Long-established storage company Drobo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

It turns out that Drobo , a long-established network-connected storage company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2022.

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Drobo is a storage device manufacturer founded as Data Robotics in 2005, with particular strengths in remote storage and network storage systems.

The company's parent company, Stor Centric, filed a document with the Federal Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of California on June 20, 2022, and applied for Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, which is the Japanese Corporate Rehabilitation Law . did. According to official court documents, the company will hold its first creditors rally on July 19.

Drobo hasn't made an official statement on the matter, so it's unclear how the business got stuck, but it turns out that it was struggling to deal with the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection. The company's official Twitter account said in February 2020, 'The epidemic of the new coronavirus infection in China has affected many of our suppliers and partners, delaying parts supply and production line operations. It's happening. '

The Coronoavirus outbreak in China has affected a number of our suppliers & partners. This has caused a delay in availability of parts and of our production lines. We appreciate your understanding & patience as we ramp up supply. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause ..

— Drobo (@drobo) February 19, 2020

In a CEO letter posted on Drobo's official website in March of the same year, Stor Centric CEO Mihir Shah said, 'We work closely with all our suppliers to mitigate the effects of supply chain delays. I'm trying. ' However, at the end of this post, the official blog has stopped updating, and Drobo's support Twitter account has remained silent for over a year since the May 2021 tweet.

Meanwhile, a Reddit user on an online bulletin board was worried about sending a product that failed to update the firmware to Drobo, who filed for bankruptcy. We are planning to do so, 'he reports that he was informed about business continuity.


Regarding the future of Drobo, the IT news site Apple Insider said, 'The application for Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code suggests that the company is aiming for reconstruction. I still don't know what the creditors want. '