Drobo Mini Portable 4-bay DAS Storage Array For PC/Mac, Thunderbolt,
USB 3.0, With 4 X 1TB Notebook Hard Drives (DR-MINI-1A31/4TB)

Product Description

PLEASE NOTE:- THIS ITEM

Includes:: 4 X 1TB 2.5INCH NOTEBOOK HARD DRIVES It is a Drobo, so by definition easy-to-use. Now it is also the fastest portable storage array with cutting-edge Thunderbolt & USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 connectivity, & innovative use of solid state drives (SSDs), with an additional slot for m SATA SSD, so whether you are working at your desktop, shooting & editing photos or videos onsite, or traveling to the next location, it is the world's first high-performance & protected portable storage array. So now you can take & access your valuable digital assets wherever you go Easiest, fastest, safest, smallest. The Drobo Mini is unique & unexpected, but frankly that is what you should expect from Drobo Hold up to four (4) 2.5 inch SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives & one (1) m SATA solid state drive (sold separately) Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used Beyond RAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy Hot swappable 2 x Thunderbolt & 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 connectivity (cables included) Portable Metallic carbon-fiber with a soft-touch rubberized finish PC Windows & Mac compatible 2 year warranty Related Products Protective carrying case that holds a Drobo Mini, a power supply, & a connectivity cable (DR-MINI-1B11) Replaceable Power Supply for Drobo Mini 4-bay storage array (DR-MINI-1P11) Drobo Care for Drobo Mini
- 3 Yr. Warranty, 24x 7 Tech. Support & NBD Adv. Replacement (DR-MINI-1D31) Amazingly Mini
- The Drobo Mini is the size of a deli sandwich with a soft-touch rubberized finish, & is small, rugged, & feels as cool as it looks. From the modern materials to the wraparound light indicators to the drive bay design, Mini is truly big storage in a small box. To make Drobo Mini as portable as possible, & with an optional carrying case that holds the Drobo, power supply, & a connectivity cable. Note: Thunderbolt is currently supported only on Mac OS X First Drobo with 2.5inch Drives
- Drobo Mini takes 2.5inch drives, & that is what makes it portable. Four hot-swappable drive bays support drives of any capacity. No carriers or screws are needed to insert drives. An innovative new design allows drives to click in & out like a ballpoint pen. Since 2.5inch drives are primarily used in laptop computers, they are designed to be portable. Because of this, you can pick up & move Drobo Mini around with confidence Data Protection & expandability Made Simple
- Built on award-winning Beyond RAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo Mini protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime. If you are running low on space, the wraparound lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive & replace it with a larger one Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0
- Thunderbolt I/O technology provides performance that no personal storage has been able to achieve, especially one that is portable. This means that you can move large amounts of data in a fraction of the time it used to take. Visit the Thunderbolt technology site to learn more about this exciting new way to connect devices. Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. This allows even the most portable laptop computers access to high-performance storage while retaining connectivity to other devices & an external monitor. The bidirectional 10 Gbps performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum throughput. Drobo is the only storage array that offers Thunderbolt & USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0. This latest generation of USB (Universal Serial Bus) also offers high-performance connectivity & is backward compatibility with any computer running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows Capacity & Performance
- Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for business-class storage solutions, is also available in this portable Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance flash in SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Premiere & Apple Aperture fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard m SATA SSD, leaving all four 2.5inch drives bays available for high-capacity HDDs. If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. That would be a screaming fast portable Drobo! Power Protecting Your Critical Data
- Drobo does not just protect you from a drive failure, but also from potential data loss after a power outage. Often found only in arrays that cost tens of thousands of dollars, Drobo Mini

Includes:: a battery that protects all data in memory, or cache, that is, data on its way to the drives. Yes, Drobo Mini actually has room for a big battery (barely)! When power spontaneously goes away, the battery keeps the Drobo alive long enough for the data to be written to non-volatile storage, ensuring your important information is safe. This battery recharges itself & is designed to last for the life of the product. Specifications Connectivity 2 x Thunderbolt ports; second port for daisy chaining Thunderbolt devices (Mac OS X only) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 port Thunderbolt & USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable included Capacity Hold up to four (4) 2.5inch SATA II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives & one (1) m SATA solid state drive (sold separately) 7 mm & 9.5 mm in height (sold separately) & one (1) m SATA solid state drive Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required. Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones. Beyond RAID Features Thin Provisioning Instant Expansion Mixed Drive Size Utilization Automatic Protection Levels Dual Disk Redundancy Virtual Hot Spare Data Aware Drive Re-ordering Management Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights Drobo Dashboard version 2.3 or later Operating System Support Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion Mac OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion Windows 7 SP1 32 & 64 bit Windows 8 32 & 64 bit File System Options Mac OS X: HFS+ Windows: NTFS Hardware Features Carrier-less Drive Bays Power Fail Protection Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included) Additional Software Features Data-Aware Tiering Drive Spin Down Dim Lights Warranty Standard 2-year warranty; extend to 3 years & enhance support with Drobo Care Size & Weight Desktop Form Factor

Width: 7.3 in (187.2 mm)

Height: 1.8 in (44.6 mm)

Depth: 7.1 in (180.0 mm) Weight: 2.2 lb. (without hard drives, power supply, or packaging) Power & Cooling External Power Supply: AC Input 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60 Hz; DC Output 12V, 4.16A, 50W max Dual, fixed, variable speed cooling fans Box Contents Drobo Mini 1 m (3.3 ft.) Black Thunderbolt cable 1 m (3.3 ft.) USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 cable 1 m (3.3 ft.) power cord with power supply Quick Start Card Optional Accessories Drobo Mini Carrying Case Drobo Power Supply