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Data Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.) is a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Drobo Inc. (formerly Data Robotics, Inc.) providing our customers with un-parralled support and services. DSS, Inc. provides design, implementation/integration, on-site installation and after market support services if needed.

Built on award-winning BeyondRAID™ technology with single or dual-drive redundancy the Drobo, Inc.'s Drobo S protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. The Drobo Scan hold up to five hot-swappable drives, for on-the-fly drive capacity expansion with zero downtime.

Drobo S
Highlights:

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Drobo S - 5 Bay eSATA, FW800 & USB 2.0 Storage Array (no drives). New with product CD, documetnation and 1 yr warranty

Drobo Inc.'s Drobo S can act as a primary or secondary 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 fast eSATA and 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.

Up to 5 Drives of Instant Expansion to 10TB and Beyond - Grow your storage to meet with your data capacity needs with minimal effort. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all five drive bays are full. Unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID technology found in Drobo S enables you to mix and match capacities, drive brands, and speeds. This allows for continuous expansion as drive capacities grow and larger drives become available. With Drobo S, expansion is automatic, instantaneous, and access to data is always maintained.

Protection from Two Drive Failures - Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to TWO hard drives. It’s all done with a single click, and without ever losing access to your data. Running out of space? Switch back to single-drive redundancy. Unlike moving between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there’s no need to reformat or migrate data off of Drobo, potentially saving you hours or days.

Self-Healing Technology - With the self-healing technology now incorporated into Drobo S, your data is safer than ever. Even when sitting idle, the Drobo will continually examine the blocks and sectors on every disk, flagging questionable areas. This preemptive “scrubbing” helps ensure your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives, and that your data is always safe. And if a drive fails, Drobo S will strive to keep your data in the safest state possible, utilizing the available space on the remaining healthy drives.

Windows, Mac, or Linux - Drobo S connects to Windows, Mac and Linux¹ systems and supports NTFS, HFS Plus, EXT3, and FAT32 file formats. Regardless of operating system, everyone can take advantage of simple, powerful, complete Drobo data protection.

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 cache. No carriers or tools required.

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

Box Contents:
Drobo S
External power supply (100v-240v) with U.S. 110v 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

Accoustics
Normal operation: 31.8 dB¹

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

Dimensions
Width Height Length
Inches 5.9 7.3 10.3
mm 150.3 185.4 262.3

Drobo S

Data Robotics Drobo S Datasheet/Specifications

Weight:
8lbs (without hard drives or packaging)

File System Options
Windows: NTFS
Mac OS X: HFS+
Cross-Platform: FAT32
Linux²: EXT3

Operating System Support
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2000 Server
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Linux using EXT3³
Mac OS 10.4 or later

Certification: Emissions
FCC Class B, Underwriters Laboratories
(United States, Canada)
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.

Cheetah 15k SAS
300Gb and 600GB
hard disk drives

UltraStar 7K300 6Gb/s
2TB and 3TB
hard disk drives

WD RE4-GP SATA 3Gb/s
2TB hard disk drives

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