Drobo: The Most Advanced 4-Bay Drobo Ever This third generation of the Drobo is more affordable than ever & features a completely new architecture making it more than 3x faster than the previous generation. More impressive, rebuild times are 4x faster delivering maximum data availability in the event of a drive failure. With the inclusion of battery backup technology, Drobo provides even more data protection in the face of an unplanned power outage. The latest generation of the Drobo 4-bay holds true to the unique design & simplicity that has made Drobo the best desktop storage solution for storing & protection all your data. No storage expertise is required to ensure your data is always safe & protected. Best of all your Drobo will be ultra quiet & look great on your desk. Enhanced Backup for Time Machine Time Machine & Drobo: A Perfect Pairing Apple’s Time Machine was designed to make backing up your files simple & painless. Pairing Time Machine with Drobo improves your data protection by ensuring your data is safe in the event of hard drive failure. Control How Much Storage Time Machine Uses: Apple’s guidelines are to set the storage space for Time Machine at twice the size of the Mac’s hard drive that is to be protected. Time Machine users know that it will gradually use all available disk space without an easy way to stop this from happening. With Drobo you can easily control the maximum storage space available for Time Machine backups through Drobo Dashboard. When you install a Drobo, Drobo Dashboard prompts to see if you want to create a dedicated storage volume for Time Machine’s use, allowing you to set the size of this volume. Upgrading With the Remarkable Drobo Once you experience how easy it is to use a Drobo you’ll know there is nothing that compares – but that isn’t the only remarkable thing about it. Drobo takes upgradability to the next level. Not only can you upgrade capacity with no downtime by adding new drives or replacing smaller drives with larger ones, you can seamlessly upgrade to a new Drobo by simply removing the disk pack from your current system, & moving it to a new Drobo. Upgrading not only gives you an instant performance boost, but also delivers all the other benefits of the new Drobo. Power Protecting Your Critical Data Drobo doesn’t just protect you from a drive failure, but also from potential data loss after a power outage. In every Drobo we include battery backup technology that protects all data in memory or cache. When power spontaneously goes away, Drobo moves any in flight data to onboard flash in your Drobo so it will be protected & moved to your disk drives once power is restored. This ensures your important information is safe & sound. Even better, your battery recharges itself & is designed to last for the life of you Drobo.