About DroboShare

With DroboShare, users can now access the information stored on the award-winning Drobo from almost any client on the network, including Windows, Apple and Linux* computers. DroboShare can host up to two Drobos, allowing capacities of up to 8TB of storage today, scaling to 32TB as larger disk drives become available. *Linux support now in beta.

DroboShare Shares Your Drobo on a Gigabit Ethernet Network

DroboShare connects your Drobo to Gigabit Ethernet networks for sharing data. Just plug Drobo into DroboShare and you are ready to go.

DroboShare Automates Network Setup & Management

Avoid complex network configuration. Just hook up DroboShare and start sharing data across a LAN. Drobo Dashboard software automates connecting your computer(s) to the DroboShare and keeping them connected. Never again suffer a "dropped" network connection severing access to your data.

NAS When You Want It, DAS When You Need It

You can unplug the Drobo and connect it directly to a computer when required then reconnect Drobo to the DroboShare for sharing files with other users.

Supports Your Native File Systems

With DroboShare you can choose NTFS (Windows), HFS+ (Mac OS X), EXT3 (Linux) or FAT32 (Various)

Supports the Client of Your Choice

DroboShare supports standard network protocols allowing access to its data from almost any client.

DroboShare is the ideal companion to the award-winning Drobo for users that want to share data over the local area network. The combined Drobo + DroboShare solution automates network management, safeguards your data and lets you easily add capacity as needed.

DroboShare user, Robert Farrington, teaches digital photography and digital asset management courses at Dragonfleye Digital Productions. Farrington finds DroboShare an ideal storage solution for his classroom because it brings simplicity to file sharing, and most importantly, protects student projects from loss.

"I found the perfect solution in Drobo and DroboShare – my students and I rely on it every single day."

– Robert Farrington
Dragonfleye Digital Productions

DroboShare Data Sheet

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