Drobo B800fs File Sharing - User Manual

Small Box, Big Storage.
Power and sophistication in an easy & affordable solution.
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
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
SU-0019-01•April2011
DroboDataSheet|Drobo for Business
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Drobo for Business
SmallandmediumbusinessesrunmostofthesameITapplicationsthatenterprisesdobutoften
donothavetheexpertiseorsheerstafng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
®
storageforbusiness,SMBscandeliverthesameap-
plicationsandservicesthatlargecompaniesdoatanoperatingcostttingtheneedsofSMBs.
Connectivity
DroboStorageforBusinessarraysconnecttoyournetworkviaEthernet.Whetherforle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
™
managementtechnologywithThinProvisioningallowsvolumesto
pullstoragefromthecommonpoolofdisksratherthanaspecicphysicaldiskallocation.Thelaborof
resizingandmigratingvolumesisreplacedwiththesimplicityofintelligentengineering.
Drive Bays
8 8 12
Drive Type
3.5”SATA 3.5”SATA 3.5”SATA,SAS,SSD
Interfaces
2xGigabitEthernet 2xGigabitEthernet
iSCSI(multiserver)
3xGigabitEthernet
iSCSI(multiserver)
Form Factor
Desktoporrackmount(3U) Desktoporrackmount(3U) Rackmount(3U)
Power & Cooling
Dual,xed,variablespeedfans Dual,xed,variablespeedfans Swappable,redundant
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Drobo B800fs File Sharing Specifications

General

Brand	Drobo
Model	B800fs File Sharing
Category	Storage
Language	English