Drobo 5D 5-Bay Storage Array - DRDR5A21 - Diskless

Redesigned from the ground up to meet the Data Storage needs of today's media creators and demanding professionals, Drobo 5D builds on the fully automated functionality of previous Drobos by adding blazing-fast performance. Leveraging cutting-edge Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 Connectivity - along with the innovative use of Solid state drives (SSDs) - Drobo 5D is the highest-performing Personal storage array on the planet.

Not only is Drobo 5D fast, but it's easy-to-use, expandable, flexible, and protected - exactly what's expected from a Drobo. You can safely store and Edit photos and videos as well as store and back up personal data.

In the Box: Drobo 5D, 6.6 ft Thunderbolt & USB 3.0 cables, 6 ft power cord with power supply, Quick start card

Features

Data Protection and Expandability Made Simple - Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo 5D protects your data without any User interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. It can hold up to five Hot-swappable SATA drives, of any capacity, for on-the-fly storage Expansion with zero downtime.

Power of Thunderbolt & Flexibility of USB - Drobo 5D 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. With six Drobo 5D arrays in a chain, you can have up to 96 TB of usable capacity. And, the bi-directional 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.

Power Protecting Your Critical Data - Drobo doesn't just protect you from a drive failure, but also from potential data loss after a power outage. Often found only is arrays that cost tens of thousands of dollars, the Drobo 5D includes a Battery that protects all data in memory, or cache, that is, data on its way to the drives. 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.

Specifications
Connectivity

2 x Thunderbolt ports

1 x USB 3.0 port
Drives

Accommodates from 1 to 5 3.5" SATA III hard Disk drives or solid state drives. No carriers or tools required

Accepts one (1) mSATA SSD in the Drobo Accelerator Bay for increased performance
Compatibility

Drobo connects to Mac and Windows systems and supports HFS+ and NTFS File system formats
Operating system Support

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion & 10.8 Mountain Lion or Windows 7 & 8
Power & Cooling

Power Supply AC Input 100-240VAC-2A

Single, fixed, cooling fan
Size & Weight

W x H x D: 5.9 x 7.3 x 10.3 in. (150.3 x 185.4 x 262.3 mm) & 8.5 lbs. without HDD (3.9 kg)