Drobo FS
Easiest-to-Use Network Attached Storage
The revolutionary Drobo FS was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best file sharing experience ever. From the moment you plug it in and it instantly appears on your desktop, you’ll know there’s nothing like it. The all-in-one Drobo FS is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment needing a simple, safe device for sharing and backing up files over the network.
Like all Drobo storage products, Drobo FS provides redundant data protection without the complexities of RAID. Just plug in your Drobo FS and your data protection is all set up with no configuration required. We call this BeyondRAID™ technology. You’ll call it peace of mind.
The Drobo FS storage array is available from $699 US.
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Share Your Data on a Gigabit Ethernet Network
Drobo FS connects directly to a Gigabit Ethernet network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you’re ready to go. You can even connect the Drobo FS directly to the Ethernet port on your computer without having to configure any settings.
Supports All Computers on Your Network
Connect to your Drobo FS using any Windows or Mac computer. Multiple computers can access the Drobo FS at the same time, providing storage to your entire network.
Easy Expansion to 15TB and Beyond
Drobo FS holds up to five drives allowing you to effortlessly grow your storage to meet your data capacity needs. To add more space, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full.
And unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID™ technology in Drobo FS enables you to mix and match drive capacities, brands, and speeds. This unprecedented flexibility allows for continuous expansion as available hard drive capacities increase.
Click here for the Drobo FS Data Sheet
Protection from Two Drive Failures
Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives. It's all done with a single click, and without ever losing access to your data. Running out of space? Switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there's no need to reformat or migrate data from the Drobo FS, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime.
Centralized Backup for Your Entire Network
The Drobo FS enables network backup for Mac and Windows users at home, home office, or small offices.
Backing up your PC to your Drobo is as easy as using Drobo with Drobo PC Backup, now bundled with Drobo, Drobo S, Drobo FS, and Drobo B800fs.
Also, the Drobo FS delivers the most seamless support for Apple Time Machine of any network storage system on the market today. Using Time Machine with Drobo FS is as easy as one click in Drobo Dashboard.
A Drobo as Unique as You Are
Select from a wide selection of free DroboApps designed to give you the freedom to configure and customize your Drobo FS to meet your own unique set of requirements. Our growing library of DroboApps* adds amazing functionality like media, web, and more!
*DroboApps are community created and community supported applications. Visit our apps page for more information.
Drobo FS Specifications
Connectivity:
Gigabit Ethernet (also 10/100 Mbps compatible)
Drives:
Accommodates from one to five 3.5" SATA I / II / III hard drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache. No carriers or tools required. Click here for drive recommendations.
Compatibility:
Mac and Windows systems can connect to Drobo FS directly and over the network using AFP and CIFS/SMB network protocols.
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Scott Bourne and Rich Harrington discuss Drobo in the January 15th, 2013 edition of the PhotoFocus podcast.
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Drobo announces availability of Drobo 5N, designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best ever experience sharing storage and accessing data!
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"It's a new Drobo from the ground up and includes USB 3.0 as all as a new and unique reliability feature normally found on much more expensive systems …"
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"Go home and come up with a backup system that you’ll actually keep current." advises David Pogue, NY Times
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Drobo B1200i Update Combines SSDs with High-Capacity Drives
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ZDNet gives Drobo B1200i a 9 point rating out of 10, "Network storage doesn't come much easier than this"