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Drobo (Second generation)
Manufacturer: Data Robotics, Inc. Part number: DRO-4DD10
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- The second-generation Drobo adds a FireWire 800 connection, but the original USB-only on the now discounted Drobo might be the best bet for Windows users until better FireWire 800 drivers arrive. The device remains the most automated and easy-to-use redundant backup product we've seen.
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CNET editors' review
Drobo (Second generation) price range: $339.99
- Reviewed by: Dong Ngo
- Edited by: Matthew Elliott
- Reviewed on: 08/21/2008
The good: Protects your data automatically; easily expandable with SATA hard drives of any size; features both USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 interfaces; faster processor than the original Drobo; works with DroboShare.
The bad: Subpar throughput on Windows XP; no eSATA; Ethernet can be added but costs $200; no bundled backup software; takes a long time to start; FireWire 800 doesn't work well with 64-bit Windows Vista; short one-year warranty; terrible phone tech support; relatively expensive.
The bottom line: The second-generation Drobo adds a FireWire 800 connection, but the original USB-only on the now discounted Drobo might be the best bet for Windows users until better FireWire 800 drivers arrive. The device remains the most automated and easy-to-use redundant backup product we've seen.
Editors' note: After testing a third Drobo unit, we have updated the review and revised the rating.
The third time isn't exactly a charm for Drobo, but it certainly yielded better results than our first two cracks did at the second generation of the so-called storage robot. We originally published our review of the new Drobo on July 30, and we weren't very high on the device because our testing--on two Drobo units on multiple test systems running both Windows XP and Vista--showed very slow throughput speeds and repeated occurrences of instability. Drobo's makers, Data Robotics, insisted the results we saw were due to a problem with its preproduction units, a driver issue with Windows Vista, a conflict with our test systems, or some combination of the three.
We acquired a third review system, this time a retail unit direct from Newegg, to test the validity of these claims. While its USB 2.0 and FireWire 800 performance on Windows XP was still very slow, we did see better numbers with 32-bit Vista. More importantly, our third test unit acted much more stable, assuaging our fears of data loss. Caveats remain for using the device with a Windows PC via FireWire 800, particularly if you are running 64-bit Vista, but we're starting to reestablish the warm feelings we had for the original, USB-only Drobo last year. Do note that last year's model can be had for $349, while the second-generation Drobo costs $500 for the addition of FireWire 800, a slightly faster processor, and a better cooling system. In the end, if you want a flexible and a fully automated redundant backup storage device, no other product works the way Drobo does.
Design and features
A year after Drobo Robotics introduced its Drobo drive to general acclaim, including an Editors' Choice award from us, the company has released the next iteration of the product. The new Drobo looks and functions basically the same as the original, but adds FireWire capability by way of two FireWire 800 ports on the back, next to the USB 2.0 port. Still, the device doesn't come with an eSATA connection--the fastest solution to connect external storage devices to a computer--nor does it feature networking abilities (for that, you'll need to purchase the separate DroboShare unit, which adds Gigabit Ethernet).
Like the original, the new Drobo can house up to four internal SATA hard drives of any capacity and blend them into a proprietary configuration that balances between the highest data security and the most storage space. As long as only one hard drive fails at a time, whether it's the largest one or not, your data is safe. The device is also able to predict which hard drive is prone to fail and prompt you to replace it via a big LED corresponding to that particular hard drive's bay.
There are a couple of catches, however. First, you will never get total-combined storage space of the hard drives, as some space is reserved for data redundancy in the event one of your drives fails. The Drobo is designed to give you the most possible storage capacity and peace of mind regarding data integrality. For example, if you pop in a pair of 250GB hard drives, a 350GB drive, and a 500GB drive, Drobo provides 789GB of total storage. The good part is that Drobo does all the work itself--all you're required to do is insert the hard drives, which is as easy as inserting a CD into a CD-ROM drive. Secondly, if your Drobo fails, or in the event of disaster, it could be very hard to recover the data. Due to its proprietary format, the Drobo's hard drives can't be read by any other third-party machine.
The new Drobo also comes with better ventilation: a larger fan spins at a lower rate and is, therefore, significantly quietier than the original Drobo. Still, if you stand close to it, you will hear a subtle humming sound.
