Drobo, Inc. Products - Storage for Professionals

Drobo 5N

Tue, 5 Feb 2013 16:32:06 -0600

The Faster, Easier Drobo for Your Network

The Drobo 5N was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best ever experience sharing storage and accessing data. From the moment you plug it in and it is instantly accessible on your network, you'll know there's nothing like it. The Drobo 5N is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment needing a simple, safe device for sharing and backing up data over the network.

Not only is Drobo 5N fast, but it's easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, and protected—exactly what's expected from a Drobo. You can safely store and edit photos, videos, and audio files as well as store and back up all the computers on your network

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo 5N protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you’re running low on space, the lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive and replace it with a larger one.

High-Speed Connectivity

The Drobo 5N is equipped with a single Gigabit Ethernet port for network connectivity. Drobo 5N connects directly to an Ethernet network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you're ready to go. You can even connect the Drobo 5N directly to the Ethernet port on your computer without having to configure any settings.

Capacity AND Performance

Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this networked Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Lightroom and Apple iPhoto or iTunes fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5" drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Drobo gives you the flexibility to choose.

Click here for more information about the Drobo 5N.

Drobo 5N 6TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo 5N 5-bay Storage Array and (2) 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

Drobo 5N 15TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo 5N 5-bay Storage Array and (5) 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

Drobo 5D

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:50:28 -0600

Redefining Professional Storage. Again.

Redesigned from the ground up to meet the data storage needs of today’s media creators and demanding professionals, Drobo 5D builds on the fully automated functionality of previous Drobos by adding blazing-fast performance. Leveraging cutting-edge Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 connectivity—along with the innovative use of solid state drives (SSDs) —Drobo 5D is the highest-performing personal storage array on the planet.

Not only is Drobo 5D fast, but it’s easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, and protected—exactly what’s expected from a Drobo. You can safely store and edit photos and videos as well as store and back up personal data.

Data Protection and Expandability Made Simple

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo 5D protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you’re running low on space, the lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive and replace it with a larger one.

Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB

Drobo 5D is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. With six Drobo 5D arrays in a chain, you can have up to 96 TB of usable capacity. And, the bi-directional 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum throughput.

Drobo is the only storage array that offers Thunderbolt AND USB 3.0. This latest generation of USB also offers high-performance connectivity and is backward compatibility with any computer running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows.

Capacity AND Performance

Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this desktop Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance flash in SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Premiere and Apple Aperture fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all five 3.5” drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Drobo gives you the flexibility to choose.

Click here for more information about the Drobo 5D.

Drobo 5D 6TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo 5D 5-bay Storage Array and (2) 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

Drobo 5D 15TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo 5D 5-bay Storage Array and (5) 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

DroboCare for Drobo Mini

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:56:29 -0600

DroboCare is simple, powerful protection for your Drobo storage. DroboCare extends your peace of mind beyond the standard warranty term of 2 years, provides advanced replacement, and enhances technical phone support. In fact, DroboCare gives you more, even during your standard warranty period.

The Fastest Way to Get Up and Running Again

With DroboCare, if something goes wrong, we'll send you a replacement Drobo right away, so you'll have it as quickly as possible—even before you send us back your Drobo. We call it "advanced hardware replacement"; we also expedite your shipment and pay for shipping both ways. With the standard warranty, you pay to ship the Drobo to us and wait until we receive your Drobo and ship you a replacement.

Your Business Safety Net

With DroboCare, phone support is available 24x7, starting the day you activate DroboCare until the end of your coverage. With the standard warranty, phone support is provided only for the first 90 days following purchase and is subject to local business hours.

How Does It Work?

To make it simple, there are two options available when you purchase a Drobo Mini:

Standard hardware warranty. You get 2 years of standard hardware warranty with the purchase of your Drobo. It's free and you don't have to do anything—but we would like you to register your Drobo to make it easier for us to provide you with the best support.
Standard hardware warranty + DroboCare. Purchase DroboCare at any time during your standard warranty period, extend your warranty from 2 to 3 years, get advanced hardware replacement and 24x7 phone support.

