My Drobo isn't being seen by Final Cut X

Anyone else have this issue. I've got it hooked up via Firewire, but no luck. Final Cut X sees my other firewire drives, no problem.
This is something of an issue since the Drobo is where I'm archiving everything. Not being able to see the drive from within Final Cut is going to definitely put a damper on things.
If anyone has some ideas let me know.
Ray

I have two Drobos (the 4 and the 5 bay version) and although they are great devices in what they are doing and how they are doing it there is one major drawback: They are slow as ****. On top of that, if you reach about 85% capacity then they come close to a standstill. I might be exaggerating, but seriously, they are slow. I'm just using them for backup.
If the Drobo rep tells you that the S model is "faster" than the "FS" version, then relativiely speaking he is right - in the same way that a worm crawls faster than a snail.
Edgar Rothermich
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