It was fairly easy for us to get the new Drobo up and running using its included Drobo Dashboard software. We did notice, though, that the drive took a relatively long time (up to a minute or more, as opposed to seconds in other drives) to get started. We were able to swap out hard drives with the device while it was still working. Once a new hard drive is put in, the rebuilding process started and took about five minutes to finish. This amount of time changes, of course, depending on the size of the hard drive and the amount of data stored on the device. Conveniently, you can still access data on the other drives inside your Drobo during this process.
Finally, $500 might seem a bit steep for a storage device that doesn't include any storage out of the box. But the 2TB Drobo goes for $899, which is comparable to the 2TB LaCie Biggest Quadra, which also includes eSATA ,and can currently be found between $835 and $1,099. The 2TB Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ RND4210 is sold online for as little as $1,272. It's a NAS drive with an Ethernet connection, but a 2TB Drobo plus the $200 DroboShare product that aids Ethernet still costs less. Moving the other way, the two-bay empty D-Link DNS-323 costs $200 or less, and a two-bay WD My Book Mirror delivers 2TB of storage out of the box for $500 or less.
Performance
Data Robotics provided us with the two prior units we reviewed, both of which proved to be finicky and slow, regardless of which version of Windows we tested them with. We reported the problem to the company, and Data Robotics, after having taken the test units back, found a soldering problem on the first preproduction unit, and suspected that our test methodology, our test bed, or a driver or firmware issue was to blame for the same performance issues we saw on the next one.
We acquired a third unit from Newegg to avoid any preproduction issues. We tested it on our standard Windows XP test bed that we use for all storage products, and we also tested it on the same test bed with 32-bit Vista Home Ultimate, as well as a Dell Dimension PC with 32-bit Vista Home Premium. We tested all of the units with a mixture of 500GB, 400GB, 320GB and 250GB hard drives setup in different sets of 3 and 4.
We are happy to report that this third Drobo unit proved to be much more stable than the previous two. We were able to move it from one system to another, and swap drives in and out without incident. We did come in one morning to be greeted not by Drobo's green status lights but a yellow light prompting us to believe the device had hung (the yellow light generally indicates that the device is not connected to a computer, which it was at the time). Data Robotics claims that this is just an energy saving feature (as in, the Drobo would go to sleep after being idle for a certain amount of time), but we couldn't get the drive back to work by touching the mouse or keyboard, or even rescanning the hardware list. Nonetheless, we were able to quickly reset it by simply unplugging the power cable and plugging it back in; the Drobo then restarted without any loss or corruption of our data.
Since the biggest change to the product from last year's model is the addition of FireWire 800, the logical expectation from the new Drobo is a bump in performance. We didn't test the original Drobo's throughput performance a year ago (now, we wish we had), but we tested the new Drobo (three times) with both its FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connections.
The third unit did nothing to change our opinion of its performance over Windows XP, where its FireWire 800 write and read speeds were consistently around a pokey 96Mbps. The situation improved when we moved to Widows Vista Ultimate and Home Premium and used a third-party Unibrain FireWire 800 card and driver. Write speeds increased to 128Mbps and read speeds increased to 160Mbps.
Testing Drobo via its USB 2.0 connection, on the other hand, registered more consistent scores across different operating systems, including Windows XP and Windows Vista, coming in at around135Mbps on our write test and 74Mbps on our read test.
It's worth noting that our test data--a 10GB folder that consists of roughly 37,000 small files--is not optimized for throughput speed, but rather to resemble real-world usage. We ran some anecdotal tests with other data sets that included fewer but larger files under Windows Vista, and the Drobo's FireWire 800 performance was much better--up to 200Mbps for writing and 320Mbps for reading. This difference, however, is generally common for all direct attach storage devices
All in all, we found the second generation Drobo's performance to be below average for external hard drives, including those set up in redundancy RAID configurations, in both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connections. The device was also inconsistent and registered scores with noticeable discrepancies between tests. For example, at a demo of the third unit with Data Robotics' representatives, we downloaded and installed the latest firmware (version 1.2.2 ), which the company claimed to improve the throughput up to 25 percent. The Drobo actually took almost 13 minutes to finish a job it had taken only a little more than 11 minutes to do with the old version of the firmware.
Though not tested, Data Robotics informed us that there are currently driver issues that affect FireWire 800 performance for the Drobo or any other such device when working with a 64-bit Windows Vista PCs (and even some 32-bit Vista systems). The company advises you to use Windows' own FireWire driver instead of Unibrain's driver; you'll be able to run only at FireWire 400 speeds, but the connection will be stable. Unibrain is aware of the situation and is currently working to resolve the issue with its next driver release.
