USB 3.0 5 Bay DAS unit from Drobo DRDR5A31

Product Overview 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 Drobo arrays by adding blazing-fast performance.

Mix & Match ANY Size if SATA Hard Drives - the 5D will Sort It!

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.

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. 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. NOTE: Thunderbolt is currently supported only on Mac OS X.

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. Features • Up to five (5) 3.5" SATA I / II / III hard disk drives or solid state drives (sold separately) add an optional mSATA solid state drive in the Drobo Accelerator Bay for increased performance
• Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache
• No carriers or tools required
• Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones

Connectivity
• 2x Thunderbolt ports; second port for daisy chaining Thunderbolt devices (Mac OS X only)
• 1x USB 3.0 port

Capacity
• Up to five (5) 3.5" SATA I / II / III hard disk drives or solid state drives (sold separately) and one (1) mSATA solid state drive

Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required. Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones.

BeyondRAID Features
• Thin Provisioning
• Instant Expansion
• Mixed Drive Size Utilization
• Automatic Protection Levels
• Dual Disk Redundancy
• Virtual Hot Spare
• Data Aware
• Drive Re-ordering
• Management
• Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights
• Drobo Dashboard version 2.3 or later

Operating System Support
• Mac OS X 10.7.x Lion
• Mac OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion
• Windows 7 SP1 32 and 64 bit
• Windows 8 32 and 64 bit

File System Options
• Mac OS X: HFS+
• Windows: NTFS

Hardware Features
• Carrier-less Drive Bays
• Power Fail Protection
• Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included)

Additional Software Features
• Data-Aware Tiering
• Drive Spin Down
• Dim Lights

Warranty
• Standard 2-year warranty; extend to 3 years and enhance support with DroboCare

Size and Weight
• Desktop Form Factor
• Width: 5.9 in (150.3 mm)
• Height: 7.3 in (185.4 mm)
• Depth: 10.3 in (262.3 mm)
• Weight: 8.5 lb (without hard drives, power supply, or packaging)

Power and Cooling
• External Power Supply
-AC Input - 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60Hz;
-DC Output - 12V, 12.5A, 150W max
• Single, fixed, variable speed cooling fan

Box Contents
• Drobo 5D
• 2m (6.6 ft) USB 3.0 cable
• 1.8m (6 ft) power cord with power supply
• Quick Start Card