You told us what you wanted, and we listened. 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 any connected home, home office,
or small office environment that needs a simple, safe device for
sharing and backing up files over the network.
Like all Drobo
storage products, Drobo FS provides redundant data protection without
the complexities of RAID. Just plug in your Drobo FS and your data
protection is all set up with no configuration required. We call this
BeyondRAID™ technology. You’ll call it peace of mind.
Shares on a Gigabit Ethernet Network
Drobo
FS connects directly to your Gigabit Ethernet network for sharing data.
Just plug your Drobo FS into any switch or wireless router and you are
ready to go.
Supports the Client of Your Choice
Drobo
FS supports standard networking protocols (AFP and CIFS) allowing
access to its data from any Windows, Mac, or UNIX/Linux client.1
Instant 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. 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.
Backup Your Network
Drobo
FS is the perfect backup appliance. Use the free DroboCopy utility to
create backups for every machine on your network, or use your favorite
backup software.
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
With
the self-healing technology built into Drobo FS, your data is safer
than ever. When idle, the unit will proactively 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. When a drive fails, Drobo FS keeps your data in
the safest state possible by moving your data to the available space on
the remaining healthy drives.
Specifications Drives:
Accommodates from one to five 3.5” SATA I / SATA II hard drives of any
manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache. No carriers or
tools required. Interface: 10/100/1000 Ethernet Port Supported data: AFP and CIFS/SMB Dimensions: 5.9” wide x 7.3” tall x 10.3” long Weight: 8 lbs. (without power supply, hard drives or packaging) Includes: Drobo
FS, CAT 6 Ethernet cable, external power supply (100v-240v) with U.S.
110v power cord, User Guide and Quick Start Card (printed), Drobo
Resource CD with Drobo Dashboard application,help files, and electronic
documentation. System Reqs: Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 or greater;
Microsoft Windows 2003, 2008, XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Unix/Linux that
can connect via CIFS/SMB1
