Drobo DRPR1A31 Data Sheet
Big Storage with Drobo Ease
Built on proven BeyondRAID
™
technology, , the
DroboPro is ideal for creative professionals,
such as photographers and videographers, who
have large amounts of rich media to store and
protect. Also, DroboPro is an excellent alterna-
tive to internal RAID for a single server..
Easily add up to 24TB of storage to a worksta-
tion or small office server without having to
learn anything about storage administration.
Just insert up to 8 disk drives into the DroboPro
and the innovative BeyondRAID technology
takes care of the rest.
such as photographers and videographers, who
have large amounts of rich media to store and
protect. Also, DroboPro is an excellent alterna-
tive to internal RAID for a single server..
Easily add up to 24TB of storage to a worksta-
tion or small office server without having to
learn anything about storage administration.
Just insert up to 8 disk drives into the DroboPro
and the innovative BeyondRAID technology
takes care of the rest.
Up to 8 Disks of Instant Expansion
to 24TB and Beyond
Grow your storage in line with your data
capacity needs with minimal effort. To add
capacity, simply insert a new hard disk drive or
replace your smallest drive with a larger one,
even when all eight drive bays are full. Unlike
traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID
technology in DroboPro enables you to mix and
match disk brands, capacities, and speeds.
This enables continuous expansion as drive
capacities grow. With DroboPro expansion is
automatic and instantaneous and access to
data is always maintained.
capacity needs with minimal effort. To add
capacity, simply insert a new hard disk drive or
replace your smallest drive with a larger one,
even when all eight drive bays are full. Unlike
traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID
technology in DroboPro enables you to mix and
match disk brands, capacities, and speeds.
This enables continuous expansion as drive
capacities grow. With DroboPro expansion is
automatic and 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.
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 at any time. Unlike moving
between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there’s
no need to reformat or migrate data from the
DroboPro, potentially saving you hours or days
of downtime.
drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving
between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there’s
no need to reformat or migrate data from the
DroboPro, potentially saving you hours or days
of downtime.
Triple Interface Featuring iSCSI
Attach DroboPro directly to a workstation or
small office server that requires high-capacity,
protected storage. Interface options include
Gigabit Ethernet (using iSCSI protocol), FireWire
800, and USB 2.0, with iSCSI providing the
highest level of performance.
small office server that requires high-capacity,
protected storage. Interface options include
Gigabit Ethernet (using iSCSI protocol), FireWire
800, and USB 2.0, with iSCSI providing the
highest level of performance.
Unfamiliar with iSCSI? It’s a high performance
protocol that’s become extremely popular for
storage technology in IT environments, but it
can often be complex to manage. DroboPro
changes that by introducing zero-click iSCSI
configuration for both Windows and Mac OS X.
protocol that’s become extremely popular for
storage technology in IT environments, but it
can often be complex to manage. DroboPro
changes that by introducing zero-click iSCSI
configuration for both Windows and Mac OS X.
Smart Volumes with Thin
Provisioning and Reclamation
Create new volumes in seconds and manage
up to 16 x 16TB volumes over time with ease.
The innovative and time-saving Smart Volume
management technology with Thin Provisioning
and Reclamation integrated into DroboPro al-
lows volumes to pull storage from the common
pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk
allocation. The labor of resizing and migrating
volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intel-
ligent engineering.
up to 16 x 16TB volumes over time with ease.
The innovative and time-saving Smart Volume
management technology with Thin Provisioning
and Reclamation integrated into DroboPro al-
lows volumes to pull storage from the common
pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk
allocation. The labor of resizing and migrating
volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intel-
ligent engineering.
Drobo Dashboard
Drobo Dashboard is the single tool
to centrally manage all of your Drobo
devices. Drobo Dashboard displays
status as if all of your Drobos were
right in front of you with the same
status lights and capacity gauge that
are on the front panel. All administra-
tion tasks are a single click away and
there’s even a built-in data protection
tool called Drobo Copy to easily copy
data to and from your Drobo. Simply,
it’s the easiest way to configure and
manage storage.
to centrally manage all of your Drobo
devices. Drobo Dashboard displays
status as if all of your Drobos were
right in front of you with the same
status lights and capacity gauge that
are on the front panel. All administra-
tion tasks are a single click away and
there’s even a built-in data protection
tool called Drobo Copy to easily copy
data to and from your Drobo. Simply,
it’s the easiest way to configure and
manage storage.
SU-0019-01 • April 2011
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DroboPro
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DroboPro
Rack Mount Ready,
Desktop Quiet
DroboPro is equally at home in a rack
mount environment as it is on your desk-
top. Dual smart fans automatically manage
their speeds to optimize both cooling and
operating noise. (DroboPro rack mount sold
separately.)
mount environment as it is on your desk-
top. Dual smart fans automatically manage
their speeds to optimize both cooling and
operating noise. (DroboPro rack mount sold
separately.)