Drobo B800fs File Sharing Manual

Small Box, Big Storage.
Power and sophistication in an easy & affordable solution.
Small and medium businesses run most of the same IT applications that enterprises do but often
do not have the expertise or sheer staffing resources to manage the same storage infrastructure.
Enterprise storage that supports server virtualization, e-mail, and backup comes at a high cost in the
context of SMB IT, where the total solution budget for servers, software, and storage is usually less
than enterprise storage by itself. With Drobo
plications and services that large companies do at an operating cost fitting the needs of SMBs.
Connectivity
Drobo Storage for Business arrays connect to your network via Ethernet. Whether for file sharing
among servers and clients or for iSCSI SAN storage, existing switching and IP infrastructure can be
used. Or you can build a dedicated IP network for storage easily and affordably using networking
technology that is familiar to SMBs. Drobo Storage for Business can also connect directly to a server
with a standard CAT6 Ethernet cable.
BeyondRAID Technology
A Drobo array can hold up to 36TB of raw storage and beyond. To add capacity, simply insert a new
hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one when all drive bays are full. No drive
carriers or special tools are required. Unlike traditional RAID, the BeyondRAID technology in Drobo
enables you to leverage different drive capacities, allowing for continuous expansion as larger drives
become available. With Drobo, expansion is automatic and instantaneous and access to data is
always maintained, all while protecting you from two simultaneous drive failures.
Smart Volumes & Thin Provisioning
Create new volumes up to 16TB in seconds and manage them over time with ease. The innovative
and time-saving Smart Volumes
pull storage from the common pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk allocation. The labor of
resizing and migrating volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intelligent engineering.
Drive Bays
Drive Type
Interfaces
Form Factor
Power & Cooling
Drobo Data Sheet | Drobo for Business
storage for business, SMBs can deliver the same ap-
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management technology with Thin Provisioning allows volumes to
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Drobo B800fs File Sharing
8
3.5" SATA
2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Desktop or rack mount (3U)
Dual, fixed, variable speed fans
Drobo for Business
Drobo B800i iSCSI SAN
8
3.5" SATA
2 x Gigabit Ethernet
iSCSI (multi server)
Desktop or rack mount (3U)
Dual, fixed, variable speed fans
Highlights
• Built specically for SMB IT, also
great for departments in larger
companies
• Great for Windows, Mac, and
linux servers, for both primary
and backup storage
• Innovative BeyondRAID delivers
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powerful protection with
automated storage management
• Thin provisioning, instant
expansion, single or dual-drive
redundancy
• Certied with VMware,
Citrix, XenServer, Symantec.
BackupExec, Veeam, and more
Drobo B1200i iSCI SAN
12
3.5" SATA, SAS, SSD
3 x Gigabit Ethernet
iSCSI (multi server)
Rack mount (3U)
Swappable, redundant
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