My Drobo Mini (through Thunderbolt) gets 200 MB/second write speed and read speeds between 200 and 500 MB/second (using SpeedTool’s QuickBench) for 1 MB sized files and above. As I recall it was pretty near that fast before I added the SSD drive. That’s the one I use for active video projects I’m editing.
I also have a Drobo-FS for some archiving and backup connected through gigabit Ethernet, typically get about 20 MB/sec, good enough for photo editing and such.
I’ve heard many glowing comments here and there about Synology, which is great, but I’m a happy Drobo customer…