We didn't compare the Drobo against any other direct attach devices because the Drobo is the only product that offers automated data protection and writes data across up to four drives (most external drives we test are single-drive devices). To put Drobo's read and write speeds in context, however, direct attach external storage drives we've tested with our official test data typically register about 200Mbps on our write test and 230Mbp on our read test for USB 2.0 connection. These numbers jump to roughly 350Mbps and 380Mbps, respectively, for FireWire 800. By comparison, the new Drobo's performance is approximately two times slower than these averages.
We worked closely with Data Robotics on the performance issues and tested the device thoroughly. Overall, we tested three units (two provided by Data Robotics and one we purchased ourselves) with three different test machines, under both Windows XP and Windows Vista 32-bit (both Ultimate and Home Premium editions). In total, we spent over a month testing the units, between our first Drobo test and the last, and we feel confident in our test results. While Drobo is no speed demon, at least in the end it appears the device is stable.
Service and support
Data Robotics backs the new Drobo with a standard one-year warranty, which is disappointing considering other storage vendors sometimes offer up to five years for their products. Its toll-free phone support is supposedly available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST, excluding holidays. We tried the number listed on its Web site and were greeted with a prerecorded message saying the phone support is only available to registered products. After that, we found ourselves on hold for 30 minutes before finally hanging up the phone. You can also send an e-mail to tech support or fill out the online support form. Drobo's site offers FAQs, documentation, downloads, and a user forum.
User reviews
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It's very fast - Review doesn't seem right
by daveschaffer on July 31, 2008
Pros: Fast and Simple to Use
Cons: It's the best desktop array I've tried
Summary: I've no idea what this reviewer was doing. Just in simple drag and drop tests I'm getting around 50MB/s (400Mb/s) on FW800 which is about the ...
Summary: I've no idea what this reviewer was doing. Just in simple drag and drop tests I'm getting around 50MB/s (400Mb/s) on FW800 which is about the best I'm seeing for a desktop array (obviously a little less than a single disk drive but that's normal for any RAID array from any vendor although it's not clear to the reviewer). It's also tricky to know what he means by finicky. I just plugged it in and it's worked fine ever since. On windows you need to ensure you have the right drivers to get good FW800 performance. My guess is that the reviewer had something set up wrong? Also true that every RAID array has a proprietary format and this isn't something unique to Drobo although apparently also unknown to the reviewer.
9 out of 12 users found this user opinion helpful.
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The Drobo Firewire performance is HOT!!
by lmorse532 on July 31, 2008
Pros: Firewire800 really improves the usefulness of the Drobo. I can now use it as the primary storage in doing my photoshop work.
Cons: A network option would be nice.
Summary: My experience with this second generation Drobo has been much different then this reviewer's. I have had a first generation Drobo for over 9 months. I really liked the '...
Summary: My experience with this second generation Drobo has been much different then this reviewer's. I have had a first generation Drobo for over 9 months. I really liked the 'simplicity' of management of the storage array. I have grown from 500 GB to almost 2TB with its brain-dead handling of inserting of new drives. This is by far the easist RAID array I have ever used.
The one draw back was it was rather slow on USB on my iMac and Vista systems. So, I purchased a DroboShare back in Feb and that has worked out well for backups.
Now I have just gotten my 2nd gen Drobo and on the iMac (Fw800) it just screams! I can open a raw photo in photoshop in 1/3 the time of the USB Drobo. It is fast enough to use for all my editing. I only have FW400 on my Vista box, but using IOmeter, I was still seeing read speeds of 44 MB/sec and write speeds of 32MB/sec.
This is a great improvement from Data Robotics!8 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Was Nervous... Now Happy.
by douganmilne on September 24, 2008
Pros: Fast, Quiet, No-Brainer
Cons: would like an activity light + activity alert in the Drobo Dashboard (DataRobotics... if you're listening...?)
Summary: I wrote this review in the Drobo 4tb section... but have moved it here.
I pre-ordered the Drobo II in Zurich a couple weeks ago, and paid about $650 for ...Summary: I wrote this review in the Drobo 4tb section... but have moved it here.
