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Drobo Capacity Calculator

Drobo 12-bay for Business

Drobo 8-bay for Business

1. Choose a drive and drag it to any data bay on the Drobo. 2. Repeat until Drobo has as much capacity as you want. 3. Watch how space that’s “Available for Data” changes.

DroboPro

1. Choose a drive and drag it to any data bay on the Drobo. 2. Repeat until Drobo has as much capacity as you want. 3. Watch how space that’s “Available for Data” changes.

Drobo 5-bay

Drobo Mini

Drobo 4-bay

This tool is for approximating the space utilization with various mixed disk configurations. Actual disk sizes can vary between vendors, and values calculated may differ slightly from actual results. Please refer to Drobo Dashboard for precise data calculations for storage installed in your Drobo.

Click here for more information on choosing the correct drive for your Drobo.

Click here for information on support for larger capacity drives (e.g. 2.5TB, 3TB).

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