Go BeyondNAS™. Experience DroboShare.

A Gigabit Ethernet Companion to Drobo
DroboShare provides the most reliable and expandable networked storage system for sharing your data. DroboShare is the ideal solution for sharing and streaming media in the home and the office.

Simplicity
DroboShare provides the fastest and easiest setup experience of any network attached storage product, not only out of the box, but also once you are up and running. Simply plug it in and you’re good to go. Rock steady reliability ensures that you will stay connected, never again suffering another “dropped” network connection.

Supports up to two Drobos
DroboShare can support two simultaneously connected Drobos. This means your networked storage can grow up to a theoretical 32TB on a single DroboShare since each Drobo can grow to 16TB as hard drive sizes expand. Since you’re using Drobo, you can rest assured knowing your storage is not only safe, but also expandable at any time.

DLNA / UPnP and a host of other DroboApps
DroboShare now supports DroboApps, community-created applications that will run on your Drobo and DroboShare, providing exciting extensions for entertainment, productivity and other applications. Use DroboApps to stream media to game consoles like the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, and more!

Features

Gigabit Ethernet
Whether you’re sharing video in a production studio or streaming a high definition movie to your home media center, the ability to share your data over a local network is critical. DroboShare is equipped with Gigabit Ethernet to meet your demanding requirements.

BeyondNAS: Automatic setup—in just seconds.
Forget everything you’ve ever known about setting up network attached storage; DroboShare is radically simple to set up. Just plug it in. You’ll wonder why you ever spent hours upon hours configuring other solutions.

Drobo Dashboard has the built-in intelligence to automatically search for any DroboShares on your network. Once it detects a DroboShare, it automatically mounts the drive and maps it to your operating system for Windows and OS X. You’ll never need to worry about the hassle of creating individual volume shares, mapping IP addresses, or creating lists of extra drive letters.

NAS when you want it, DAS when you need it.
Why choose between the flexibility of network attached storage and the agility of direct attached storage? Demand both from your solution. Simply put your Drobo to sleep and detach it from DroboShare at anytime to take advantage of FireWire 800 or USB 2.0. Repeat the same process to put it back on your network so your files are network accessible again: simply put your Drobo to sleep and attach it to your DroboShare. Isn’t it nice t have to have options?

Windows, Mac and Linux
Built on Data Robotics’ exclusive BeyondRAID™ and BeyondNAS™ technologies, Drobo and DroboShare are file system and operating system agnostic. Format your Drobo NTFS (Windows), HFS Plus (Mac OS X), EXT (Linux) or FAT32 (Various). Connect to your DroboShare and no matter which file system you’ve chosen, you can access it from the Windows, Mac, or Linux client of your choice because DroboShare operates on the open, cross-platform SMB protocol.

DroboApps—Applications for your Drobo and DroboShare UPnP / DLNA Support
Want to do more with your DroboShare? Want to stream video and music to a media extender or game console like the Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3? With the new Drobo Developer Community, customers like you are creating exciting DroboApps—applications for your Drobo & DroboShare. DroboApps allow you to customize and expand the possibilities.

Please note DroboApps are an optional way to extend your experience in new and creative ways. The best way to create and improve upon DroboApps is to get involved.

Today, you can find:

UPnP / DLNA for media streaming (Fuppes)
Drobo Dashboard for Linux
Windows Capacity Filter
The SDK to develop additional DroboApps

Tomorrow, who knows what you’ll find! Exciting possibilities include Rsync, BitTorrent, Eye-Fi support, Slim Squeezebox support, remote file access and more!

DroboShare Product Specifications

Data Sharing Ethernet Interface Interface: 10/100/1000 ethernet Number of Ports: 1 Network topology: Shares data on a single subnet
USB Interface to Drobo Interface: Type A, USB 2.0 Number of Ports: 2 (shares 1 or 2 Drobos)
Dimensions Width Height Length Inches 6.0 1.75 10.7 mm 152.4 44.5 271.8	File System Options Windows: NTFS Mac OS X: HFS+ Cross-Platform: FAT32 Linux: EXT3
Other Specifications: Power: 12VDC @ 0.5Amp Weight: 2lbs 4 oz (1.02 Kg) Operating Temperature: 10°C-35°C (50°-95°F) Operating Altitude: 2,438m (8,000 ft) Drobo Dashboard (optional): Microsoft® Windows® OS, Apple® Macintosh® OS-X v10.4+