Drobo Roboticsl User Manual page 12

Before you set up your Drobo, you should determine if you will need to
share your Drobo with additional computers. If so, see "Sharing Drobo
between computers" on page 25 for further information.
To set your Drobo up, you will need to do the following:
1. Install Drobo Dashboard – After installation, launch Drobo
Dashboard and leave it running while you complete the setup.
2. Insert drives – Use any 3.5" SATA drives. Start with at least two
drives to protect your valuable data. (All data on the drives will
be erased.)
3. Connect cables – Connect the Drobo to your computer or
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Drobo Dashboard will automatically discover your Drobo. Once it does,
follow Drobo Dashboard's onscreen instructions. You are well on your
way to protecting your valuable data.
For more details on any of these steps, please continue to read through
this section of the User Guide and then refer to the appropriate section
for your specific product.
Drobo is unlike typical storage devices. Drobo makes it extremely easy
to increase storage capacity in the future just by inserting additional
drives or replacing existing drives with larger ones. This means you can
buy the storage you need today and then easily expand later. You can
save hundreds of dollars over time.
Drobo doesn't care what manufacturer, capacity or speed of hard drive
you install. It accepts standard 3.5 inch internal SATA1 or SATA2 (also
referred to as SATA/150 or SATA/300) hard drives. SSD and older IDE or
ATA-type drives will not work.
Warning! Please note that when adding hard drives to Drobo, any pre-existing
data on those drives will be erased.
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