Product Description
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Mini in size only. It's a Drobo, so by definition it's
easy-to-use. Now it's also the fastest portable storage array.
Along with the power of BeyondRAID, delivering all the power and
flexibility of the Drobo 5D, in a miniaturized package. Made of a
cutting-edge metallic carbon fiber with a soft-touch rubberized
finish, Drobo Mini is small and rugged. Weighing in at 3 pounds
(fully loaded with drives installed), you can now carry up to 3TB
of usable and protected data in your travel bag. To make Drobo
Mini as portable as possible, there's an optional carrying case
that holds the Drobo, power supply, and a connectivity cable.
Drobo Mini takes 2.5" drives, four hot-swappable drive bays
support drives of any capacity. Built on award-winning BeyondRAID
technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo Mini
protects your data without any user interaction, even in the
event of multiple drive failures. Drives can be added or
hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage expansion with zero downtime.
Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a non-Thunderbolt
monitor at the end of the chain. The bidirectional 10 Gbps
performance of Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to
achieve maximum throughput. Drobo is the only storage array that
offers Thunderbolt AND USB 3.0; latest generation of USB also
offers high-performance connectivity and is backward
compatibility with any computer running compatible versions of
Mac OS X or Windows. Data-Aware Tiering technology, is also
available in this portable Drobo. This drive uses the
high-performance flash in SSDs to accelerate performance of the
storage array, allowing applications such as Adobe Premiere and
Apple Aperture fast access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo
at a maximum, the Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an
industry-standard mSATA SSD, leaving all four 2.5" drives bays
available for high-capacity HDDs. Drobo Mini includes a battery
that protects all data in memory, or cache.
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Drobo Mini is small, ruggedized and feels as cool as it looks
No carriers or screws are needed to insert drives into a Drobo
Mini
Protects your data without any user interaction, even in the
event of multiple drive failures
Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy
chaining
Mini in Size Only
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It's a Drobo, so by definition it's easy-to-use. Now it's also
the fastest portable storage array--with cutting-edge Thunderbolt
and USB 3.0 connectivity and innovative use of solid state drives
(SSDs). Along with the power of BeyondRAID, it delivers all the
power and flexibility of its larger sibling, Drobo 5D, in a
miniaturized package.
Whether you're working at your desktop, shooting and editing
photos or videos on-site, or traveling to the next location, it's
the world's first high-performance and protected portable storage
array. So now you can take and access your valuable digital
assets wherever you go. Easiest, fastest, safest, smallest--Drobo
Mini is very unique and unexpected--but frankly that's what you
should expect from Drobo.
Amazingly Mini
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Drobo Mini has everything that's in the high-capacity Drobo 5D in
a package that's the size of a deli sandwich. Made of a
cutting-edge metallic carbon fiber with a soft-touch rubberized
finish, Drobo Mini is small, ruggedized, and feels as cool as it
looks. From the modern materials to the wraparound light
indicators to the drive bay design, Mini is truly big storage in
a small box.
Weighing in at about 3 pounds (fully loaded with drives
installed), you can now carry up to 3TB of usable and protected
capacity in your travel bag. (When drives with more than 1TB
capacity become available, you will have greater capacity.) To
make Drobo Mini as portable as possible, there's an optional
carrying case that holds the Drobo, power supply, and a
connectivity cable.
First Drobo with 2.5" Drives
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Drobo Mini takes 2.5" drives--that's what makes it portable. Four
hot-swappable drive bays support drives of any capacity. No
carriers or screws are needed to insert drives into a Drobo and
the Drobo Mini is no different. An innovative new design allows
drives to click in and out like a ballpoint pen.
Since 2.5" drives are primarily used in laptop computers, they're
designed to be portable. Because of this, you can pick up and
move Drobo Mini around with confidence.
Data Protection and Expandability Made Simple
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Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single-or
dual-drive redundancy, Drobo Mini protects your data without any
user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures.
Drives can be added or hot-swapped on-the-fly for storage
expansion with zero downtime. If you're running low on space, the
wraparound lights on the front tell you what to do. Just add a
drive in an empty bay or remove a smaller drive and replace it
with a larger one.
Power of Thunderbolt, Flexibility of USB
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Thunderbolt I/O technology provides performance that no personal
storage has been able to achieve, especially one that's portable.
This allows you to move large as of data in a fraction of
the time it used to take. Visit the Thunderbolt technology site
to learn more about this exciting new way to connect devices.
Drobo Mini is equipped with dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy
chaining. Connect up to six Thunderbolt devices and/or a
non-Thunderbolt monitor at the end of the chain. This allows even
the most portable laptop computers access to high-performance
storage while retaining connectivity to other devices and an
external monitor. The bidirectional 10 Gbps performance of
Thunderbolt allows all devices in the chain to achieve maximum
throughput.
Drobo is the only storage array that offers Thunderbolt AND USB
3.0. This latest generation of USB also offers high-performance
connectivity and is backward compatibility with any computer
running compatible versions of Mac OS X or Windows.
Capacity and Performance
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Data-Aware Tiering technology, usually reserved for
business-class storage solutions, is also available in this
portable Drobo. It intelligently uses the high-performance flash
in SSDs to accelerate performance of the storage array, allowing
applications such as Adobe Premiere and Apple Aperture fast
access to data. To keep capacity of the Drobo at a maximum, the
Drobo Accelerator Bay accepts an industry-standard mSATA SSD,
leaving all four 2.5" drives bays available for high-capacity
HDDs.
If getting the fastest performance possible is your thing, you
can also load up every drive bay with SSDs. Now that would be a
screaming fast, portable Drobo.
Power Protecting Your Critical Data
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Drobo doesn't just protect you from a drive failure, but also
from potential data loss after a power outage. Often found only
in arrays that cost tens of thousands of dollars, Drobo Mini
includes a battery that protects all data in memory, or cache,
that is, data on its way to the drives. Yes, Drobo Mini actually
has room for a big battery (barely).
When power spontaneously goes away, the battery keeps the Drobo
alive long enough for the data to be written to non-volatile
storage, ensuring your important information is safe. This
battery recharges itself and is designed to last for the life of
the product.
- Portable RAID.
- Holds 4 x 2.5" SATA I/II/III Drives.
- Holds 1 x mSATA SSD.
- 2x Thunderbolt & 1x USB 3.0.
- Includes USB 3.0 Cable (Thunderbolt Cable Not Included).
- Hot Swappable Drives.
- Any Drive/Manufacturer/Speed/Spindle.
- Battery Backup.