Drobo


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$679.00 (including GST)
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Fully automated storage you don't have to manage.

As rich media (photos, video, movies, music) continues to devour your storage capacity, you need a solution that allows you to easily manage, protect, and scale storage for your PC or Mac. For you, we've created Drobo, the first fully-automated storage robot to take the pain out of keeping your important digital content safe.

 

Drobo guards everything on it.


Drobo combines up to four hard drives into a big pool of protected storage. Start with two, grow to four, then upsize smaller drives - get Terabytes of protection. Please note hard drives not included with Drobo.

 

 

Drobo manages storage, so you don't have to.


Just connect Drobo to your Mac or PC. No RAID levels. No management or configuration. Drobo does everything for you. Get rid of multiple external drives. Avoid the complexity of RAID. Attach a Drobo storage robot to your system and let it manage your storage so you don't have to.

 

 

Drobo upgrades capacity on-the-fly.


Add drives to Drobo at any time. Mix 'n match capacities, brands or speeds. No downtime, data migration, or waiting to access new capacity. Drobo works the way you do.

 

 

Drobo lets you "pay as you grow".


Hard drives get bigger and cheaper all the time. Don't buy storage capacity until you need it. Buy capacity "just-in-time" possibly saving you hundreds of dollars.

 

 

DroboShare it on your network


Connect your Drobo to a DroboShare and share your data over Gigabit Ethernet (GigE). With DroboShare, everybody on your network can benefit from the storage capabilities of Drobo.

 

Avoid the hassles associated with managing multiple external hard drives or managing the complexities of RAID. Attach Drobo to your Mac or PC and let it manage your storage so you don't have to. Find out more from people just like you by visiting the Drobo Online Community.

Drobo Features and Benefits

Drobo uses Data Robotics' SAFE (Secure, Automated, Flexible, Expandable) Storage Technology to make storage manageable for anybody, regardless of computer knowledge or technical expertise.
Secure

Non-Stop Data Protection
Automatically protects your data with no setup or configuration. If the status lights are green, your data is safe.

Data Aware
Knows where your data is stored on the disks so Drobo knows the most effective way to protect your data and repair itself in case of a disk failure or data corruption.

Automated

Simple LED Management
Drobo communications are as simple as a traffic light. All lights green, your data is safe. Yellow light, Drobo is 85% full, add or replace a drive. Red light, your data is not safe, add or replace a drive immediately.

Autonomous Storage Management
Your data is always accessible. Even when you add or replace hard drives, Drobo manages the re-configuration and data protection in the background, so your data is always available to you.

Drobo Product Specifications

Four Bay Disk Interface
3.5" SATA I or SATA II hard disk drives
Full or half-height, no carriers required
Choose the drive manufacturer, capacity (mixed capacities ok), and spindle speed or cache that fits your current storage needs

Capacity
Continuously upgradeable with larger and faster drives. Use the Drobolator (Drobo Calculator) to calculate the capacity and number of disks for your specific storage needs

Host Interface
High Speed USB 2.0

Max Sustained Transfer Rate
Up to read 22MB/s write 20MB/s

Drobo's Size: Width Height Length
inches 6.3 6.3 10.7
mm 152.4 160.02 271.78

Power
Idle system (standby, drives off) = 5 watts
Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (one drive) = 12 watts
Typical busy system (four drives) = 40 watts
Input
100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz

Box Contents
Drobo storage robot
External power supply with power cord
USB 2.0 cable
FireWire 800 cable
User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
Drobo Resource CD includes:
° Drobo Dashboard Software
° Help files
° How-to Videos
° Electronic Documentation

Operating System Support
Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server)
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center Edition)
Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate)
Apple OS-X 10.4 and later

File System Support
NTFS
HFS+
FAT32

Certification: Emissions
FCC Part 15 Class B and Safety: UL, cUL

System Management
Automatic (No software required)
Optional Drobo Dashboard Software Included

Security
Kensington lock port (lock not included)

Warranty
1 Year Limited Warranty

Note:
Please note hard drives not included with stand alone Drobo.
Xero recommends Seagate and Western Digital hard drives for use with Drobo.
Seagate or Western Digital  hard drives are installed when bundled with Drobo.
Hard drives can be pre-configured when bought bundled with Drobo.

 

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