Data Robotics Drobo FS 5-bay (no Disks) NAS Drive

Product Description

You told us what you wanted, & we listened. The revolutionary Drobo FS was designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver the best file sharing experience ever. From the moment you plug it in & see it instantly appear on your desktop, you’ll know there’s nothing like it. The all-in-one Drobo FS is perfect for any connected home, home office, or small office environment that needs a simple, safe device for sharing & backing up files over the network. Like all Drobo storage products, Drobo FS provides redundant data protection without the complexities of RAID. Just plug in your Drobo FS & your data protection is all set up with no configuration required. We call this Beyond RAID™ technology. You’ll call it peace of mind. Shares on a Gigabit Ethernet Network Drobo FS connects directly to your Gigabit Ethernet network for sharing data. Just plug your Drobo FS into any switch or wireless router & you are ready to go. Supports the Client of Your Choice Drobo FS supports standard networking protocols (AFP & CIFS) allowing access to its data from any Windows, Mac, or UNIX/ Linux client. Instant Expansion to 10TB & Beyond Drobo FS holds up to five drives allowing you to effortlessly grow your storage to meet your data capacity needs. To add more space, 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 FS enables you to mix & match drive capacities, brands & speeds. This unprecedented flexibility allows for continuous expansion as available hard drive capacities increase. With Drobo FS, expansion is automatic, instantaneous & access to data is always maintained. Backup Your Network Drobo FS is the perfect backup appliance. Use the free Drobo Copy utility to create backups for every machine on your network, or use your favorite backup software. Protection from up to 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 & you never lose access to your data. Running out of space? No problem. Switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID levels, there’s no need to reformat or migrate data off of the Drobo FS, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime. Self-Healing Technology With the self-healing technology built into Drobo FS, your data is safer than ever. When idle, the unit will proactively examine the blocks & sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas. This preemptive "scrubbing" helps ensure your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives. When a drive fails, Drobo FS keeps your data in the safest state possible by moving your data to the available space on the remaining healthy drives.