Drobo B800fs User manual

Small Box, Big Storage.

Power and sophistication in an easy & affordable solution.

Highlights

• BuiltspecicallyforSMBIT,also

greatfordepartmentsinlarger

companies

• GreatforWindows,Mac,and

linuxservers,forbothprimary

andbackupstorage

• InnovativeBeyondRAID™delivers

powerfulprotectionwith

automatedstoragemanagement

• Thinprovisioning,instant

expansion,singleordual-drive

redundancy

• CertiedwithVMware,

Citrix,XenServer,Symantec.

BackupExec,Veeam,andmore

SU-0019-01•April2011

DroboDataSheet|Drobo for Business

Drobo for Business

SmallandmediumbusinessesrunmostofthesameITapplicationsthatenterprisesdobutoften

donothavetheexpertiseorsheerstafngresourcestomanagethesamestorageinfrastructure.

Enterprisestoragethatsupportsservervirtualization,e-mail,andbackupcomesatahighcostinthe

contextofSMBIT,wherethetotalsolutionbudgetforservers,software,andstorageisusuallyless

thanenterprisestoragebyitself.WithDrobo®storageforbusiness,SMBscandeliverthesameap-

plicationsandservicesthatlargecompaniesdoatanoperatingcostttingtheneedsofSMBs.

Connectivity

DroboStorageforBusinessarraysconnecttoyournetworkviaEthernet.Whetherforlesharing

amongserversandclientsorforiSCSISANstorage,existingswitchingandIPinfrastructurecanbe

used.OryoucanbuildadedicatedIPnetworkforstorageeasilyandaffordablyusingnetworking

technologythatisfamiliartoSMBs.DroboStorageforBusinesscanalsoconnectdirectlytoaserver

withastandardCAT6Ethernetcable.

BeyondRAID Technology

ADroboarraycanholdupto36TBofrawstorageandbeyond.Toaddcapacity,simplyinsertanew

harddriveorreplaceyoursmallestdrivewithalargeronewhenalldrivebaysarefull.Nodrive

carriersorspecialtoolsarerequired.UnliketraditionalRAID,theBeyondRAIDtechnologyinDrobo

enablesyoutoleveragedifferentdrivecapacities,allowingforcontinuousexpansionaslargerdrives

becomeavailable.WithDrobo,expansionisautomaticandinstantaneousandaccesstodatais

alwaysmaintained,allwhileprotectingyoufromtwosimultaneousdrivefailures.

Smart Volumes & Thin Provisioning

Createnewvolumesupto16TBinsecondsandmanagethemovertimewithease.Theinnovative

andtime-savingSmartVolumes™managementtechnologywithThinProvisioningallowsvolumesto

pullstoragefromthecommonpoolofdisksratherthanaspecicphysicaldiskallocation.Thelaborof

resizingandmigratingvolumesisreplacedwiththesimplicityofintelligentengineering.

Drive Bays 8 8 12

Drive Type 3.5”SATA 3.5”SATA 3.5”SATA,SAS,SSD

Interfaces 2xGigabitEthernet 2xGigabitEthernet

iSCSI(multiserver)

3xGigabitEthernet

iSCSI(multiserver)

Form Factor Desktoporrackmount(3U) Desktoporrackmount(3U) Rackmount(3U)

Power & Cooling Dual,xed,variablespeedfans Dual,xed,variablespeedfans Swappable,redundant

Drobo B800fs File Sharing Drobo B800i iSCSI SAN Drobo B1200i iSCI SAN

Optimizing Business Applications

Similartobusinessapplications,Droboisidealforbuildingyourrstservervirtualizationcluster,

highlyavailablee-mailserver,orscalablebackupserver.Drobotechnologyhasbeencertiedfor

VMwarevSphere,CitrixXenServer,SymantecBackupExec,andVeeamBackupenvironments

Capabilities

Droboisnotlikeotherstoragesolutions.PoweredbyBeyondRAID,Drobodeliversadvancedstorage

capabilitiessuchasthinprovisioningandtieringwithoutcomplexsetuporongoingmanagement.

AnyonewhousesaDroboquicklycomestoappreciatethatthesecapabilitiesareevenmorevaluable

whendeliveredinawaythatisautomaticandintelligent.Atrsttechnicalpeoplemaylookforways

theycancongureandmaintaintheirDrobo,butintimegrowtoloveDrobomorebecausetheydon’t

havetomanagethecomplexity.

Data-Aware Tiering

AutomatedData-AwareTieringallowsbusinessestoconsolidatestorageresourcesandsharethat

storageacrossallconnectedserversandtheirapplications.TheDroboB1200imovesbeyondmanu-

allytuninganarrayforapplicationsthathavedifferentstoragerequirements.Data-AwareTiering

leverageshigh-capacityharddiskdrives(HDDs)pairedwithhigh-performancesolidstatedrives

(SSDs)todeliverapplication-optimizedstoragethatrequiresnomanualtuning.

Offsite Protection with Drobo Sync

DroboSyncisadatareplicationtoolbuiltintotheDrobo8-bayB800fs.With5-clicksetup,itisan

ultra-easy-to-useapproachtooffsitebackup,whichseamlesslyperformsincrementalsyncofleson

ascheduledbasisfromoneDrobotoanothersomewhereonyournetworkoracrosstheInternettoa

remotesite.Recoveryfromtheoffsitebackupisfasterandeasierthanoffsitetapevaultingorcloud-

basedbackup.Comparedtothoseapproaches,offsitebackupwithDroboSyncrepresentsalower

totalcostofownershipforprotectinglargeamountsofbusinessdata.

How to Choose the Right Drive

Drobogivesyoutheexibilitytouseawidevarietyofdrivetypesandcapacities,buttheprocess

ofchoosingtheidealdriveischallenging.FindoutwhichdriveisrightforyourDroboforBusiness

@www.drobo.com/products/choose-drive.php.

Capacity Calculator

UseaninteractiveDroboCapacityCalculatortoestimatetheamountofdatastorageavailableinyour

Drobo@www.drobo.com/products/capacity-calculator/index.php

More Information

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dex.php

ReadaboutDrobotechnologyinnovation@ info.drobo.com/ebook

GetdetailedperformancenumbersfortheB1200i@ www.drobo.com/performance

Readytobuy? Askyourpreferredresellerorvisit:www.drobo.com/where-to-buy/index.php

Drobo Data Sheet

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Copyright2012Drobo,Inc.DataRobotics,Drobo,DroboPro,DroboElite,DroboStore,BeyondRAID,andSmartVolumesareregisteredtrademarksofDrobo,whichmaybe

registeredinsomejurisdictions.Allothertrademarksusedareownedbytheirrespectiveowners.Allrightsreserved.Specicationssubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

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Drobo Dashboard

DroboDashboardisthesingletoolto

centrallymanageallofyourDrobos.

DroboDashboarddisplaysstatusasif

allofyourDroboswererightinfront

ofyouwiththesamestatuslightsand

capacitygaugethatareonthefront

panel.Alladministrationtasksare

asingleclickawayandthere’seven

abuilt-indataprotectiontoolcalled

DroboCopytoeasilycopydatato