I pre-ordered the Drobo II in Zurich a couple weeks ago, and paid about $650 for it. I was nervous... actually very nervous.... because the reviews for the 1st Gen Drobo were a bit Hit-or-Miss.... and the reviews for the 2nd Gen were spotty as well. I read and re-read the CNET review.... hoping there would be a third iteration to it that said, "despite our 1st and 2nd attempts with the Drobo... our 3rd attempt reveals that it is the most amazing, lightning-fast, whisper-quiet, energy-efficient, super-secure piece of hardware we have ever tested".
That review never came.... and I was constantly bothered that they hadn't reviewed the Drobo with a Mac / OS X.
I am a storage junkie, and so this is my Drobo experience (thus far) in so many words:
Performance....
With iMac 2.8Ghz, 4gb RAM, OS X 10.5.5 - ONLY TESTED FIREWIRE 800 - Drobo II with 4tb (4 x 1tb) Seagate Barracuda ES.2
Transfer speeds are not lightning-fast..... but they are certainly AS Fast - if not faster - than the CNET tests. I transfered 100gb of small data files and music, with an average transfer/write speed of 260Mbps. I then transfered 1tb of larger files with an average write speed of 310Mbps. I can't be certain why there is such a significant difference here... but I think it has to do with the file structures.
In Comparison.... I have a 2Tb WD drive that runs at roughly the same speed.
Frankly... to me... this is fast enough. And, the Drobo feels more stable than the WD, as it doesn't go to sleep after 5 minutes, and then completely freeze my operations for the 3 minutes it requires to wake itself up.
Sound...
I have bad ears from a childhood and adult/childhood spent on/in/around motorcycles. But, I swear.... I cannot here the Drobo from 2ft away. In comparison, I can hear my WD 2tb from up-to 10 feet away. The Drobo is Whisper Quiet.
Setup....
Took a total of about 7 minutes, once I had inserted the drives (literally, like CNET says... "just like putting a CD into a CD-ROM drive"..... there are no cartridges to assemble!!!) and installed the Drobo Dashboard. The Software tells you that it needs to "initialize" the drives, and then within a couple minutes (maybe 3-4), you have the Drobo sitting on the left of your finder window. Really Easy.
Use....
I have moved my iTunes folder over to the Drobo, and I am streaming from my iMac in the den (where the Drobo resides), to my AppleTV in the living room. Strage is currently at 1.9tb. No hiccups... perfect stream.
Design....
This is the only area where I believe some of the other manufacturers get higher marks for "Quality". The Drobo looks sweet...!! Don't get me wrong... it looks awesome sitting next to my computer and speakers, and if I could upload a photo to this review, I would. But, my only complaint is the general fit+finish doesn't quite have the same feel as the Netgear, or Lacie..... probably more on par with Western Digital. The drive "trays" feel thin and plastiquey...... and the front panel is a little lightweight. Not a Deal-Breaker.
Conclusion....
I don't know how it works. I don't really wanna know how it works. In fact... I don't really care how it works. But, it does.... and it works well. Its fast enough that I would never have any complaints... quiet enough that I can't hear it.... and smart enough that I know not to ask questions. I realize its not RAID..... but it still feels safe, and frankly, it should after eating 1.3 of my Terabytes with its backup function.
Great Product, Highly Recommended for media freaks and storage geeks who aren't geeky enough to know better.
dougan.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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reliable and fast
by strentman on August 28, 2008
Pros: Fast, super easy to manage, grows as your storage needs grow.
Cons: no integrated backup
Summary: My experience with the generation2 drobo has been wonderful. The unit is perfect for managing today's endless growth of media storage we all require today. I started out with ...
Summary: My experience with the generation2 drobo has been wonderful. The unit is perfect for managing today's endless growth of media storage we all require today. I started out with two 500GB hard drives and just added two more. As I was moving some home movie files to the unit one of the slots started blinking red. That means the disk in that slot has gone bad!! The drobo stopped using that drive and all my data was still available. I returned that drive for a refund and replace it with no data loss. What a great tool! I now have nearly 2TB of capacity and can feel good about the fact that the drobo will protect me from shoddy drives. Nothing short of brilliant.
And performance is great. I did some stop watch comparisons with a single disk iomega firewire drive I was using previously and the drobo is actually faster when reading data from it. About the same when writing. I am also able to do movie editing directly with files on the drobo, so it can work as a primary storage device. Nice!
