Drives
- Four Bay Disk Interface
- Supports one to four 3.5" SATA I or SATA II hard disk drives (full or half-height, no carriers required)
- Compatible with any drive manufacturer, capacity (mixed capacities ok), and spindle speed or cache that fits your current storage needs.
Interface
- High Speed USB 2.0
- FireWire 800
Max Sustained Transfer Rate
- FireWire 800: Up to 52MB/s reads & 34MB/s writes
- USB 2.0: Up to 30MB/s reads & 24MB/s writes
File System Support
System Management
- Automatic (No software required)
- Optional Drobo Dashboard Software Included
Security
- Kensington lock port (lock not included)
Warranty
Power
- Idle system (standby, drives off) = 5 watts
- Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (one drive) = 12 watts
- Typical busy system (four drives) = 40 watts
- Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Weight
- 6 lbs 11.3 oz (without power supply, hard drives or packaging)
System Requirements
- Apple Macintosh OS-X 10.4 or greater
- Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 Server, XP or Vista
Approximate capacities: mixed drive sizes: Rated Drive Capacity (space available for data with redundant protection)
- with 3 drives (mixed capacities): 250GB + 300GB + 500GB = 1TB (510.2GB space available for protected data)
- with 4 drives (mixed capacities): 250GB + 250GB + 500GB + 500GB = 1.5TB (929.0GB space available for protected data)
- with 4 drives (mixed capacities): 250GB + 300GB + 500GB + 750GB = 1.8TB (975.6GB space available for protected data)
- with 4 drives (mixed capacities): 500GB + 500GB + 750GB + 750GB = 2.5TB (1.6TB space available for protected data)
- Notes: Over 2TB of protected space, Drobo presents a second large pool of storage. Approximate capacity examples are illustrative only, your results will vary. Hard drives not included (sold separately).
