Drobo Storage system - Buying Drives For Drobo

Buying Drives For Drobo
Drobo uses any 3.5” SATA hard drive, from any manufacturer, of any capacity, and of any rotation speed (5400 RPM,
7200 RPM, etc). You are able to mix and match hard drives in Drobo and it will take full advantage of the capacity on the
hard drives you add to the system.
Drobo has been successfully tested with the most popular hard drives on the market. However, in the event that we
should discover any particular issue with a specific brand of drive, these will be listed on the
support website.
Tip: To help you determine what hard drive size you need to add in order to reach a specific total storage capacity, use
Drobolator. Drobolator is an online Drobo simulator that lets you drag and drop hard drives into a virtual Drobo to
determine your protected capacity with a specific mix of drives.
Warning: Drobo cannot use IDE, PATA and SCSI hard drives.
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Adding New Capacity to Drobo
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