If you get it figured out, please let us know.įor now, I think I will demote my current mini to being the Drobo's friend to get things on the network, but that limits me to just a FW400 connection to the drobo. On the flip side, if Apple had put 2 ethernet ports on the mini's, things wouldn't be to bad either, just let the drobo and a mini deal with each other. But that's not the case, which is annoying. Like you, I'd like to be able at the least to just plug it into my network and go. But definitely wish they would realize most folks are working with one internet port and don't want a big hassle. I'm sure there are other solutions, just not as easy. Not going to buy one just to get the ability to add a second port.
Or in my case have a powermac that fried itself. Lots of folks don't own Powermacs/Mac Pros. The number of macs out there with the ability to put an expansion card in, is limited to say the least. The documentation talks to much about the wonder of drobo, and heavily runs on the idea of people having 2 network ports on their computer, or adding an expansion card to their computer for it. I've gone through the documentation several times and haven't got my head fully around it. I think they really need to re-work their documentation, since I don't think drobo folks really understand what users want to get out of the thing. I too own a Drobo Pro, but I can't give you a great answer.
DROBO DASHBOARD FOR MAC PRO
I may be wrong but I had thought that the Drobo Pro could be plugged into a network as a regular device but that the difference between the Drobo Pro and a regular NAS was that it could only be connected to from one client maximum via iSCSI. I believe Other World Computing sells one for $29. The other option would be for you to add a Gigabit Ethernet card to your PowerMac G5. It appears the key is using Drobo Dashboard to assign a static IP to your Drobo Pro and then setup the file sharing. "You can also attach one or more DroboPros to an Ethernet Switch connected to a network provided the DroboPros and the host are on the same subnet and unique static IP addresses are assigned through Drobo Dashboard." While I do not have first hand experience with iSCSI "yet", this note from Drobo would indicate you CAN hookup your Drobo Pro to your Airport Extreme for the purpose of having your PowerMac G5 talk directly to the Drobo Pro and then serve as the "host" for sharing your Drobo Pro to your MacBook Pro and any other Macs you connect wired or wirelessly to your network. Will I be alright if I put my files AND Lightroom catalogs on the Drobo Pro for storage and access? Or is it still better to keep a hard copy of the Lightrom catalog on the main system drive. Did I miss something?Īs for the Drobo Pro USE. This is of course not an issue with people who have 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports (such as the new MacPros). Thus limiting my transfer speeds to FW800. I must attach my Drobo Pro via FireWire 800 to the PowerMac G5 to then "share" the Drobo Pro via Airport EX to my MacBook Pro.
Am I the only one that sees a problem with this, and the question as to why Data Robotics didn't also include a Normal Gigabit port to simply "share" the Drobo Pro on a network? iSCSI only works while "Directly attached to a system". If I understand correctly, I CAN NOT connect the Drobo Pros iSCSI (Gigabit) port to the Airport EX to simply 'share' it. Thus, the Gigabit port is used to connect the G5 to the Apple Airport Extreme for Internet and WiFi to my MacBook Pro.
My main workstation is a PowerMac G5, 1-Gb Ethernet port, and 1 FW800. My Drobo Pro arrived today from B&H, with all of it's 4TB goodness.īut I need a little clarification on setup.
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