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 BeyondRAIDTM technology with single- or dual-drive
redundancy, Drobo S protects your data without any user interaction,
even in the event of multiple drive failures. It can hold up to five
hot-swappable drives, for on-the-fly drive capacity expansion with 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
you'll have 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 five 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.
Windows, Mac, Linux
Drobo S connects
to Windows, Mac, and Linux2 systems and supports NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, and
FAT32 file formats. Everyone can take advantage of simple, powerful,
complete BeyondRAID data protection.
Product Specifications
Host Interface:
eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible), and USB 3.0
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.
Power:
Idle system (standby, drives off) = 12 watts
Typical busy system (four drives) = 56 watts
Box Contents:
• Drobo S
• External power supply (100v-240v) with U.S. 110v power cord
• eSATA cable
• FireWire 800 cable
• USB 3.0 cable
• User Guide and Quick Start Card (printed)
• Drobo Resource CD with Drobo Dashboard application, help files, and electronic documentation
