Hello, Mark from Drobo here. First, I'm sorry for the troubles the original poster (Jan Rychter) has had. I don't have any first hand knowledge of his use, and

Hello, Mark from Drobo here. First, I'm sorry for the troubles the original poster (Jan Rychter) has had. I don't have any first hand knowledge of his use, and can't find a support case on it -- has it been escalated by our European team back to the factory? Please send me your case # (via direct message at drobospace where you are a member) and I will escalate if necessary. The Drobo/DroboShare combination has a binary user experience. Those with no prior network storage experience love it, those with prior experience want more functionality and performance. Providing more performance is the goal of the Drobo FS, a single box solution for sharing via AFP or SMB. Third party DroboApps provide web, ftp, rsync, NFS, and other protocols. This box is 4x faster than the Drobo/Droboshare owing to eliminating USB as an interconnect, and faster generation of ARM processors. Mark Fuccio