Safety and accessibility now go hand in hand. Experience Drobo with both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0. It’s the data protection and peace of mind you need with the performance and interface you want.
It is the perfect solution for both primary and backup storage of large media and productivity files such as video, photos, music, audio, and troves of documents and spreadsheets. In fact, even if you’re now using USB 2.0, the Firewire Drobo is up to three times as fast its predecessor in typical usage.
Drobo was designed to meet a stringent design requirement: Anyone should be able to use Drobo regardless of technical experience. It is ready to go out of the box and will always stay that way. That’s why Drobo is considered a storage robot—it does all the work of managing an enterprise-grade your storage system for you.
Drobo’s magic comes from the software that’s built into the hardware called BeyondRAID that you’ll never need to configure. Drobo does absolutely everything for you from “automagically” expanding capacity when you add a drive, to self-healing around drive failures and data errors. If you’re the geeky type, Drobo has an optional software utility, Drobo Dashboard, that shows you what Drobo is up to and adds advanced functionality if you desire it.
Features:
FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible)
Enhanced USB 2.0 performance
Quieter, cooler operation
Redundant data protection
Hot expandable up to 16TB
Mix n’ match drive capacities
Drive Failure - BeyondRAID has all of the data protection benefits of RAID
Management - No skill is required to manage, repair or upgrade storage
Utilize Mix Capacity - Customer chooses entry and upgrade price points, upgrade forever
Self-Healing - Array heals without waiting for maintenance windows, reduced support burden, no need for hot spare
Proportional Rebuilds - Fast rebuilds, fast addition of storage
Drive Reordering - Drives can easily be moved between devices
Upgrade Time - Storage can be added with zero load or downtime
Virtualization Engine - Built for flexibility and easily accommodates future enhancements
Thin Provisioning - Freed space is returned to general pool and can be reallocated
Number of Drives in RAID Group - Any number of disks can be grouped into the same redundant pool, simplest provisioning and management
Performance - Mirrored speed (RAID 1) with striping (RAID 5) capacity
Includes:
- Drobo storage robot
- 6' USB 2.0 cable
- 6' FireWire 800 cable
- External power supply w/U.S.110V AC power cord
- User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
- Drobo Resource CD includes: Drobo Dashboard Software, Help files, How-to Videos, Electronic Documentation
- 1 Year Limited Warranty
