Drobo Robotics User Manual page 8

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 34 for further information.
To set your Drobo up, you will need to do the following:
1. 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.)
2. Connect cables – Connect the Drobo to your computer or
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3. Initialize Drobo – Install Drobo Dashboard and follow
Dashboard's instructions for setting up your Drobo.
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. 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.
The number and capacity of drives determine how much usable
protected storage Drobo provides. Take the guesswork out by using
Drobolator (www.drobo.com/drobolator), a web-based tool which
determines the usable protected capacity, based on any combination of
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