Product Description

As rich media (photos, video, movies, music) continues to devour your storage capacity, you need a solution that allows you to easily manage, protect, and scale storage for your PC or Mac. For you, we've created Drobo, the first fully-automated storage robot to take the pain out of keeping your important digital content safe. Drobo guards everything on it Drobo combines up to four hard drives into a big pool of protected storage. Start with two, grow to four, then upsize smaller drives-get Terabytes of protection. Drobo manages storage, so you don't have to Just connect Drobo to your Mac or PC. No RAID levels. No management or configuration. Drobo does everything for you. Get rid of multiple external drives. Avoid the complexity of RAID. Attach a Drobo storage robot to your system and let it manage your storage so you don't have to. Drobo upgrades capacity on-the-fly Add drives to Drobo at any time. Mix 'n match capacities, brands or speeds. No downtime, data migration, or waiting to access new capacity. Drobo works the way you do. Drobo lets you "pay as you grow" Hard drives get bigger and cheaper all the time. Don't buy storage capacity until you need it. Buy capacity "just-in-time" possibly saving you hundreds of dollars.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75877 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Data Robotics
• Model: DR04DU10UK
• Released on: 2008-01-01

Manufacturer's Description
Data Robotics- Drobo- 4 Bay Storage Array

Manufacturer's Description

Fully automated storage you don't have to manage

Robotic Operation Drobo is programmed to take actions on your behalf; always ensuring it's keeping your data safe and optimized: Auto-formatting of added drives Auto repair of data after drive failure Auto repair of data corruption Auto repair of data redundancy Auto expansion of storage pool (when drives are added or upsized) Auto sense & display of capacity used	(drives not included)
Consolidated Capacity Regardless of how many hard drives are installed; your Mac or PC sees one large drive: Consolidation of storage into large pool Accessible via High-Speed USB 2.0 Accepts one to four drives
	Automated Protection Data on Drobo is automatically protected against drive failure and data corruption: Redundant protection of all data Protection against drive failure Protection against multiple drive failures
	Flexible Configuration It's extremely easy to add capacity to Drobo; just like adding ink to a printer: Uses standard 3.5" SATA I or II drives Accepts any brand, capacity, or speed No tools, just insert drives into slots
Infinite Expansion Expand capacity forever by adding new, or upsizing installed drives without data migration or configuration: Insert new drives to any available bay Replace installed hard drives with larger drives to increase total capacity New capacity is available instantly Add drives without downtime or configuration
Intuitive Indicators Drobo informs you what actions are required with simple to understand indicator lights (no software required): Green = healthy, no action necessary Yellow = low, add drive here soon Red = full, add drive immediately Flashing red = failure, replace drive

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Customer Reviews

Drobo - the ultimage back up
I have been using my Drobo for about a month now and i am very pleased with it. The details within the Amazon page sum up the machine very well, and it really does what it says on the label, and is very easy to use.

I am a Mac user and the software works seamlessly with the Mac.

I am now storing all my multimedia files on the Drobo with the knowledge that it is all back up safely.

Well worth a look, and purchase!

I assume this is the USB 2.0 only version
This should state more clearly if it is the USB 2.0 only version (previous) or the one with firewire 800 and USB 2.0. I have had my version 2.0 for about a month and while I don't' think it's as easy to use as the manufactures make out, once you understand its quirks and have resolved them it is a very useful piece of kit.