Hehe, blast from the past guys: Anyone know how to mount a share on the Drobo FS, aka DRDS2-A, which no longer has support as of 1/27/23 sadly?
I finally found a power supply for cheap on eBay that works last week-but forgot the login to the unit and can't reset the login account b/c I don't have the email, or never registered it...do I even need that btw? So I think there's some data still on these drives that I'd like to get off now-any way to do that now that I've got it powered up and seeming to work? Downloaded the Drobo Dashboard software ver 3.5.0 for Windows from Github-yay for Reddit links! https://github.com/dhomas1/DroboApps/releases The Dashboard shows a Share labeled "Public" and it's available-and all 4 drives are green-but when I click on Mount it spins for a while and then says "Drobo Dashboard could not mount this share". Anyone gotten this error before and know how to fix it-if you can? Or is whatever on here (that admittedly I haven't ever needed for a decade plus) just considered lost at this point with no way to recover it? Just a random idle project at this point, but would love to figure it out if possible! Cheers all-hope you're all well! BINO -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bino Gopal Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2020 2:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? So actually I called Drobo tech support and got a great tech who was on the phone with me for 1.5 hrs and we talked through a bunch of stuff and I realized that the new PS had a connector that you could plug into the end (that didn't fit into the Drobo) that had positive and negative screw terminals...so he suggested cutting off the old tip, stripping the wires and then putting them into those terminals. So I stripped the outside and saw a bunch of thin metal wires wrapped around an inner white sheath-stripped that off and found another bunch of wires inside that. Broke up the multimeter and checked the voltages and found the positive one (the inner bundle of wires inside the white) and plugged that into the positive and then the other bundle into the negative and took out the drives and then plugged the PS in and it started up! Proving it was the PS and that the enclosure was still good. Seemed like it was perfect but then I moved the cable and it powered off so something is not quite solid with the connections though I screwed them in pretty tight...anyway now I know I can just replace the PS, but it looks like they're $50ish...which brings me to another point... Since this is an old Drobo FS (out-of-warranty) from years ago and transfers over the network will be slow, I wonder if I shouldn't maybe get one of those external Thunderbolt drives (or make my own) so that transfers will be faster-since the laptop does have an actual Thunderbolt port and would transfer at the faster rate.... Ran CrystalDiskmark and saw that the main drive 1 x 512GB Samsung 960 Pro M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (spec Read 3500MB/s - Write 2100MB/s), got Read 2100MB/s and Write 1200MB/s... and my secondary drive, a 1 x 1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD (Read 540MB/s - Write 520MB/s (SSD2 - SATA III)) got Read 530MB/s and Write 500MB/s (interesting that the 960 Pro speeds weren't close to the original rated ones while the 850 Evo is still pretty close to them!) So yeah, trying to figure out if it makes sense to get something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GBWZJFG/?coliid=I2HMA92G152D7N or if I wouldn't get the transfer rate needed to take advantage of it and I should just stick with something slower like the T5 or...? Thoughts? Thanks for the help so far Lopaka! Can’t believe it's been, what, 20 years since I saw you that one time at E3 right? :P BINO -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of lopaka polena Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? Do you have the dead PS still? If the wires match you could solder the old tip and heat shrink wrap the patched area. lopaka On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:51 PM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, trying to figure this out now-any ideas how you find out > the connector size for the end that plugs into the unit and is there a > standard or something...? > > At this point I'd just pony up the $$ and buy an OEM from Drobo but > they're all sold out! So I need to find a third-party one but I don't > want to get burned again (even to the tune of $11). Thanks for any help > folks! > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Bino Gopal > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 1:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? > > So the guy on eBay cancelled the order since I told him I'd just > return it-so that was nice. The other guy rejected the offer for the > PS at $9 so I just bought it at full price, BUT > > Turns out the connector on the PS is too small. So even though the > power rating is right (12V 8A, 96w) , the connector is too small for > the back of the Drobo, which now makes me wonder...how do I specify > the connector size for the PS, and can you even do that, and how would > it even be listed/described since I don't see that in any of the > descriptions of the ones I'm looking at-just the power specs like V, A and > W... > > Anyone got any ideas? > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Bino Gopal > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 5:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? > > Yeah I went there and they're all like $40-50. As my friend pointed > out, he told me to test the PS with my voltmeter and putting the red > inside and the black on the outside and when I did I was getting zero > voltage from the end that plugs into the Drobo! > > I then took the cord from the outlet and checked the two prongs on AC > that was going into the brick and was getting 120V! So power was > flowing to the brick, but not out of the brick-so it was the PS that was dead > (at least). > > Just to be sure I also checked the 19.5V PS for my laptop (a bad-ass > MSI gaming laptop that draws 9.23A which is why it probably never > works on the damn plane b/c it draws too much juice!) and it > registered 19.5V as it should...so pretty clear it's the Drobo PS (at > least-guess the enclosure could still be fried but won't know for sure > until I replace the PS to > check!) > > The sad thing is I'd bought a Drobo FS enclosure from a dude on ebay > for > $100 (which is pretty cheap since most were going for $200-300 as I'd > made an offer for $100 and he instantly accepted it-along with $17 > shipping) but I'm pretty sure I don't need it now so I cancelled the > order and am trying to make sure that he doesn't ship it out-and while > he was super fast to respond to the offer he hasn't responded to the > request yet...which makes me wonder if he's going to try to send it > out and stick me with it...not the worst since it was only $100 but still... > > And the PS that say they're for the Drobo are ~$40. My friend pointed > out that I just need to get one that outputs the same amps at the > right voltage (8.33A at 12V), so I found this and offered $9 and let's see if > it works! > It should right? > > > https://www/. > ebay.com%2Fitm%2FQuality-12V-DC-8A-8-amp-96W-POWER-Supply-ADAPTER-Tran > sformer-for-LED-Strip-CCTV%2F162294980793&data=02%7C01%7C%7C550c85 > bc8d7c43d8585708d7a6907389%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0% > 7C637161011645912192&sdata=AkiZ49FebK6fHNvKHv6fiPDVLOjgV1FiwO%2BJo > 1Bgrak%3D&reserved=0 > > If he doesn't accept the offer I'll just buy it at the $11 full price lol! > :P > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > lopaka polena > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? > > I have a drobo 5N as the backup for my synology 1518+. Drobo is faster > on large transfers but synology support is much better and longer. I'd > guess the power supply is probably what went out but it would be a > bummer to buy one and have the main unit as the culprit. Any used power > supplies on ebay? > > lopaka > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well so since it seems the list isn't dead, figured I could ask here... > > > > I have an older Drobo FS that I got from a friend (old network > > attached storage model). I had it off for a while while I was > > redoing my cabinet and went to power it on and nothing. Zero, zip, > > zilch no matter what outlet I try to use. > > > > So I'm wondering if it's the enclosure or the power supply and > > replacement PS are $50-70 online and that seems a waste if it's the > > enclosure, so any thoughts? Anyone have a spare Drobo PS lying > > around they wouldn't mind sending me? > > > > And if I was to replace it, what would be the best recommended > > replacement? I assume since it's a Drobo proprietary FS I wouldn't > > be able to transfer the drives to a regular RAID backup so I'd lose > > whatever was on them huh? Hmmmm, that's not so good... > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > BINO > > > > >
