I found the ntfs-3g process was using 100% cpu. Apparently VMWARE can thrash the hard drive so the workaround is to set mainMem.useNamedFile=FALSE in the virtual machines .vmx file and VMware will perform…
Linux/Ubuntu VMWare Server NTFS ntfs-3g From this day forth I see the Drobo as useful as volatile storage when it comes to long term storage of my data.
How it happened:
I unplugged the Drobo from an old computer using the now ancient USB 1.1 and plugged…
drobo NTFS Data Loss