3tb Internal Hard Drive Mac Pro

The safe, expandable Drobo storage solution protects your data against a hard drive crash, yet can expand dynamically at any time in just seconds. With nothing to configure or manage, Drobo is now the ideal solution for primary storage as well as backup.

Brand: Data Robotics Model: DR04DD10 Platform: Windows Format: CD Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 6.30" h x 6.30" w x 10.70" l, 10.60 pounds FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 compatible) Enhanced USB 2.0 performance Redundant data protection Hot expandable up to 16TB Mix n match drive capacities

Meet your new primary storage, the safe, expandable Drobo. Drobo� utilizes the revolutionary BeyondRAID� storage technology that protects data against a hard disk crash, yet is simple enough for anyone to use. As long as you have more than a single disk in Drobo, all data on Drobo is safe no matter which hard disk fails. There�s no need to worry about anything else. Drobo plugs into Mac or PC computers for redundant data protection. Dynamically expand storage any time: Drobo holds up to four hard drives, can expand at any time, and supports up to 16TB on a single volume as disk sizes increase. 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 interfaces you want. Go Faster with FireWire 800. Hi-Speed USB 2.0. With FireWire 800 alongside USB 2.0 and an upgraded core processor, Drobo is now the fastest product in its class. It is the perfect solution for both primary and backup storage of large media and productivity files such as video, photos, music, audio, and troves of documents and spreadsheets. In fact, even if you're now using USB 2.0, the new Drobo is up to three times as fast its predecessor in typical usage. No Software or Drivers are Needed The Drobo magic comes from the software that's built into the hardware called BeyondRAID�an advanced storage technology. Drobo does everything for you from expanding capacity when you add a drive, to self-healing around drive failures and data errors. Drobo also includes a powerful desktop software utility called Drobo Dashboard, which shows you how much capacity you've used and when you need to replace or upgrade a drive. You can also use Drobo Dashboard for firmware updates and email alerts. Simple Management Green Means Go. Drobo is equipped with a series of LEDs on its front-side that shows you all you need to know about how Drobo is doing and how much free capacity you have. If you've ever successful navigated a traffic signal, you're a certified Drobo expert. (Check your mailbox - your certificate is on its way!) Also, install new "bare" hard drives with no need for screwdrivers, drive carriers, or any other tools. Redundantly Safe Drobo can ensure your data is safe even if a hard disk fails. If disks fail, Drobo automatically enters a state of self-healing and your data is relayed out across the remaining healthy disks and sectors. Redundantly Safe When Drobo detects a "bad" hard disk, it proactively advises you with a series of warnings ranging from a blinking red LED on its front panel, to pop-up alerts in Drobo Dashboard, to email alerts. What Drobo does next is exceptional. Entering a self-healing mode where it repairs around the bad sector or disk, Drobo will work until it returns to the safest state possible. If Drobo has sufficient time and free capacity, it can even withstand additional hard disk failures � that's the power of self-healing. Small Box | Big Storage     Description 4-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals 5-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals 5-Bay File Sharing Storage for Professionals 8-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals 8-Bay File Sharing Storage for Business 8-Bay iSCSI SAN Storage for Business Type Direct-Attached Direct-Attached File Sharing (up to 10 users) Direct-Attached File Sharing (up to 100 users) iSCSI SAN (up to 8 servers) Model Drobo Drobo S Drobo FS DroboPro B800fs B800i Interfaces USB 2.0, FireWire 800 USB 3.0 / 2.0, FireWire 800, eSATA 1 x Gb Ethernet USB 2.0, FireWire 800, 1 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (single server) 2 x Gb Ethernet 2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi server) Drive Bays 4 5 5 8 8 8 Drive Type 3.5� SATA 3.5� SATA 3.5� SATA 3.5� SATA 3.5� SATA 3.5" SATA Form Factor Desktop Desktop Desktop Desktop or Rack mount (3U) Desktop or Rack mount (3U) Desktop or Rack mount (3U) BeyondRAID� X X X X X X Thin Provisioning X X X X X X Drive Protection Single Single or Dual Single or Dual Single or Dual Single or Dual Single or Dual Smart Volumes Automatic Automatic Automatic Up to 16 Automatic Up to 255 Drobo Sync         X   Drobo Apps     X   X   Power / Cooling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Management Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Care� Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Optional Don't forget to buy your Drobo Care! Drobo Care 1-year Warranty Drobo Care 3-year Warranty  

Most helpful customer reviews 952 of 988 people found the following review helpful. A GREAT STORAGE DEVICE By digitalman Normally I don't write reviews for all of the products I buy, but based on the bad reviews that people have given the drobo, I felt I needed to offset some of the unfair & misleading comments. I have had this drobo for about a month. I have had very little interaction with the drobo itself. That is becouse once it is set up you forget it. That is wonderful for this kind of storage device. It really is as simple as putting the drives in, install the software, and begin using it. I first saw this at Macworld in January 2008, but held out for the firewire version. I am using on a mixed environment network with no compatibility problems. It is very fast, and very easy. I am using mine for all of my videos streamed to our TVs. IT ABSOLUTELY WORKS WONDERFULLY! It can simultaniously stream mp4 videos to 2 TVs while having data copied to it.... all without any hiccups. That is impressive for a device like this. For those of you have have read (or are about to read) some of the negative reviews here, allow me to comment on them: First complaint: Add (4) 1TB Drives - only get 2.7TB of useable data space. There are two reasons why. First the equivalent of the largest drive is being used incase or drive failure or to be able to do drive expansion. Second, the device says that you can put up to 16tb of storage in it. This means that WHEN 4tb drives are available, you can put up to 4 of them in this device. Does that mean that you will have 16tb of useable storage. NO. Why? Becouse hard drives are sold based on an inaccurate counting system. While EVERY SINGLE HARD DRIVE MAKER (or company selling storage space) counts how much space you have based on 1gb =1000mb, this is totally false! The truth is that 1gb = 1024mb. This means that they are shorting you 24mb for every GB you buy. I realize that on 1 GB, it is only 24mb lost, but on a TB that starts adding up. Also the system uses some of the storage to index your drive so it knows how to find the data on your drive. This is why when you buy a computer with a 80gb hard drive and look at usable data it will say about 75GB. Second complaint: "This is a RAID system" while the drobo does not use raid 5 per se, it does use something very much like it. To get a raid 5 array, you need 3 or more drives that are all the same size. Regardless of how many drives you use, you lose the amount of storage space equivelant to one of the drives. This goes to the protection of the array. In other words, if one drive fails you replace it with another identical drive which will rebuild the array and to prevent data loss. Most implementations of raid 5 do not allow the storage space to grow, and if they do, it is very expensive for the raid controller card and very difficult to implement. What makes drobo different, is you get the benefits of raid 5 protection, with out of lot of its costs and complications. For example, you can put in any 4 sata drives, and it works, regardless of there sizes. Also, if you replace a drive you can replace it with any sata drive, not the same ones you used before. Both of these are a big deal because it is what makes what drobo does very unlike raid. Third complaint: "Drive rebuilds/expantions can take 2 to 5 days". OK, this one is true. But lets think about this, there is a good reason why this is true. You have data on all four drives. But it is writen to those drives in such a way that if any one drive is removed from a system and replaced with a new drive the drobo can rebuild all of that data. Look, that is pretty impressive. And I would imagine if you had a drive crash you would rather wait a few days to get your stuff back as opposed to losing it all together. But if you are rebuilding data for several terabytes... yes it is going to take a while. And the same is true for raid 5. Ultimately, the drobo does what it says. It is a very consumer friendly