data robotics drobo s 2g usb 3.0 5 bay storage array esata fw800 - drdr4a21 black
say hello to the world s most advanced usb 3.0 array . in addition to blazing fast transfer speeds for creative professionals and small businesses the all-new drobo s features usb 3.0 technology that delivers the most expandable future-proof solution available today . drobo s offers an unbeatable combination of automated protection instant and perpetual expansion and high performance making it ideal for all of your primary and backup storage needs . built on award-winning beyondraid technology with single - or dual-drive redundancy drobo s protects your data without user interaction even in the event of multiple drive failures . it holds up to five hot-swappable drives for on-the-fly drive capacity expansion and zero downtime . your personal speed demon usb 3.0 esata firewire 800 have a need for speed with the new usb 3.0 interface on the drobo s data transfer is up to 50 faster than firewire 800 . usb 3.0 offers backward compatibility with all existing usb 2.0 systems and the drobo s features a triple interface with esata and firewire 800 to ensure a high-performance connection for virtually any system . world s most expandable usb 3.0 array the new drobo s is the most expandable usb 3.0 product available today with industry first support for multiple storage volumes that provide capacity up to 32tb and beyond . only beyondraid allows you to instantly expand your capacity by simply adding a drive or replacing the smallest drive with a larger one even when all ouryour drive bays are full . the unique ability to mix and match drive capacities brands and speeds ensures you will be able to take advantage of larger drives as they become available . protection from two drive failures enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives . it s all done with a single click and without ever losing access to your data . running out of space switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time . unlike moving between traditional raid 5 and raid 6 there s no need to reformat or migrate data off of drobo s potentially saving you hours or days of downtime . self-healing technology with the self-healing technology now incorporated into drobo s your data is safer than ever . even when sitting idle drobo s will continually examine the blocks and sectors on every drive flagging questionable areas . this preemptive scrubbing helps ensure your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives and that your data is always safe . even if a drive fails drobo s keeps your data in the safest state possible utilizing the available space on the remaining healthy drives . small box big storage description 4-bay direct-attached storage for professionals 5-bay direct-attached storage for professionals 5-bay file sharing storage for professionals 8-bay direct-attached storage for professionals 8-bay file sharing storage for business 8-bay iscsi san storage for business type direct-attached direct-attached file sharing up to 10 users direct-attached file sharing up to 100 users iscsi san up to 8 servers model drobo drobo s drobo fs drobopro b800fs b800i interfaces usb 2.0 firewire 800 usb 3.0 2.0 firewire 800 esata 1 x gb ethernet usb 2.0 firewire 800 1 x gb ethernet iscsi single server 2 x gb ethernet 2 x gb ethernet iscsi multi server drive bays 4 5 5 8 8 8 drive type 3.5 sata 3.5 sata 3.5 sata 3.5 sata 3.5 sata 3.5 sata form factor desktop desktop desktop desktop or rack mount 3u desktop or rack mount 3u desktop or rack mount 3u beyondraid x x x x x x thin provisioning x x x x x x drive protection single single or dual single or dual single or dual single or dual single or dual smart volumes automatic automatic automatic up to 16 automatic up to 255 drobo sync x drobo apps x x power cooling fixed fixed fixed fixed fixed fixed management drobo dashboard drobo dashboard drobo dashboard drobo dashboard drobo dashboard drobo dashboard drobo care optional optional optional optional optional optional don t forget to buy your drobo care drobo care 1-year warranty drobo care 3-year warranty