3tb Internal Hard Drive Mac Pro

DROBO FS, 5 BAY GBE STORAGE ARRAY

Brand: Data Robotics Model: DRDS2A21 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 13.50" h x 10.00" w x 13.50" l, 28.66 pounds Includes - Drobo FS, CAT 6 Ethernet cable, AC Adapter (100v-240v) with U.S. 110v power cord, User Guide and Quick Start Card, Software Shares on a Gigabit Ethernet Network - Drobo FS connects directly to your Gigabit Ethernet network for sharing data. Protection from up to Two Drive Failures - Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives. Supports the Client- Drobo FS supports standard networking protocols allowing access to its data from any Windows, Mac, or UNIX/Linux client Self-Healing Technology - When idle, the unit will proactively examine the blocks and sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas

The revolutionary Drobo FS was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best file sharing experience ever. From the moment you plug it in and see it instantly appear on your desktop, you�ll know there�s nothing like it. The all-in-one Drobo�FS is perfect for connected homes, home offices, or small office environments who need a simple, safe device for sharing and backing up files over the network. Like all Drobo storage products, Drobo�FS provides redundant data protection: just plug in your Drobo�FS, and your data protection is ready to go with no configuration required. We call this BeyondRAID� technology. You�ll call it peace of mind. Share your data on a Gigabit Ethernet Network Drobo�FS connects directly to a Gigabit Ethernet network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you are ready to go. Supports the Computer of Your Choice Connect to your Drobo�FS using any Windows or Mac computer. Whatever system you have, it's likely you'll be able to connect to it over your network quickly and easily. Easy Expansion to 10TB and Beyond Drobo�FS holds up to five drives allowing you to effortlessly grow your storage to meet your data capacity needs. To add more space, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full. And unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID technology in Drobo�FS enables you to mix and match drive capacities, brands and speeds. This unprecedented flexibility allows for continuous expansion as available hard drive capacities increase. With Drobo�FS, expansion is automatic, instantaneous and access to data is always maintained. Protection from up to 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 you never lose access to your data. Running out of space? No problem. Switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID levels, there�s no need to reformat or migrate data off of the Drobo�FS � potentially saving you hours or days of downtime. Self-Healing Technology 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. Seamless Integration with Apple Time Machine The Drobo FS enables network backup for Mac users at home, home office or small offices. The Drobo FS delivers the most seamless support for Apple Time Machine of any network storage system on the market today. Using Time Machine with Drobo FS is as easy as clicking one box in the Drobo Dashboard software, with no need for confusing, complex command line work. 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 72 of 76 people found the following review helpful. Improved over the first Drobo By M. Jones I owned the original Drobo when it first came out, but ended up selling it due mainly to how noisy it was. The ease of use of the Drobo kept me interested in the products however. I'm happy to say, this is drobo is much improved. It's not silent by any means, and is probably louder than it has to be, but it replaced the blower with a regular fan and is much more tolerable. It takes a LONG time to boot after a shutdown (around 10 minutes)Transfer speeds are not really anything to write home about. I'm getting between 24-27 MB/sec uploading large media files. That will be fine for my uses, but if you're doing a lot of data manipulation on this as your primary storage, you may be disappointed. 76 of 84 people found the following review helpful. Drobo FS - A hard drive for the whole family By L. Abate Intro:External hard drives are cheap. For less than $100 you can purchase a 1 terabyte external USB drive. After a few minutes of setup time, you can be well on your way to storing your MP3's, Office docs, and family photos. But what happens if it fails? What happens when it gets full? And how do you share your files with the rest of your family members? These are the problems that led a company called Data Robotics to create a product known as the Drobo.Think of the Drobo like a little storage robot.You just add a few hard drives, plug it in, and the Drobo does the rest. The latest in the line of these "storage robots" is called the Drobo FS. The FS stands for file sharing. Instead of a USB connection, it plugs directly into your router. It's like a centralized hard drive for everyone in your house to use. It works over both wired and wireless connections, has native Apple Time Machine support, and expands up to 7 terabytes - yes, 7 terabytes. Whether you have a PC, a Mac, or one of each, the Drobo FS works with them all. And the best part about this little guy - it is no more difficult to set up than a printer.Setting up the Drobo FS:You can purchase the Drobo FS in one of two ways, with or without disks. Either way, the FS ships in its own creative packaging. Inside the box you will find the Drobo FS, a power adapter, ethernet cable and installation software - that is it. On the front of the FS you will find a reflective plastic cover, held in place by magnets. Behind it, you will find the five hard drive slots. You can insert as few as two or as many as five drives - it doesn't matter what size. Have two 500GB drives and one 2TB drive? Not a problem, the Drobo FS simply adds all available space to the "storage pool." For my review, I used three 1TB drives and two 1.5TB drives.After inserting the drives and connecting the ethernet cable to the router, I installed the Drobo software on a MacBook Pro. After the software installation was complete, a quick reboot was needed and the Drobo FS was ready to be powered on. The first time it powers up, a type of diagnostic sequence is initiated, most likely to check the health and sizes of the newly inserted disks. After about one minute of blinking lights, the Drobo FS showed up in my list of shared drives. In roughly 10 minutes I had successfully added over 4TB of protected hard drive space to my network.In Action:The Drobo FS will first show up on your network as a single public share. A share can be thought of as a partition or separate "disk." You can choose to leave it as a public share, but most users will likely go on to create more, i.e. Music, Movies, Photos, Work - you get the point. Shares can also be created for different users, but I will get more into that later on.File transfer speeds were not outstanding, but would be more than sufficient for normal use. Hard drive intensive activities, such as video editing should still be done on a direct-attach hard drive. Speed is not what the FS is about - it's sharing. Within 5 minutes I was able to copy files