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Drobo Product Line Card

 

Drobo Storage For Businesses
  Product Name Ideal Environment # of Drives Interfaces
Drobo model B800fs Drobo model B800FS File sharing storage with integrated data replication for small businesses 8-bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet
Drobo model B800i Drobo model B800i Cost-effective iSCSI SAN for businesses needing primary or backup storage 8-bay 2 x Gigabit Ethernet for iSCSI, USB 2.0 for Management
Drobo model B1200i Drobo model B1200i iSCSI SAN for server virtualization and business-critical applications 12-bay 3 x Gigabit Ethernet for iSCSI, 1 x Gigabit Ethernet for Management
Drobo Storage For Professionals
  Product Name Ideal Environment # of Drives Interfaces
Drobo Drobo Desktop primary storage and backup 4-bay FireWire 800, USB 2.0
Drobo S Drobo S Creative pros, photographers, videographers, small office/home office 5-bay eSATA, FireWire 800, USB 3.0
Drobo FS Drobo FS Network storage and backup 5-bay Gigabit Ethernet
DroboPro DroboPro Single-host direct-attached storage for SMBs and creative professionals 8-bay Gb iSCSI, FireWire 800, USB 2.0

 

Drobo Storage For Businesses Comparison:

Drobo Storage For Businesses
  File Sharing Solutions iSCSI SAN Solutions
  Drobo B800FS Storage
Drobo B800FS
Drobo B800i Storage
Drobo B800i
Drobo B1200i Storage
Drobo B1200i
Description 8-Bay File Sharing Storage for Business 8-Bay SAN Storage for Business 12-Bay SAN Storage for Business
Storage Type Network-Attached (NAS) iSCSI SAN iSCSI SAN
Scalability Up to 100 users* Up to 8 servers
Up to 100 email accounts
Up to 20 virtual machines
Up to 24 servers
Up to 250 email accounts
Up to 60 virtual machines
Drive Bays 8 8 12
Drive Type 3.5" SATA 3.5" SATA 3.5" SATA, SAS, SSD
Interfaces 2 x Gb Ethernet 2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI
(multi server),
USB 2.0 (Admin only)
3 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI
(multi server),
1 x Management
Form Factor Desktop / Rackmount (3U) Desktop / Rackmount (3U) Rackmount (3U)
BeyondRAIDTM Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included
Thin Provisioning Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included
Drive Protection Single or Dual Single or Dual Single or Dual
Smart Volumes Automatic Up to 255 Up to 255
Drobo Sync Yes, Included N/A N/A
Drobo Apps Yes, Included N/A N/A
Drobo PC Backup Yes, Included N/A N/A
Power / Cooling Fixed Fixed Swappable, Redundant
Management Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard, SNMP
DroboCare™ Services & Support Program Optional Optional Optional

*A maximum of 32 user accounts with passwords can be created on a B800fs. (A maximum of 64 shares can be created.) On the B800fs, multiple users can use the same account to access shares.

Drobo Storage For Professionals Comparison:

Drobo Storage For Professionals
  Direct Attached Solutions File Sharing Solutions
  Drobo Storage
Drobo
Drobo S Storage
Drobo S
DroboPro Storage
DroboPro
Drobo FS Storage
Drobo FS
Description 4-Bay Desktop Storage for Professionals 5-Bay Performance Desktop Storage for Professionals & SMBs 8-Bay Single Server Storage for Professionals & SMBs 5-Bay File Sharing Storage for Professionals & SMBs
Storage Type Direct-Attached (DAS) Direct-Attached (DAS) Direct-Attached (DAS) Network-Attached (NAS)
Scalability Single User Single User Single Server Up to 10 users
Drive Bays 4 5 8 5
Drive Type 3.5" SATA 3.5" SATA 3.5" SATA 3.5" SATA
Interfaces USB 2.0
Firewire 400/800
USB 3.0 / 2.0,
Firewire 400/800,
eSATA
USB 2.0,
Firewire 400/800,
1 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi host)
1 x Gb Ethernet
Form Factor Desktop Desktop Desktop / Rackmount (3U) Desktop
BeyondRAIDTM Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included
Thin Provisioning Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included Yes, Included
Drive Protection Single Single or Dual Single or Dual Single or Dual
Smart Volumes Automatic Automatic Up to 16 Automatic
Drobo Sync N/A N/A N/A N/A
Drobo Apps N/A N/A N/A Yes, Included
Drobo PC Backup Yes, Included Yes, Included N/A Yes, Included
Power / Cooling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Management Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard Drobo Dashboard
DroboCare™ Services & Support Program Optional Optional Optional Optional