A Drobo B1200i i SCSI array can hold up to 36TB of raw storage & beyond. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full. Unlike traditional RAID systems, the Beyond RAID technology in Drobo enables you to leverage different drive capacities, allowing for continuous expansion as larger drives become available. With Drobo, expansion is automatic & instantaneous & access to data is always maintained, all while protecting you from two simultaneous drive failures. The Drobo B1200i moves beyond the days of manually tuning an array for applications that have different storage requirements. Automated Data-Aware Tiering leverages high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) paired with high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) to deliver application-optimized storage that requires no manual tuning. SSD support with Automated Data-Aware Tiering is available in firmware version 1.1.0 or higher. The B1200i is the first Drobo with serviceable modular components. This hardware design provides a removable controller card; dual-redundant, hot-swappable power supplies; & a hot-swappable cooling fan unit. You can source field replaceable units in advance in case of a single hardware component failure, to ensure high uptimes. This delivers the higher level of availability demanded by virtualized IT environments. Up to 12 x 3.5” SATA I/II/III
- SAS-1/2 hard disk drives (HDD’s) & solid state drives (SSD’s) (sold separately) Seamless integration into TCP/IP network infrastructure Beyond RAID™ Technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy Certified for Symantec Backup Exec, Veeam Backup, VMware v Sphere, Citrix Xen Server environments Ethernet features connection failover & jumbo frames (up to 9000 bytes MTU) Innovative & time saving smart volume management Integrated thin provisioning Dual redundant, hot swappable power supplies & redundant, hot swappable cooling fan unit Supports NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, ext 3, VMFS, & LVM file systems (please see full
Specification for further details) 2 year warranty