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Drobo S + DroboCare Support

Drobo S
Drobo S offers the best data storage experience ever for creative professionals and small businesses with “set it and forget it” storage needs.

Featuring five-drive capacity with single- or dual-drive redundancy, a triple interface that includes eSATA, and the ability continually add capacity as larger drives become available, Drobo S is ideal for addressing growing storage requirements in performance demanding environments.

DroboCare for Drobo S
The DroboCare™ Support program extends your peace of mind beyond the standard warranty term and phone support included with your Drobo™ purchase. In fact, DroboCare gives you more, even during your standard warranty period.¹

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 in a few days. With the standard warranty, we are able to ship a replacement only after we receive your unit.

Your Business Safety Net
With DroboCare, you receive 12 months of phone and web support for your technical issues during local business hours. With the standard warranty, technical support is provided for the first 90 days following purchase.

Trust Your Drobo to DroboCare
The DroboCare Support program is available if your products are still under standard warranty or currently protected by DroboCare. It can be renewed, one year at a time, as long as the Drobo product you are protecting is still being sold².

The terms governing the DroboCare Support program can be found at http://www.datarobotics.com/support

¹ DroboCare must be activated within 30 days of purchase date from the Drobo Store.
² Sold by an authorized Data Robotics, Inc. Reseller and unit is still under standard warranty or currently protected by DroboCare.

The following items will be added to your shopping cart:
(1) Drobo S and (1) DroboCare for Drobo S

763.20GBP incl. VAT

Maximum order quantity: 10

Qty:

Overview

Meet the new primary and backup storage solution that’s perfect for creative professionals and small businesses with “set it and forget it” storage needs. The safe, expandable Drobo® S offers blazingly fast eSATA, and the best data storage experience ever. In addition to eSATA, Drobo S features enhanced FireWire 800 performance and USB 2.0 connectivity. It is a self-managing, self-healing solution ideal for safely storing large files and rapidly growing data.

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID™ 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.

DroboCare Support Program
The DroboCare™ Support program give you 12 months of technical support as well as other benefits.

Features

DroboCare Support Program
The DroboCare™ Support program give you 12 months of technical support as well as other benefits.

	Standard Warranty	DroboCare
Term	One or two years depending on product	One year increments
Renewal	Cannot be renewed	Can be renewed for one year period as long as the product is still being sold²
Hardware Replacement	Hardware exchange — when we receive your Drobo unit, we'll send you a replacement	Advanced replacement – when you call, we’ll send your replacement right away
Technical Support	90 days from date of purchase	12 months technical support, local business hours

Technology

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID™ 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.

Tech Specs

Host Interface: eSATA, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible), and USB 2.0

Drives: Accommodates from one to five 3.5” SATA I / SATA II hard drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache¹. No carriers or tools required.

Power: Idle system (standby, drives off) = 12 watts Typical busy system (four drives) = 56 watts

Accoustics (Normal operation): 31.8 dB²

Dimensions: 5.9 inches wide x 7.3 inches tall x 10.3 inches long

Weight: 8lbs (without hard drives or packaging)

File System Options
Windows: NTFS
Mac OS X: HFS+
Cross-Platform: FAT32
Linux: EXT3

Operating System Support
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Linux using EXT3
Mac OS 10.4 or later

Box Contents
Drobo S
External power supply with power cord
eSATA cable
FireWire 800 cable
USB 2.0 cable
User Guide and Quick Start Card (printed)
Drobo Resource CD with Drobo Dashboard application, help files, and electronic documentation

Security: Kensington lock port (lock not included)

Warranty: One (1) year warranty in the US, two (2) year warranty in the EU (as provided by EU law), or as provided by local law.

¹ Tests performed with OS X Leopard on a Mac Pro using a 7200 RPM internal hard drive and a Drobo using two 7200 RPM drives over FireWire 800. Large file transfers performed with 1GB of video files via drag & drop. Small file transfers performed with 1GB of mp3 files via drag & drop. Kona video benchmarking test performed using the Disk Read/Write test with the following settings: 1GB file size, DVCProHD1080i60 video frame size, and disable file system cache enabled. Performance will vary significantly according to many factors such as file size, number of files, software drivers, operating system, hardware support, and other factors. Data Robotics, Inc. cannot guarantee all host systems will achieve similar results.

² Acoustics tests performed 1m from the front of Drobo with four 1TB Western Digital GreenPower™ drives during a file copy to Drobo. Drobo has a smart, five-speed fan governed by multiple internal temperature sensors that will normally be off or operate on its lowest setting. The fan is programmed to minimize noise, but never at the expense of disk integrity. The fan can switch to higher speeds if necessary in in hot operating environments or during strenuous usage to protect drives from overheating up to 38.1dB.