My only knock is that it would be nice if the drobo management application had an integrated backup capability built in. However, I am using a filesync app I downloaded from the web and it works well with the drobo.
In summary, I find the drobo fast, reliable and the ability to increase (or decrease) your storage pool on the fly is great for managing day to day storage needs. Sweet product.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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wonderful, flexible and fast
by gfranke42 on August 29, 2008
Pros: nothing else like it and that is a good thing. you will fall in love with how easy it is to use and how useful it is to pool a large capacity storage device that protects your data from bad disks.
Cons: Their update mechanism isn't pretty, but it works. Also wish the activity light was visible through the front panel.
Summary: A great product. I never would have thought of using a product like this until the drobo came out. It is disruptive in that what was once only something highly ...
Summary: A great product. I never would have thought of using a product like this until the drobo came out. It is disruptive in that what was once only something highly technical people would be able to use is now available to the non-technical masses like myself.
As for the performance and reliability, I've had no problems with either yet. With copies it feels as fast as any external hard drive and I know all my data is safe, so it has lots of peace of mind. Besides, it is cool looking on my desk and I get a lot of people asking me about it. I think this is going to be a very popular device.2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great product!!
by jespenoza on September 15, 2008
Pros: Innovative, easy-to-use and good performance.
Cons: Needs a visible activity light.
Summary: I was sitting on the fence until the 2nd gen drobo came out with firewire support. That convinced me to buy it since I mostly use Macs which have great ...
Summary: I was sitting on the fence until the 2nd gen drobo came out with firewire support. That convinced me to buy it since I mostly use Macs which have great firewire support. The drobo has been working great for me and I recommended it to a friend. My friend pointed me to this review as a reason he didn't buy one, so I thought I would check out the review. Strange review. I find it quite contrary to my own experience. The performance comments in the review are odd. I am getting much better performance than what the reviewer mentions. However, on a second read I noticed the comment about how cnet used 37,000 small files in their performance test. I guess the drobo isn't tuned for that kind of usage, but that should be ok for 99% of the world. I use the drobo to store media files and those are generally not very small. pictures, music, movies all copy to and from my drobo with excellent performance. I haven't noticed any drop-off from my iomega firewire hard drive. So I think that part of the review is a bit outdated. The rest of the review is just a hard to read mess. I think I convinced my friend to ignore the review and purchase a drobo. For me it has been invaluable. To have a storage pool that you can continually expand and also the sense of security in the data protection is definitely something he can use given the amount of media files he has.
Bottom-line? The drobo is a great product. Fast and easy to use. Looks cool on my desk. :) quiet. Can't say enough about how useful it is to have a single pool of storage that can store all my music, photos and movies. The one complaint I have is the damn activity light is hidden from view when the front panel is on. I really wish they exposed that through the front panel. It is nice to be able when the drobo is busy, but in the end that is a minor nit. The front panel attaches with magnets and comes off with a simple pull, so I can check activity light if I need to.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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spectacular device!!
by cicero888 on August 11, 2008
Pros: Fast, quiet and easy to use
Cons: took a long time to get it shipped
Summary: I used the original Drobo for over a year and it has been working flawless. Since I own multiple Mac and the new Drobo now has Firewire800 I decided to ...
Summary: I used the original Drobo for over a year and it has been working flawless. Since I own multiple Mac and the new Drobo now has Firewire800 I decided to take the plunge and purchase my second. So far it is working beyond my expectations. I moved my USB only drobo to a DroboShare so I could use that as a central repo across all of my computers and decided to dedicate the firewire capable drobo as my primary storage for my new iMac.
Well, I can say this new firewire drobo is fast as hell. First thing I did was drag all of my iMovie files to it and it feels about 2x faster than the USB version. Then I tried doing some movie editing with the data on it and it was great. No different than when using data from my internal drive. Wow!! I then (for a test) did some copies off of it and it was going close to 50MB/s. That is terrific for a multi-terabyte storage device that protects me from a disk failure.
Way to go Drobo!!1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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2nd gen. is fast & quite
by macminis4me on August 7, 2008
Pros: effortless to setup and use
Cons: 4 drives is good, i really want to see 8
Summary: I bought a 1st gen Drobo and was pleased. I ordered a 2nd gen unit and got worried when I found this review. Got my hands on it 2 days ...
Summary: I bought a 1st gen Drobo and was pleased. I ordered a 2nd gen unit and got worried when I found this review. Got my hands on it 2 days ago -- this review and reviewer are wrong on all points.
