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Overview
Introducing DroboPro, the first business class storage array that manages itself. Engineered to be both simple and scalable, the revolutionary BeyondRAID™ technology incorporated into DroboPro frees businesses of making the difficult and confining choices commonly associated with storage management. Why trade simplicity for safety, or stability for expandability? DroboPro delivers both enterprise-level data safety and unprecedented expandability, featuring single and dual disk redundancy combined with instant capacity expansion. Once you experience DroboPro, you just might forget the differences between all eleven traditional RAID levels. If you do, don’t panic. You’re experiencing the peace of mind that comes with every Drobo® product.
Features
Created for demanding professional and business environments, DroboPro accommodates up to eight hard disks for large data storage needs. DroboPro is ideal for rack mounted usage connected to a server or desktop usage connected to a workstation.
Technology
DroboPro: RAID without Regrets
Every Drobo product comes with the revolutionary BeyondRAID storage technology — the next generation of redundant disk protection. BeyondRAID will not only keep your data safe, but also will increase uptime and availability. BeyondRAID technology offers several improvements over traditional RAID-based storage systems, including the flexibility to replace failed disks, increase capacity and with a single click switch between single and dual-disk redundancy all without costly downtime.
Key features of BeyondRAID include:
- Data protection against two simultaneous hard disk failures
- Instant capacity expansion without downtime
- Self-management
- Automatic healing
Tech Specs
| Drives: |
Accommodates
from one to eight 3.5” SATA I / SATA II hard disk drives of any manufacturer,
capacity, spindle speed and/or cache. No
carriers or tools required |
| Interfaces: |
iSCSI (utilizes Gigabit Ethernet), FireWire 800 (FireWire 400
compatible) and USB 2.02 |
| Dimensions: |
12.17”
width x 5.46” height x 14.1” length
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| Weight: |
16 lbs.
3 ozs. (without hard disks
or packaging) |
| Operating
Temperature: |
Operating
temperature: 10°C-35°C (50°-95°F);
Non-operating (storage): -10°-60°C
(14°-140°F); Altitude (operating): 2,438 m
(8,000
ft.);
Operating humidity: 5% - 80% |
| Power: |
180W
internal power supply.
Power-saving automatic hard disk spin-down option |
| AC
Voltage: |
AC
Input: 100/240 VAC, 1.8/0.75 A, 50/60 Hz |
| Cables
Included: |
Ethernet
(1 x 6’), FireWire 800 (1 x 6’), USB 2.0 (1 x 6’) and power (1 x 6’) |
| Software: |
DroboPro Resource CD with Drobo Dashboard application
(Windows and Mac OS X), Help files and electronic documentation |
| File
System Support: |
NTFS,
HFS+, FAT32 and EXT3 |
| System
Requirements: |
Microsoft
Windows XP (Service Pack 3), Vista (Service Pack 1), Server 2003, and Server
2008; Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4.11 or
greater and OS
X Server 10.4.11 or greater (Mac OS X 10.5.6 or greater recommended for
optimal iSCSI performance and
reliability);
Linux using EXT3 |
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