Drobo


Drobo is a manufacturer of a series of external storage devices for computers. They are made of different types including DAS, SAN, and NAS appliances made by Drobo, Inc. Current Drobo devices can house up to four, five, eight, or twelve 3.5" or 2.5" Serial ATA or Serial Attached SCSI hard disk drives and connect with a computer or network via USB 2.0, USB 3.0, FireWire 800, eSATA, Gigabit Ethernet or Thunderbolt. Drobo devices are primarily designed to allow installation and removal of hard disk drives without requiring manual data migration, and also for increasing storage capacity of the unit without downtime.
The company Drobo, Inc. changed its name from Data Robotics in 2011 since the familiarity with the Drobo name far exceeded the Data Robotics name. Drobo, Inc. merged with Connected Data, Inc. in June 2013, with the new company taking the Connected Data name. In May 2015, Drobo was acquired by an investment group composed of seasoned tech executives and changed the company name to Drobo, Inc. The company's acquisition by StorCentric was announced in August, 2018.

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Model NumberDR04DD10DR04DD14DDR3A21DDR4A21DRDR3A21DRDR4A21DRDR5A21DRDR5A21-TDRDR6A21DRDR7A21DRDS2A21DRDS4A21DRDS5A21DR-Mini-1P11
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TypeDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASDASNASNASNASDAS
Drive Bays4445555+1*5+1**5+1*8+1***55+1*5+1*4+1*
RedundancySingle driveSingle driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual driveSingle or dual drive
HostsSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleSingleUp to 10 usersSingle
Data-Aware Tiering
USB
FireWire 800
Gigabit Ethernet
eSATA
Thunderbolt
Max Storage16TB64TB64TB16TB64TB64TB64TB128TB16TB64TB64TB64TB
Max Volume Size16TB64TB64TB16TB64TB64TB64TB256TB16TB64TB64TB64TB
Largest size drive4TB12TB14TB4TB14TB14TB14TB14TB4TB14TB14TB12TB

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