http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Drobo FS gains native Time Machine support, we go hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
What is so special about Drobo... I mean compared to any other NAS? Does Time Machine need special kinds of NAS to work?]]>May 20th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/The qNap devices are all supporting TimeMachine natively too. They also do video recording from IP cameras, host a larger number of servers and services, and have some additional nice perks, for not much more money. ]]>May 20th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/That's how I have my Qnap 219p set up (sans the video recording). Time machine service plus all of the other typical NAS bells and whistles.]]>May 20th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 21st 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
I purchased a Drobo FS as soon as they were available and a month later it does nothing as described.

The documentation on their site claimed Time Machine compatibility from the start.. it does not work.

The set-up procedure on their web site is 360 from what it is in reality.

And…

It doesn’t work!

You can’t even copy files without getting permission errors and leaves you with a expensive piece of hardware that is unusable.

I have been working with their “Support Group” for over a month ( now called the lack of support group”)

They initially had me believing the issues were with my system. I went to Apple worked for days to get the “issues” resolved…. Then all of a sudden when I went back to Data Robotics… “ Oh yeah we are sorry, we just discovered the issues are on our end and we are working to resolve them with a new firmware update to be deliver on 5/14 or 15.

I get no communication, no satisfaction

Needles to say here it is 5/20 no communication and no update.

I read your review and went nuts!

I have tons of emails and communication to document what I am calming.

Time for some truth in journalism here, don’t you think?]]>May 20th 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://support.datarobotics.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/412/kw/time%20machine%20drobo%20fs/r_id/100004

Probably should have read that before you bought it, if Time Machine was your primary purpose. 10.6.3 dropped before Drobo FS was even announced.

If you join the drobospace forums, there are some workarounds to get Time Machine working in 10.6.2, and as this article states, they've been working on an elegant solution which is what engadget was testing in this article.]]>May 20th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
if something is 360 (as in degrees) from what it claims, then it actually does exactly what it claims. you're thinking of 180.

it's fun to pick apart stupid posts based upon their use of language instead of the merit of their argument.]]>May 20th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/You are correct. I have had the exact same problem with the Drobo FS. I have just spent a month trying to back up 6 Macs running Snow Leopard with Drobo's tech support team. They have had us deleting files on all our machines and today...finally after 30 days...just told me that IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM and will not be fixed until Drobo Dashboard 1.7.2 and a frimware update are released. So all of our work trying to get Drobo to work was for nothing. They have been fully aware of these issues all along but did not tell us, their customers. Our experience with Drobo has been very disappointing. The system does not work as advertised. They had us, "Delete all of the files associated with .fseventsd on the drives we are trying to back up. Then create a directory called .fseventsd on each volume to backup and inside that folder put a single file named no_log (this will disable the creation of the files)". This does not work. Nor did any of the other so called work arounds. Editors Choice in Macworld Magazine!!! Are they kidding. Drobo's press release today, 5/20/10, stated that Drobo FS now works with Apple's Time Machine. I called and asked them for the updates and was told it is not available. I said. "You put out a press release that it is available." They said, "Not yet and we cannot tell you when it will be available." Drobo's tech department set up an Mac Mimi today and tried to back is up to one of their Drobo FS's and it failed…just like our's have been doing for the last month. What a surprise. Their final suggestion was for us to return the Drobo and the drives. That's the first correct thing they have told us to do that will indeed solve Drobo's problems. Get rid of the problem. We are all very disappointed with Drobo to say the least.]]>May 21st 2010 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
True or you can just buy another Drobo and put the same drives in and copy your data off. ]]>May 20th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/that was one of the best parts.
How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains?]]>May 20th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
What do I need to look for in a TV to make sure it can access a drive like this?

I assume I could have a TV hooked up watching a film in one room and be working on a pc in the other.]]>May 20th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
But for serious, this is not a Drobo FS issue in general. You either have a bad device or a bad setup. ]]>May 20th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
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I'll pass, thanks.]]>May 20th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
I don't know if they are shady... I've had my first Drobo for 3+ years now and it's still running. You can extend your warranty every year if you want. Greedy yes, shady no.]]>May 20th 2010 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 21st 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 21st 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
What exactly needs to be reformated? The whole Drobo? Or just the sparsebundle used by TimeMachine? If its just the sparsebundle, why doesn't "hdiutil resize" work? And can the different shares be limited in size?]]>May 20th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
Sensitive and sentimental data should be backed up as many times in as many places as possible.]]>May 20th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
Thoughts?]]>May 20th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/May 20th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
Second, Data Robotics blew it. There is NO upgrade path from Drobo to Drobo FS. It would have been nice if they had a way to pop out my terabyte drives from my Drobo and pop them into the FS. BUT NO!]]>May 20th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/drobo-fs-gets-native-time-machine-support-we-go-hands-on/
As for reliability, I am hoping the issues are now fixed in the 3rd gen devices and if not I'm covered by a 3 year Apple Care which again is better than Drobo.

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