Drobo

What is it?

Drobo is a NAS (Network Attached Storage), iSCSI solution for Data Storage. Drobo uses “beyond RAID” technology, providing the benefits of RAID without the issues of RAID. These devices support mixed hard drive capacity, speed and manufacturers. Most any SATA drive, in any order, can be used in a single Drobo Device.

Why Drobo?

Drobo allows fast, easy setup and management of a NAS or SAN solution.  Drobo’s portable and Data Center solution, provides mobile or stationary support of your data.  Increase your data storage by simply upgrading your hard drives, all without data loss or any configuration.  Rebuild an array in minutes, instead of hours.  Move drives without data loss.  Maintain data integrity.  Drobo furnishes all this and more.

Learn more about Beyond RAID on Drobo’s website here.

Devices

To view a more detailed description of Drobo’s devices, click its name.

Home/Home Office

Drobo – USB or Firewire.  Four drives for 16TB of data. Hot swap drives/storage size at any time.

Drobo S – USB or Firewire.   Five drives for 10TB+ of data storage. Two drive failures without any data loss.

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Home/Home Office or Small Office

Drobo FS - Gigabit Ethernet.   Fileshare across multiple computers.  Five drives for 10TB+ of data storage. Two drive failures without any data loss.

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Small to Medium Sized Businesses

Drobo Pro – Connect directly or via iSCSI network.  Eight drives for 16TB of data storage.  Rack mountable.  Two drive failures without data loss and hot swap drives.

Drobo Elite - Supports VMWare.  Connect via dual iSCSI Gigabit links.  Eight drives for 16TB of storage.  Rack mountable.  Two drive failures without data loss and hot swap drives.

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Large Businesses

Drobo B800fs - Connect directly or via iSCSI network.  Eight drives for 16TB of data storage.  Rack mountable.  Two drive failures without data loss and hot swap drives.  More horsepower than the Drobo Pro.

Drobo B800i -

Supports VMWare.  Connect via dual iSCSI Gigabit links.  Eight drives for 16TB of storage.  Rack mountable.  Two drive failures without data loss and hot swap drives.  More horsepower than the Drobo Elite.