Click here for more information about the DroboCare for Drobo Mini.

DroboCare for Drobo 5D

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:54:38 -0600

The Fastest Way to Get Up and Running Again

Your Business Safety Net

How Does It Work?

To make it simple, there are two options available when you purchase a Drobo 5D:

Standard hardware warranty. You get 2 years of standard hardware warranty with the purchase of your Drobo. It's free and you don't have to do anything—but we would like you to register your Drobo to make it easier for us to provide you with the best support.
Standard hardware warranty + DroboCare. Purchase DroboCare at any time during your standard warranty period, extend your warranty from 2 to 3 years, get advanced hardware replacement and 24x7 phone support.

Click here for more information about the DroboCare for Drobo 5D.

DroboCare for Drobo 5N

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:31:08 -0600

The Fastest Way to Get Up and Running Again

Your Business Safety Net

How Does It Work?

To make it simple, there are two options available when you purchase a Drobo 5N:

Standard hardware warranty. You get 2 years of standard hardware warranty with the purchase of your Drobo. It's free and you don't have to do anything—but we would like you to register your Drobo to make it easier for us to provide you with the best support.
Standard hardware warranty + DroboCare. Purchase DroboCare at any time during your standard warranty period, extend your warranty from 2 to 3 years, get advanced hardware replacement and 24x7 phone support.

Click here for more information about the DroboCare for Drobo 5N.

Drobo Mini

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:43:10 -0600

Mini in Size Only

Drobo Mini has everything that’s in the high-capacity Drobo 5D in a package that’s the size of a deli sandwich. Made of a cutting-edge metallic carbon fiber with a soft-touch rubberized finish, Drobo Mini is small, rugged, and feels as cool as it looks. From the modern materials to the wraparound light indicators to the drive bay design, Mini is truly big storage in a small box.

Weighing in at about 3 pounds (fully loaded with drives installed), you can now carry up to 3TB of usable and protected capacity in your travel bag. To make Drobo Mini as portable as possible, there’s an optional carrying case that holds the Drobo, power supply, and a connectivity cable.

First Drobo with 2.5” Drives

Drobo Mini takes 2.5” drives—that’s what makes it portable. Four hot-swappable drive bays support drives of any capacity. No carriers or screws are needed to insert drives into a Drobo and the Drobo Mini is no different. An innovative new design allows drives to click in and out like a ballpoint pen.

Data Protection and Expandability Made Simple

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo Mini protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures.

Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you’re running low on space, the wraparound lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive and replace it with a larger one.

Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB

Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. This allows even the most portable laptop computers access to high-performance storage while retaining connectivity to other devices and an external monitor. The bidirectional 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum throughput.

Capacity AND Performance

Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this portable Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance flash in SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Premiere and Apple Aperture fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all four 2.5” drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs.If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. That would be a screaming fast portable Drobo!

Click here for more information about the Drobo Mini.

Drobo Mini 1.5TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo Mini 4-bay Storage Array and (2) 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

Drobo Mini 3TB Bundle includes: (1) Drobo Mini 4-bay Storage Array and (4) 750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drives.

60GB mSATA SSD Drive

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:45:10 -0500

60GB mSATA SSD drive for use in Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini Accelerator Bay.

Drobo Mini Carrying Case

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:47:02 -0500

Protective carrying case that holds a Drobo Mini, a power supply, and a connectivity cable.

Rack Mount Kit for DroboPro, DroboPro FS & DroboElite

Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:21:38 -0500

Rack Mount Kit (3U) for DroboPro, DroboPro FS or Drobo Elite
DroboPro, DroboPro FS, and Drobo Elite sold separately.

See Related Products:
• DroboPro and DroboPro Bundles