Drobo 5D3 5-Drive Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Array – Dual Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.0 type C ports (DRDR6A21) - 2024 reviews - Whydis

Reviews around performance (3.86 of 5)

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Drobo 5D3 5-Drive Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Array – Dual Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.0 type C ports (DRDR6A21)
- Many people suggested a faster "active" Thunderbolt 3 cable may improve the performance
- The design allows for a mix & match of different size/manufacturer disk drives with automatic fault protection & robust performance
- The drives themselves are excellent, but the performance of the Drobo is terrible
- 2X Thunderbolt 2, 1X USB 3.0) and the second new product released by Drobo in 3 months time (5N2 was released in March).The 5D3 was designed for lightning fast workflows for creative professionals and small businesses that needed superior performance and high capacity storage
- Performance is "good" I believe, given the following:1 - USB 3 connection2 - lack of mSATA card3 - consumer grade magnetic drives4 - MacProTest data below.