Product - Data Robotics Drobo 4-Bay Robotic Storage Array, USB2.0

The world's first storage robot

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.

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.

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.

Flexible

• Mix n' Match Drive Capacities
  Unlike rigid, inflexible RAID solutions, Drobo recognizes the capacities available from a group of varied disk drives. Using an intelligent mixture of industry standard practices to protect your data, Drobo can offer significantly more storage capacity than standard RAID solutions. Just how you would expect storage to work, add more drives or replace smaller drives with larger ones, and get more space.

Expandable

• Pay as You Grow
  It's so easy to add drives to Drobo, you can start with the fewest drives / minimum capacity you need to meet your storage requirements today and just add or replace drives to increase capacity later. This feature lets you take advantage of regular disk drive capacity improvements and pricing declines.
• Continuous Upgrades
  No need to buy an entirely new system when Drobo is full. As long as disk drive capacities continue to increase beyond the capacities you have purchased, you can upgrade Drobo simply by replacing your smallest drives with larger ones.

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

Hard Drives	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 our Drobolator to calculate the capacity and number of disks for your specific storage needs
Host Interface	High Speed USB 2.0 Max Sustained Transfer Rate
Max Sustained Transfer Rate	Up to read 22MB/s write 20MB/s
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
File System Support	• NTFS • HFS+ • FAT32
System Management	• Automatic (No software required) • Optional Drobo Dashboard Software Included
Security	Kensington lock port (lock not included)
Certification	FCC Part 15 Class B and Safety: UL, cUL
Dimensions	6.3" x 6.3" x 10.7" (W x H x L)

• Drobo storage robot
• External power supply with U.S. 110V AC power cord
• 6' USB 2.0 cable
• User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
• Drobo Resource CD includes:
  ° Drobo Dashboard Software
  ° Help files
  ° How-to Videos
  ° Electronic Documentation

One (1) Year Limited Warranty