Product Info
Drobo is a safe, expandable storage solution that protects your data against a hard drive crash. It self-heals around drive failures and data errors and expands capacity you add a drive.
Go Beyond Traditional Storage.
Experience Drobo - Zero Management, Maximum peace of mind.
Drobo is the world’s best storage experience. This safe, expandable storage solution protects your data against a hard drive crash. Drobo’s built-in software automatically self-heals around drive failures and data errors and expands capacity dynamically when you add a drive. Start with two drives, grow to four, then upsize smaller drives to get Terabytes of protection. Add drives to Drobo at any time. There’s no down time, data migration or waiting to access new capacity. With nothing to configure or manage, Drobo is the ideal solution for primary storage as well as backup.
Drobo holds up to four 3.5” SATA hard drives and allows you to mix and match drive capacities and speeds from any manufacturer. Drobo’s LEDs tells you how Drobo is doing and how much free capacity you have. If you’ve ever successfully navigated a traffic signal, you’re a certified Drobo expert. Drobo is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux.
So, get rid of multiple external drives. Avoid the complexity of RAID. Attach Drobo storage robot to your system and let it manage your storage so you don’t have to. Just connect Drobo to your Mac or PC and you’re done! No software required. No RAID levels. No management or configuration. Drobo does everything for you.
Features
• 4 drive bays
• Supports up to 16 TB (4 TB now, 16 TB as drive manufacturers release larger drives)
• External storage
• Uses SATA I and/or SATA II drives
• Provides redundant protection
• FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Compatible)
• Enhanced USB 2.0 performance
• Hot swap drives in and out of Drobo
• Mix n’ match drive capacities
System Requirements
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
Package Contents
Drobo storage robot
6' USB 2.0 cable
6' FireWire 800 cable
External power supply w/U.S.110V AC power cord
User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
Drobo Resource CD includes:
* Drobo Dashboard Software
* Help files
* How-to Videos
* Electronic Documentation
Warranty
One (1) Year Limited Warranty