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Drobo B1200i 12-bay business system takes on enterprise

Chris Davies, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

Data Robotics has announced its play for the business backup and server market, introducing the new 12-bay Drobo B1200i expected to ship in Q2 2011. Using the same BeyondRAID intelligent drive array system as the existing Drobo units, the B1200i joins the 8-bay DroboElite and 8-bay SAN iSCSI arrays available now. Read The Full Story

Drobo S v.2 adds USB 3.0 support; DroboPro FS gets offsite Drobo Sync

Chris Davies, Nov 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Data Robotics has updated its Drobo S backup system, with Drobo S v.2 adding USB 3.0 support for high-speed external drives. As we reviewed back in April, the Drobo S has two FireWire ports and an eSATA connection, along with five 3.5-inch SATA I/II drive bays and the company's BeyondRAID data protection system; the second-gen version keeps all that, but throws in USB 3.0. Read The Full Story

DroboPro FS puts 16TB of self-healing backup onto your network

Ewdison Then, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

Data Robotics has announced its latest network backup system, the Data Robotics DroboPro FS. Based on the Drobo FS launched back in April and the DroboPro from the year before, the DroboPro FS is targeted at small businesses and supports up to eight 3.5-inch SATA-II hard-drives for a maximum 16TB capacity. Network connectivity consists of two gigabit ethernet ports. Read The Full Story

Drobo FS gets benchmarked

Chris Davies, Jun 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

The Drobo FS "File Server" came as a welcome surprise to network-loving users wanting to share the Drobo magic with multiple computers, but just how well does it perform? New owner Timon Royer wasn't content with Data Robotics' own "30-40MB/s" figures, and so he benchmarked the compact NAS/server himself. He found that, while the Drobo FS does perform better than a second-gen Drobo, it's still not the NAS to get if you're looking for outright speed. Read The Full Story

Drobo FS “File Server” is NAS version of Drobo S [Video]

Chris Davies, Apr 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Only yesterday we were singing the praises of the Data Robotics Drobo S, perfect if you need local, redundant storage for your workstation, and today the company have outed their NAS version. The Drobo FS - or "Drobo File Server" - takes the Drobo S and swaps that model's USB/eSATA/FireWire for an gigabit ethernet port on the back, meaning you can share files protected using its BeyondRAID system across your network. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Reviews

Drobo S Review

Ewdison Then, Apr 5th 2010 Discuss [10]

Data Robotics’ first Drobo model surprised a fair few people; the company billed their external storage array as an “intelligent data robot”, making RAID-style redundancy if not glamorous then at least appealing. When we reviewed the first-gen model all the way back on October 2008, we felt a few qualms at its relatively high price tag but had little doubt over the security of our data. Now, with their range much enlarged, we’ve one of Data Robotics newest ‘bots on the testbench, the Drobo S. Adding an extra drive bay to the original model, plus a few less obvious tweaks, is the Drobo S the droid you’re looking for?

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Data Robotics unveil new Drobo S and DroboElite backup systems

Chris Davies, Nov 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Data Robotics have doubled their range of so-called intelligent backup systems with the launch of two new models, the Drobo S and the DroboElite. The Drobo S takes the original four-bay Drobo and adds in not only an extra drive bay but an eSATA port and enhanced FireWire 800 performance, meaning that the backup system now boasts hardware redundancy against up to two simultaneous hard-drive failures. Meanwhile the DroboElite has a full eight drive bays and dual iSCSI ports and is, unsurprisingly, targeted at small and medium businesses who want 16TB or more of backup space. Read The Full Story

Sarotech Frigo RAID enclosures

Chris Davies, May 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

With a name that sounds awfully like a certain other external RAID enclosure, and a logo that's also pretty similar, we could waste plenty of column inches calling Sarotech's Frigo hard-drive enclosures Drobo knock-offs. Instead, let's just accept that these things happen, and ask whether space for up to two (Sarotech Frigo RS-2) or four (Sarotech Frigo RS-4) 2TB SATA drives are tempting enough to overlook any similarities. Read The Full Story

Data Robotics DroboPro: 8 bays, up to 16TB storage

Chris Davies, Apr 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

It's been almost 18 months since we reviewed the Drobo, and now Data Robotics are back with their latest model, the DroboPro. Aimed at small businesses and professionals with huge quantities of data, the Data Robotics DroboPro has a full eight SATA I/II bays each happy with up to 2TB drives for a maximum of 16TB storage. It also features the company's intelligent monitoring and management system. Read The Full Story

Drobo drops 2TB & 4TB NAS prices; adds $50 holiday discount

Chris Davies, Nov 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

We're sizable fans of Drobo's "intelligent data robot" here at SlashGear - in fact it's one of the items in our Holiday Gift Guide - and since we're also sizable fans of cheaper prices it's a double-win for the company's latest deal. Not only have prices on the 2TB and 4TB ready-built NAS' been permanently cut, there's also a $50 instant saving on those and the driveless entry-level Drobo. Read The Full Story

Drobo 2 sports Firewire 800 ports

Satsuki Then, Jul 8th 2008 Discuss [1]

Data Robotics announces the availability of its latest version of its storage robot, Drobo 2. The new version of Drobo features two FireWire 800 Ports and newly upgraded core processor. Read The Full Story

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