Timing file copies using Finder on a MBP, I consisently get 52-55MB/sec write speeds and and 36MB/sec read. USB speeds are 22MB writes, 25MB reads -- these are about 25% faster than my original, USB-only Drobo.
The reworked fan and cooling grills make this dead quiet. Even doing a prolonged Time Machine backup I couldn't hear any fan noise.
I think its a sign of sloppy work or bias that the reviewer mentions NOTHING about FireWire on a Mac. And he injects his personal opinion as fact when saying things like its expensive, it needs bundled backup software, or other interfaces. Competition in the market will decide those things, not sniping comments from a some Cnet dude.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Drobo 2nd generation IS better and faster; review must be mistaken
by Jurasic005 on July 31, 2008
Pros: Fast, redundant, safe and simple, perfect for photos
Cons: Ethernet needs to be integrated into Drobo unit
Summary: I have to agree with the other posts here. After waiting to receive my Drobo 2nd generation for a couple of weeks, I just tried transferring my photo gallery to ...
Summary: I have to agree with the other posts here. After waiting to receive my Drobo 2nd generation for a couple of weeks, I just tried transferring my photo gallery to the new Drobo using FW800 and it was very fast, much faster than the older USB only version. I now have two Drobos because my storage needs are huge and cannot fit on just one Drobo with the capacity limitations of current hard disks. Drobo is in my opinion the best storage product for my photography needs on the market - hands down. The review slams the new Drobo for being slow, but given my experience I have no idea how he came to this conclusion, except to say that the "official response" from Data Robotics must be accurate. How unfortunate that such a cool, innovative and easy to use product gets an unfair review from a professional reviewer. I love my Drobos and if it were not for them I would not have peace of mind for my priceless images. Bravo Drobo!
5 out of 11 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great product
by johnwiley82 on July 31, 2008
Pros: does everything the 1st one did, with faster data transfer speeds & FireWire
Cons: great buy for the price
Summary: Is this review a joke?
I followed Drobo for a long time and this guy is a welcome upgrade to the one that's already out. I bought one and ...Summary: Is this review a joke?
I followed Drobo for a long time and this guy is a welcome upgrade to the one that's already out. I bought one and have had none of these problems.4 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Data Robotics, Inc.
- Part number: DRO-4DD10
- Description: Drobo utilizes a revolutionary storage technology that makes it simple for anyone to use, yet is powerful enough for business. Once you experience the power of Drobo, the idea of keeping multiple external drives or a RAID 5 arrays will seem as antiquated as that 28.8 Kbps modem in the back of your closet. Your library of data grows every moment. Now, your storage solution expands in seconds, too. Drobo holds up to four hard drives, can expand at any time, and supports up to 16 TB on a single volume as disk sizes increase. Choose how big you want your Drobo today with any combination of drives capacities. Why compromise? Safety and accessibility now go hand in hand. Experience Drobo with both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0. It's the data protection and peace of mind you need with the performance and interface you want.
General
- Device Type Hard drive array
- Width 6 in
- Depth 10.7 in
- Height 6.3 in
Cabinet (Chassis)
- Installed Devices / Modules Qty 0
- Supported Devices / Modules Qty 4
Storage
- Max Supported Capacity 16 TB
- HDD Array External Interface FireWire 800, Hi-Speed USB
- Optical Storage None
Processor
- Processor None
Storage Controller
- Type Serial ATA - Integrated ( IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) / Hi-Speed USB )
- Supported Devices Hard drive
Storage Controller (2nd)
- Type None
Storage Hard Drive
- Type Hot-swap - Plug-in module
- Capacity 0 x 0 GB
- Interface Type Serial ATA-I, Serial ATA-II
Storage Hard Drive (2nd)
- Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays Total (Free) 4 ( 4 ) x Internal - 3.5" x 1/2H
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) None
- Interfaces 1 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type B, 1 x IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800)
- Connections 1
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included 1 x USB cable - 6 ft, 1 x IEEE 1394b cable - 6 ft
- Software Included Drivers & Utilities
- Compliant Standards UL, FCC Part 15 B
Power
- Power Device Power adapter - External
- Voltage Required AC 100/200 V
- Power Consumption Operational 40 Watt
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Product series
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Manufacturer info
- Data Robotics, Inc.
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