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The World’s Easiest-to-Use Storage Array

Inside every Drobo is the revolutionary BeyondRAID™ storage technology that protects data against a hard disk crash, yet is simple enough for anyone to use. As long as you have more than a single disk in Drobo, all data on Drobo is safe no matter which hard disk fails. There’s no need to worry about anything else.

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Incomparable Expandability

Drobo BeyondRAID

Your library of data grows every moment and now your storage solution expands in seconds too. Drobo holds up to four hard drives, can expand at any time, and supports up to 16TB on a single volume as disk sizes increase. Choose how big you want your Drobo today with any combination of drives capacities. Yes, you can mix and match drive sizes. Check out the Drobo Capacity Calculator to try it out for yourself.

Protection from a Drive Failure

Protection

Protecting your data from a hard drive failure can be a challenging task. Not with Drobo. As long as Drobo has two hard drives, it protects you from a drive failure. If a drive happens to fail, you do not lose access to data, which means that you can keep on working. Just swap out the failed hard drive and replace it with a new SATA drive of any size.

FireWire 800 & USB 2.0

FireWire 800
USB 2.0

With FireWire 800 alongside USB 2.0, Drobo has the right connectivity options to connect to your Mac or PC. It’s 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. FireWire and USB cables are even included.

Drobo PC Backup

Drobo PC Backup

All Macs have Time Machine, but how do you back up your Windows PC? Backing up your PC to a Drobo is as easy as using Drobo with Drobo PC Backup, now bundled with Drobo, Drobo S, Drobo FS, and Drobo B800fs.

Drobo Specifications

Connectivity:

FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible) and USB 2.0

  • USB 2.0
  • FireWire

Drives:

Accommodates from one to four 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 FireWire 800 port (FireWire 400 compatible)
    • 1 x USB 2.0 port

    Capacity

    • 4 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
    • Virtual Hot Spare
    • Data Aware
    • Drive Re-ordering

    Additional Software Features

    • Drive Spin Down
    • Drobo Copy

    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: 6.0 in (152.4 mm)
    • Height: 6.3 in (160.0 mm)
    • Depth: 10.7 in (271.8 mm)
    • Weight: 6 lb 11.3 oz (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): 40 watts
    • Single, fixed cooling fan

  • Environmentals

    • Acoustics - Normal Operation: 24.2 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
    • 6 ft USB 2.0 cable
    • 6 ft FireWire 800 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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