Adobe Lightroom, Drobo performance issue.

Setup: MacPro 2.8GHz (early 2008), 12GB ram (properly interleaved), OS 10.6.3, 4 bay FW800 Drobo
My MacPro just went through a thorough Apple Hardware Test: Clear
When I run the current version of Adobe Lightroom it has recently run extremely slow. Historically, I've put my catalog files on my Drobo; however, recently even a new empty catalog file that has virtually nothing in it seems to take substantially longer (Lightroom states times that are 10 x's longer or more!)
Any advice?

Check Adobe's forums to see if there are any issues with Lightroom and 10.6.3.

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Hello,
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Lightroom 4 performance issues solved!

Buy or build a new computer - (intel i7 3770K or similiar) overclock to 4ghz, 16GB ram, solid state drive for boot and programs
Install only windows, lightroom, photoshop, and windows security on computer.
Put computer power management into high power mode (keeps the processor prepped at all times)
turn off all development modules except basic and tone curve.. (especially evil histogram)
This has gotten me almost lag free performance while editing in lightroom.... and I say almost because it's still not pefect . With this setup I can finally crop photos without having to wait a second or more for the draw tool to become responsive... but not in full screen mode of course.
By the way, I think that these types of contortions are ridiculous since I used to have lag free editing in adobe camera raw on a computer with 1/16 the hardware specs (and running vista!). However the workflow is so much better in lightroom than any other option that I'm willing to bend over backwards to make it work. So, adobe, here is your notice... We're all looking for something better.

JimHess wrote:
that's just what I think.
Me too. From best I can tell, it's karma, luck, will o' th' gods...
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That said, rebuilding computer forces new drivers for system devices, and re-initializes a bunch of stuff - which may contribute to performance.
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Congrats to OP for taking the initiative to improve his/her situation .
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R

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5.) reading & writing your Scratch Disk data
6.) reading & writing data for any other Process that requires it
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1.) OS and all programs on C:\
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Most work will come from having to do a complete system backup of your Drive0 (your C:\ & D:\), as you'll need re-partition it. Another way around this would be to leave the C:\ & D:\ partitions, and just move all of your Media, Assets, Project and Scratch Disks to your new physical drive. Keep your D:\ partition, but use it only for storing maybe Audio Assets, that you use infrequently, and the like. Do not partition your new HDD (drive1).
Note on load time: that will speed up somewhat, if you get another HDD, but PE does need time to read it's XML files, that tell it the location of all Assets, then go find them, and verify that they are correct. Only a bit of a speed up there. Almost everything else that you mention, regarding speed, will improve greatly.
Others will have some more ideas, on ways to speed things up, and I'd consider them all, plus the addition of another fast, large physical HDD.
BTW: great post. It is probably the most complete that I've seen in any of the Adobe forums. It's easy to read (good use of paragraphs) and contains all the data, that I could want. I'd hold this up as a model on how to ask a question on these boards.
Good luck,
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