speed tests of the drobo 5n2 vs. Adding them into a drobo is a great way to repurpose those drives. The last test was done by connecting the drobo 5d3 thunderbolt 3 interface to an apple macbook. Schnelle datensicherung mit dem drobo 5d im test cyberbloc. Id ask people at drobospace, but apparently the idiots that run it now only allow existing drobo owners to read the forum. I was approached by drobo to test out their latest network attached storage device, the drobo 5n2.
Directattached storage performance drobo 5d with beyondraid. All tests start and stop at the same time to keep the drobo b1200i under load for the duration of the benchmark run. In this particular test, i ran a benchmark against two 2tb 7200 rpm sata hard drives in raid 1 configuration with the same benchmark software and parameters and got the following result. High performance, desktop storage for professionals. I brought it up and giggled with delight that i could now see 3 drobos. The drobo 5cs performance, from a budget conscious perspective. Its not cheap, but for the money its one of the best smallbusiness iscsi. Drobo 5n2 dashboard 7 under apps, we find the list of applications that you can use on your 5n2. I put in 5 seagate 3tb drives, and added a 128gb ssd in the msata slot to enable the hot caching feature. Utilizing cuttingedge thunderbolt 2 and 3 and usb type, c technology, they. We recorded a data transfer rate from mac to drobo of 230 mbytes per second, with a value from drobo to mac rising to just over 400 mbytes per second. Test des drobo 5n2, dem schnelleren nachfolger des 5baynas drobo 5n. You can manage all your drobos from the drobo dashboard, even across a vpn.
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