Data Robotics Drobo S and it’s 5 Drive Bays
In business data is very important especially when it comes to electronic data that’s stored on devices such as hard drives. We all know how important it is to back-up that data, if something were to happen to it you’d be out of luck.
Recently we had a mishap around here with data and that event brought this article to life. Then Data Robotics on Monday announced a new backup storage solution to its inventory with the addition of the five-bay Drobo S. I thought to myself this is perfect, so here we are, the new Drobo S adds a fifth drive bay to allow for two drives to fail without any data being lost, a feature formerly only available on the DroboPro. Which in my opinion is perfect for the small business or home configuration. I know we could have used this about a month ago with our nasty spill of data.
Basically the Drobo S box is a hard drive enclosure that lets you store up to 5 different hard drives. The nice thing about this particular device is it does everything for you, for example, lets say you would like to add a hard drive to the unit. All you have to do is just plug the internal hard drive into an empty drive bay and it does everything for you, there is nothing to configure. However, if you would like to set this up for your self then you can do that as well, but if you don’t it is done automatic. Once the drive is plugged in, the device starts to automatically configure itself and backs-up any data that needs it.
The Drobo S has an ARM chip which attributes to a 50 percent faster clock speed than the standard Drobo, it also has 20 to 25 percent faster FireWire 800 performance, they also included USB 2.0 connectivity and added an eSATA port for Ultra- fast transfer speeds that most of us dream about. As I mentioned above this device can have 5 hard drives inside for a total of 10TB, it also features a range of built in self healing technology which is designed to protect your data.
Drobo S with Opened door exposing the 5 Drive bays
“Meet the new primary and backup storage solution that’s perfect for creative professionals and small businesses with “set it and forget it” storage needs. The safe, expandable Drobo® S offers blazing fast eSATA, and the best data storage experience ever. In addition to eSATA, Drobo S features enhanced FireWire 800 performance and USB 2.0 connectivity. It is a self-managing, self-healing solution ideal for safely storing large files and rapidly growing data”.
The Data Robotics Drobo S is compatible with Windows, mac or Linux and it supports NTFS, HFS Plus, EXT3 and FAT32 file formats.
The Data Robotics Drobo S will be available soon for $799 from Data Robotics.
via Geeky-Gadgets
