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Great little device!
- Pros: Simple to set up. Extremely quiet. Performs as advertised. I even tried replacing one of the four drives after I put a considerable amount of data on there and it worked perfectly.
- Cons: Kind of slow. Do not expect high speeds. Use Firewire 800 instead of USB.
Refreshingly simple, superb packaging
- Pros: Where to start? This thing has a mind of its own! There user interface allows me to grow the device up to 16 TB. If you need more space, just replace your drives one at a time, and it will take care of everything for you autonomously. Works fine on the mac, and on mac server. Leopard and snow leopard both.
Using this with 4 of the samsung ecogreen 1.5 TB drives. Without any issues so far.
- Cons: Using with the firewire 800 interface, the data transfer speeds peek out at about 40 MB / second. Not the greatest speed from a raid-5 device, but not bad either.
The dashpanel update won't complete on leopard server. But, the one that shipped with the Drobo on CD works just fine.
- Other Thoughts: I moved it once to vacuum, and the third drive came loose. It instantly marked the drive as dirty, and exhaustively re-exeamined the RAID. That's cool, and it only took about 4 hours for the entire process. I could still access the data while it was doing this as well. Also, the drobo dashpanel doesn't offer an option for case-sensitive HFS partitions. I can format like that on my own once it's mounted, it's just something to not be caught off-guard by.
Does what it advertises very well
- Pros: This thing works well, VERY well. I had an Eagle dual drive enclosure and it was just getting way too hot, and I was limited, and I had to manage each drive, and there was no redundancy.
I have this connected to a Mac Mini acting as my server via Firewire 800 and it runs very quickly considering the calculations it is doing while transferring.
This is best used in this sort of scenario. One computer. One point of access that manage what goes on the drive.
I did have to call the techs to see why their software was not running in Snow Leopard; and that went very well. Prompt, knowledgeable, knew OSX terminal commands, pointed me to an ftp to download a specific version, etc. All they needed was to know what product I had to help; no real information other than email, and before I even registered the product.
Buy this if you want to stop worrying about redundancy, but also if you don't want to worry about managing drives, RAID setups, etc.
- Cons: I wouldn't consider this a real con... I had to transfer roughly 2.5TB of data. So that took awhile (roughly 20+ hours) and during this period the drives started to get much hotter than I would have liked. BUT my other enclosure ran hot constantly.
There is a con that if you are running Snow Leopard that you will HAVE TO BOOT IN TO 32-bit MODE TO USE THE SOFTWARE. They're working on 64-bit for the next release.
- Other Thoughts: Two 2TB Western Digital
One 1.5TB Seagate
One 1TB Western Digital
4.06TB Available while keeping drives protected.
| Model |
| Brand |
Data Robotics |
| Series |
Drobo |
| Model |
DR04DD10 |
| Performance |
| Interface |
SATA I/II |
| Physical Spec |
| Windows Vista |
Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, Advanced Server)
Windows 2003 Server
Windows XP (Home, Professional, Media Center Edition)
Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate)
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| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Dimensions |
10.7" x 6.3" x 6.3" |
| Features |
| Features |
Consumer Mindset, Enterprise Feature Set.
Drobo was designed to meet a stringent design requirement: Anyone should be able to use Drobo regardless of technical experience. It is ready to go out of the box and will always stay that way. Drobo does all the work of managing an enterprise-grade your storage system for you.
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 that shows you what Drobo is up to and adds important functionality including firmware updates, formatting options and email alerts.
Max Sustained Transfer Rate:
FireWire 800: Up to 52MB/s reads and 34MB/s writes
USB 2.0: Up to 30MB/s reads and 24MB/s writes
Acoustics:
Normal operation: 20.9dB (negligible) to 24.2 dB
Power:
Idle system (standby, drives off) = 5 watts
Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (one drive) = 12 watts
Typical busy system (four drives) = 40 watts
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| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
Drobo storage robot
6' USB 2.0 cable
6' FireWire 800 cable
External power supply (100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz)
User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
Drobo Resource CD includes:
- Help files
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Introduction
Data Robotics' FireWire 800 & USB storage array is more than just an external enclosure. This smart array holds up to four hard drives, which can be added at any time. The enclosure supports hard drive sizes of up to 16TB on a single volume, so you'll be forward-compatible as disk sizes increase. You can use combinations of SATA drives of any size to manage your storage needs. Drobo uses the revolutionary BeyondRAID storage technology to protect your data against hard disk crash. When there is more than a single disk in your Drobo, your data is safe and backed up.
Drobo provides a FireWire 800 or USB2.0 interface and an upgraded core processor. It’s a great solution for both primary and backup storage of large media and productivity files such as video, photos, music, audio and other documents. The right side has 4 multi-colored indicator lights letting you know if everything is OK, if you need to add space, or if a drive has failed.
Drobo works with all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Linux. Now anyone can implement a secure data protection solution.
Highlights
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BeyondRAID Storage Technology
With the revolutionary BeyondRAID storage technology, the Drobo will keep your data safe, increase uptime and availability, and provide the flexibility to replace failed disks or boost capacity without costly downtime.
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SATA I/II Hard Drive Support
The Data Robotics Drobo features four SATA drive bays supporting 3.5" SATA I or II hard drives. The SATA II interface delivers an amazing internal data rate of 3.0Gb/s for ultra-fast file transfers.
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Dual Interface Support
The Data Robotics Drobo features USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) interfaces for fast data transfer and plug-and-play connectivity to Mac and Windows based computers.
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Reviewed By: on 11/24/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
