DroboPro Data Storage

DroboPro Data Storage
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Product Description

DroboPro™ is the first business class direct-attached 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




DroboPro Data Storage

 

DroboPro™ is the first business class direct-attached 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.

 

Up to 8 Disks of Instant Expansion to 16TB and Beyond

Grow your storage in line with your data capacity needs with minimal effort. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard disk or replace your smallest disk with a larger one, even when all eight disk bays are full. Unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID technology found in DroboPro enables you to mix n’ match disk brands, capacities and speeds. This allows continuous expansion as disk capacities grow. With DroboPro expansion is automatic, instantaneous and access to data is always maintained.

No Headache Dual Disk Redundancy
Enable the Dual Disk Redundancy option to protect against the simultaneous failure of up to two hard disks. It’s all done with a single click, without ever losing access to your data. Running out of space? You can even switch back to single disk redundancy with a click. For instance, unlike moving between RAID 5 and RAID 6, there’s no need to reformat or migrate data off of the array, potentially saving you hours or days.

Triple Interface Featuring iSCSI
Attach DroboPro directly to the server or workstation that requires storage or to a shared server or workstation on your network that can provide access to multiple clients. Interface options include:

  • iSCSI (utilizes Gigabit Ethernet)
  • FireWire 800
  • Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Unfamiliar with iSCSI? It’s a high performance protocol that has become extremely popular with businesses, but it can often be complex to manage. DroboPro changes that by introducing zero click iSCSI connection establishment for both Windows and OS X.

 

The Virtues of Smart Volumes
Create new volumes in seconds and manage up to 16 x 16TB volumes over time with ease. The innovative and timesaving Smart Volume management technology integrated into DroboPro allows volumes to pull storage from the common pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk allocation. The labor of resizing and migrating volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intelligent engineering.

Rack Mount Ready, Desktop Quiet
 DroboPro is equally at home in a rack mount environment as it is on your desktop. Dual smart fans automatically manage their speeds to optimize both cooling and operating noise. (DroboPro Rack Mount sold separately.)

DroboPro Product Specifications

Disk Interface
     Eight-bay capacity
     3.5" SATA I or SATA II hard disk drives
     No carriers required
     Mix and match capacities, disk brands and speeds¹

Capacity
Continuously upgradeable with larger and faster drives. Use our interactive tool to estimate your storage in various configurations.

DroboPro Size
  Width Height Length
Inches 12.17 5.46 14.1
mm 309.1 138.7 358.1

 Weight: 16lbs 3ozs (without hard drives or packaging)
 3U for a standard 19" rack


Host Interface

iSCSI (utilizes Gigabit Ethernet)²
FireWire 800
High Speed USB 2.0

 Accoustics³
Normal operation: 30.4 dB


Box Contents
DroboPro
6' USB 2.0 cable
6' FireWire 800 cable
6' Ethernet cable
User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
Resource CD includes:
      Drobo Dashboard application
      Help files
      Electronic Documentation

Certification: Emissions
FCC Part 15 Class B and Safety: UL, cUL

Security
Kensington lock port
(lock not included)


Power Specifications

Idle system (standby, drives off): 13 watts
Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (eight drives): 25 watts
Typical busy system (eight drives): 82 watts

Operating System Support
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
Mac OS 10.4.11 or later (Mac OS 10.5.6 or later required for iSCSI)
Mac OS Server 10.4.11 or later (Mac OS 10.5.6 or later required for iSCSI)
Linux4 using EXT3

File System Options
Windows: NTFS
Mac OS X: HFS+
Cross-Platform: FAT32
Linux4: EXT3
 

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