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Drobo S

Drobo S

The World’s Most Advanced USB 3.0 Storage Array

In addition to blazing fast transfer speeds for creative professionals and small businesses, the all-new Drobo S features USB 3.0 technology that delivers the most expandable, future-proof solution on the market today. Drobo S offers an unbeatable combination of automated protection, instant and perpetual expansion, and high performance, making it ideal for all of your primary and backup storage needs.

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Data Protection Made Simple

Drobo BeyondRAID

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID™ technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo S protects your data without user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. It can hold up to five hot-swappable drives, for on-the-fly drive capacity expansion with zero downtime.

Protection from Two Drive Failures

Protection

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 S, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime.

Click here for the Drobo S Data Sheet

Your Personal Speed Demon: USB 3.0, eSATA, FireWire 800

FireWire 800

Have a need for speed? With the new USB 3.0 interface on the Drobo S, data transfer is up to 50% faster than FireWire 800. USB 3.0 offers backward compatibility with all existing USB 2.0 systems. And the Drobo S features a triple interface with eSATA and FireWire 800 to ensure that you'll have a high-performance connection for virtually any system.

Self-Healing Technology

Self-healing

With the self-healing technology now incorporated into Drobo S, your data is safer than ever. Even when sitting idle, Drobo S continually examines the blocks and sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas. This preemptive "scrubbing" helps ensure your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives and that your data is always safe. Even if a drive fails, Drobo S keeps your data in the safest possible state, utilizing the available space on the remaining healthy drives.

Drobo S Specifications

Connectivity:

USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible), FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible), and eSATA

  • USB 3.0
  • FireWire
  • eSATA

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:

Drobo connects to Mac and Windows systems and supports HFS+, NTFS, and FAT32 file system formats.

  • Windows
  • MacOS

More Specifications

  • Connectivity

    • 1 x USB 3.0 port
    • 1 x FireWire 800 port (FireWire 400 compatible)
    • 1 x eSATA port

    Capacity

    • 5 drive bays
    • 3.5" SATA 1 / SATA II / SATA III drives
    • Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones. Use the Capacity Calculator to estimate available storage in various configurations.

    BeyondRAID Features

    • Thin Provisioning
    • Instant Expansion
    • Mixed Drive Size Utilization
    • Automatic Protection Levels
    • Dual Disk Redundancy
    • Virtual Hot Spare
    • Data Aware
    • Drive Re-ordering

    Additional Software Features

    • Drive Spin Down
    • Drobo Copy
    • Dim Lights

    Hardware Features

    • Carrier-less Drive Bays
    • Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included)

  • Operating System Support

    • Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later (Intel Only)
    • Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later (Intel Only)
    • Mac OS X 10.7.0 or later (Intel Only)
    • Windows 7 SP1 32 and 64 bit
    • Windows Vista SP1 32 and 64 bit
    • Windows XP SP3 32 and 64 bit

    Management

    • Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights
    • Drobo Dashboard version 2.0 or later

    Size and Weight

    • Desktop Form Factor
    • Width: 5.9 in (150.3 mm)
    • Height: 7.3 in (185.4 mm)
    • Depth: 10.3 in (262.3 mm)
    • Weight: 8 lb (without hard drives, power supply, or packaging)

    Power and Cooling

    • External Power Supply: AC Input - 100-240VAC~2.5A, 50-60Hz; DC Output - 12-17VDC 6.6A & 80W Max
    • Power Consumption - Idle System (standby, drives off): 12 watts
    • Power Consumption - Typical Busy System (four drives): 56 watts
    • Single, fixed cooling fan

  • Environmentals

    • Acoustics - Normal Operation: 31.8 dB
    • Operating Temperature: 10°C – 35°C (50° – 95°F)
    • Non-Operating Temperature (storage): -10° – 60°C (14° – 140°F)
    • Operating Humidity: 5% – 80%

    Certifications

    • Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, REACH
    • Regulatory: FCC Part 15 Class B; Canada ICES-003 Class B; CE Mark; CISPR22:19973rd Edition Class B; MIC Mark; VCCI Approval to V.3; BSMI Approval to CNS13438; ACA Approval to AS/NZS 3548
    • Safety: UL, cUL, TUV, CB

    Warranty

    • One (1) year warranty in the US or outside the EU or two (2) year warranty in the EU (as provided by EU law)

    Box Contents

    • Drobo S
    • 6 ft USB 3.0 cable
    • 6 ft FireWire 800 cable
    • 6 ft eSATA cable
    • 6 ft power cord with power supply (100 – 240V AC, 50/60 Hz)
    • Quick Start Card
    • Getting Started Guide (printed)
    • Drobo Resource CD, which includes the Drobo Dashboard application
    • Drobo PC Backup CD
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