Drobo FS DRDS2A31 5-Bay NAS Enclosure

Share your data on a Gigabit Ethernet Network
Drobo FS connects directly to a Gigabit Ethernet network to make sharing your data easy. Just plug it into any switch or wireless router and you are ready to go.

Supports the Computer of Your Choice
Connect to your Drobo FS using any Windows or Mac computer. Whatever system you have, it's likely you'll be able to connect to it over your network quickly and easily.

Easy Expansion to 10TB and Beyond
Drobo FS holds up to five drives allowing you to effortlessly grow your storage to meet your data capacity needs. To add more space, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full. And unlike traditional RAID systems, the BeyondRAID technology in Drobo FS enables you to mix and match drive capacities, brands and speeds. This unprecedented flexibility allows for continuous expansion as available hard drive capacities increase. With Drobo FS, expansion is automatic, instantaneous and access to data is always maintained.

Protection from up to Two Drive Failures
Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives. It's all done with a single-click and you never lose access to your data. Running out of space? No problem. Switch back to single-drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID levels, there's no need to reformat or migrate data off of the Drobo FS - potentially saving you hours or days of downtime.

Self-Healing Technology
When Drobo detects a "bad" hard disk, it proactively advises you with a series of warnings ranging from a blinking red LED on its front panel, to pop-up alerts in Drobo Dashboard, to email alerts. What Drobo does next is exceptional. Entering a self-healing mode where it repairs around the bad sector or disk, Drobo will work until it returns to the safest state possible. If Drobo has sufficient time and free capacity, it can even withstand additional hard disk failures - that's the power of self-healing.

Seamless Integration with Apple Time Machine
The Drobo FS enables network backup for Mac users at home, home office or small offices. The Drobo FS delivers the most seamless support for Apple Time Machine of any network storage system on the market today. Using Time Machine with Drobo FS is as easy as clicking one box in the Drobo Dashboard software, with no need for confusing, complex command line work.

Small Box | Big Storage
Description	4-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals	5-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals	5-Bay File Sharing Storage for Professionals	8-Bay Direct-Attached Storage for Professionals	8-Bay File Sharing Storage for Business	8-Bay iSCSI SAN Storage for Business
Type	Direct-Attached	Direct-Attached	File Sharing (up to 10 users)	Direct-Attached	File Sharing (up to 100 users)	iSCSI SAN (up to 8 servers)
Model	Drobo	Drobo S	Drobo FS	DroboPro	B800fs	B800i
Interfaces	USB 2.0, FireWire 800	USB 3.0 / 2.0, FireWire 800, eSATA	1 x Gb Ethernet	USB 2.0, FireWire 800, 1 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (single server)	2 x Gb Ethernet	2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi server)
Drive Bays	4	5	5	8	8	8
Drive Type	3.5" SATA	3.5" SATA	3.5" SATA	3.5" SATA	3.5" SATA	3.5" SATA
Form Factor	Desktop	Desktop	Desktop	Desktop or Rack mount (3U)	Desktop or Rack mount (3U)	Desktop or Rack mount (3U)
BeyondRAID™	X	X	X	X	X	X
Thin Provisioning	X	X	X	X	X	X
Drive Protection	Single	Single or Dual	Single or Dual	Single or Dual	Single or Dual	Single or Dual
Smart Volumes	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Up to 16	Automatic	Up to 255
Drobo Sync					X
Drobo Apps			X		X
Power / Cooling	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed
Management	Drobo Dashboard	Drobo Dashboard	Drobo Dashboard	Drobo Dashboard	Drobo Dashboard	Drobo Dashboard
Drobo Care™	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional

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