Drobo freezes 10.7 Lion Server

Does anyone have experience running this new Dashboard with Lion Server? Your comments are much appreciated.

Phillip, Diga, if you would take just a few minutes to actually read what's been written here before, you'd know that Dashboard has *nothing* to do with any Firewire issues.

Firewire issues are likely a problem with OS X and/or the Drobo firmware.

Please. READ.

@Dietrich: I've been running a pre-release of the new Dashboard (beta RC3) on Lion for a couple of weeks now without a single problem. I think it's safe to upgrade to the final code.

Cryptochrome - I have READ, but despite your previous statement it doesn't preclude a FW driver change or some other fix when the Dashboard is installed. If you speak for the company, then that's different.

Yes, the Firewire issues are resolved with the new SCSI initiators from ATTO that are included with the Drobo Dashboard 2.0.4. I installed the new release last night and ran tests over Firewire 800 all night with TB transfers. It works as it should now...

Do the iSCSI drivers help a Drobo FS or just Drobo Pro? I'm not clear if Drobo FS uses iSCSI.

To clarify, Cryptochrome has talked about this extensively. The SCSI initiators are installed as part of the Drobo Dashboard. Drobo's solution before this latest release was the cause of everyone's problem with Firewire, iSCSI and SATA as those protocols are based on SCSI protocols. The *new* SCSI initiators that Drobo licensed from ATTO, that are installed along with Drobo Dashboard solve the problems that everyone was having with SATA, iSCSI and Firewire.

I see this update did nothing to fix the problems with the Drobo FS, am I right?

@DrBWJones: I haven't tested Firewire myself with the new builds and I am happy it solves your problems. However, what you say is wrong. Neither Firewire nor SATA are based on iSCSI.

iSCSI is a separate protocol and has nothing to do with Firewire or SATA. It's being used to talk to a networked disk array, using the SCSI protocol. And hence the new iSCSI initiator has nothing to do with Firewire.

@thetoness: We don't know. The DroboFS does not use iSCSI at all and the release notes of Dashboard don't mention any other fixes besides iSCSI related stuff.

What I can tell you though is that people like you should do some reading before asking questions. BEcause if you had visited the Drobo support site to check for the software and release notes, you would have noticed that Dashboard 2.0.4 has not even been released for the FS models.

So stop spamming.

Actually if YOU actually read the release notes int eh 2.0.4 installer you would have read:

"This is a new release version of Drobo Dashboard for Mac only. This version of Drobo Dashboard iscompatible with Drobo Gen 2, Drobo FS, Drobo S, Drobo Pro, DroboElite, DroboPro FS, Drobo B800fsand Drobo B800i models."

No need to be rude to everybody now mate. This thread is nearly 150 items long and not everybody has read them all. Suggest you not be so rude and by YOUR own admission you have not tested FW800 with it.

Anybody with a Drobo2 should also not there is a new firmware update too.

@cryptochrome,

What I said, or intended to say was that the SCSI command protocols/command set are present in Firewire and iSCSI.

Whether Drobo FS users should update to the 2.0.4 dashboard was confusing to me as well.

The release notes say Dashboard 2.0.4 can be used with the Drobo FS, however the software download links list 2.0.3 as the latest for the Drobo FS.

@Custa, I am not being rude, I am just pointing out the obvious. You said it yourself. This thread has 150 replies and not everyone has read them all. So they just expect the others to do the reading for them?

If everyone did that, this thread had 300 replies, most of them repeating the same questions over and over again. The white noise in threads like this could be minimized if people would actually use their brain. Not talking about anyone in particular here, just saying.