The Capacity Breakdown Bar
Drobo divides your entire storage space into four types of storage areas. Use the Capacity Breakdown Bar to view
information about how much space is allocated to those areas. To view the bar, click on How is my storage being used? in
the Basic Drobo Dashboard.
Item Description
Available for data
Total available protected storage space. The area
where your data is stored
Reserved for Expansion
Unusable space created when a single hard drive is
larger than the rest. This space will become available
when you add larger capacity hard drives, or upsize a
smaller drive with a larger one.
Used for Protection
Space used by Drobo for protecting your data. The area
where Drobo backs-up your data.
Overhead
Space used by Drobo for managing all the hard drives
and how your data is stored.
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