drobo fs 5-bay gbe storage array
the revolutionary drobo fs was designed with one purpose in mind to deliver the best file sharing experience ever . from the moment you plug it in and see it instantly appear on your desktop you ll know there s nothing like it . the all-in-one drobo fs is perfect for connected homes home offices or small office environments who need a simple safe device for sharing and backing up files over the network . like all drobo storage products drobo fs provides redundant data protection just plug in your drobo fs and your data protection is ready to go with no configuration required . we call this beyondraid technology . you ll call it peace of mind . share your data on a gigabit ethernet network drobo fs connects directly to a gigabit ethernet network to make sharing your data easy . just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you are ready to go . supports the computer of your choice connect to your drobo fs using any windows or mac computer . whatever system you have it s likely you ll be able to connect to it over your network quickly and easily . easy expansion to 10tb and beyond drobo fs holds up to five drives allowing you to effortlessly grow your storage to meet your data capacity needs . to add more space simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one even when all drive bays are full . and unlike traditional raid systems the beyondraid technology in drobo fs enables you to mix and match drive capacities brands and speeds . this unprecedented flexibility allows for continuous expansion as available hard drive capacities increase . with drobo fs expansion is automatic instantaneous and access to data is always maintained . protection from up to 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 you never lose access to your data . running out of space no problem . switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time . unlike moving between traditional raid levels there s no need to reformat or migrate data off of the drobo fs potentially saving you hours or days of downtime . self-healing technology when drobo detects a bad hard disk it proactively advises you with a series of warnings ranging from a blinking red led on its front panel to pop-up alerts in drobo dashboard to email alerts . what drobo does next is exceptional . entering a self-healing mode where it repairs around the bad sector or disk drobo will work until it returns to the safest state possible . if drobo has sufficient time and free capacity it can even withstand additional hard disk failures that s the power of self-healing . seamless integration with apple time machine the drobo fs enables network backup for mac users at home home office or small offices . the drobo fs delivers the most seamless support for apple time machine of any network storage system on the market today . using time machine with drobo fs is as easy as clicking one box in the drobo dashboard software with no need for confusing complex command line work . 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