No Headache Data Redundancy

Drobo utilizes a revolutionary storage technology that makes it simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple external drives or a RAID 5 array will seem as antiquated as that 28.8Kbps modem in the back of your closet.

Incomparable Expandability

Your library of data grows every moment. Now, your storage solution expands in seconds, too. Drobo holds up to four hard drives, can expand at any time, and supports up to 16TB on a single volume as disk sizes increase. Choose how big you want your Drobo today with any combination of drives capacities. (Click here for more information)

Speed Demon: FireWire 800 & USB 2.0

Why compromise? Safety and accessibility now go hand in hand. Experience Drobo with both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0. It’s the data protection and peace of mind you need with the performance and interface you want.

DroboApps: Community-created apps

DroboApps enable customers to interact with their Drobo and DroboShare in exciting and novel ways that everyone from typical home users to Linux enthusiasts will appreciate. DroboApps opens up a world of possibilities including, iTunes' music server, UPnP and DLNA media streaming, BitTorrent's downloading, FTP and Web server functionality and remote access via the Yoics' client, among others.

Hard Drives a la carte
Unlike other storage solutions, Drobo allows you to purchase as much or as little storage as you like up front. Since you can expand at any time, Drobo is the right solution for your budget.

Mac, Windows, Linux*
Drobo works with all three major operating system platforms and their native file systems.

*Linux support currently in Beta.

Features

Go Faster with FireWire 800. Vastly Improved USB 2.0.
With FireWire 800 alongside USB 2.0 and an upgraded core processor, Drobo is now the fastest product in its class. It is the perfect solution for both primary and backup storage of large media and productivity files such as video, photos, music, audio, and troves of documents and spreadsheets. In fact, even if you’re now using USB 2.0, the new Drobo is up to three times as fast its predecessor in typical usage.

Consumer Mindset, Enterprise Feature Set.
Drobo was designed to meet a stringent design requirement: Anyone should be able to use Drobo regardless of technical experience. It is ready to go out of the box and will always stay that way. That’s why Drobo is considered a storage robot—it does all the work of managing an enterprise-grade your storage system for you.

No Software or Drivers are Needed!
Drobo’s magic comes from the software that’s built into the hardware called BeyondRAID™ that you’ll never need to configure. Drobo does absolutely everything for you from “automagically” expanding capacity when you add a drive, to self-healing around drive failures and data errors. If you’re the geeky type, Drobo has an optional software utility, Drobo Dashboard, that shows you what Drobo is up to and adds advanced functionality if you desire it.

Drobo Product Specifications

Four Bay Disk Interface 3.5" SATA I or SATA II hard disk drives Full or half-height, no carriers required Choose the drive manufacturer, capacity (mixed capacities ok), and spindle speed or cache that fits your current storage needs (Click here for more information)
Capacity Continuously upgradeable with larger and faster drives.
Host Interface FireWire 800 High Speed USB 2.0		Max Sustained Transfer Rate FireWire 800: Up to 52MB/s reads & 34MB/s writes USB 2.0: Up to 30MB/s reads & 24MB/s writes
	Drobo's Size:	Width	Height	Length
	Inches	6.3	6.3	10.7
	mm	152.4	160.0	271.8
Power Idle system (standby, drives off) = 5 watts Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (one drive) = 12 watts Typical busy system (four drives) = 40 watts Input 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz
Box Content Drobo storage robot 6' USB 2.0 cable 6' FireWire 800 cable External power supply w/U.S.110V AC power cord User Guide and Quick Start Instructions Drobo Resource CD includes: Drobo Dashboard Software Help files How-to Videos Electronic Documentation		Operating System Support Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server) Windows 2003 Server Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center Edition) Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate) Apple OS-X 10.4 and later
File System Options Windows: NTFS Mac OS X: HFS+ Cross-Platform: FAT32 Linux: EXT3		System Management Automatic (No software required) Optional Drobo Dashboard Software Included
Certification: Emissions FCC Part 15 Class B and Safety: UL, cUL		Warranty 1 Year Limited Warranty		Security Kensington lock port (lock not included)