Drobo Storage Comparison
Drobo Product Line Card
| Drobo Storage Products | ||||
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| Product Name | Ideal Environment | # of Drives | Interfaces | |
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Drobo 5C | Desktop storage ideal for storing and backing up your data on your Mac or Windows based laptop or PC | 5-bay | 1 x USB 3.0, Type-C |
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Drobo 5D | High-performance, desktop storage for professionals | 5-bay | 2 x Thunderbolt, 1 x USB 3.0 |
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Drobo 5Dt | Complete solution for creative power users, includes mSATA card, 3 year DroboCare and 4K monitor support | 5-bay | 2 x Thunderbolt 2, 1 x USB 3.0 |
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Drobo 5N2 | Networked storage for connected home, home office, or small office environment | 5-bay | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet |
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Drobo 5D3 | Lightning fast storage for your creative workflow with 5K and 4K display support | 5-bay | 2 x Thunderbolt 2, 1 x USB 3.0, Type-C port |
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Drobo 8D | Direct Attached Storage to transform your storage workflow | 8-bay | 2 x Thunderbolt, second port for daisy chaining Thunderbolt devices |
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Drobo B810n | Easy to use network attached storage coupled with hybrid storage and Data Aware Tiering | 8-bay | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet |
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Drobo B810i | Best in class 8 Bay iSCSI SAN engineered for SMB’s with Data – Aware Tiering | 8-bay | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet for data 1 x Gigabit Ethernet for management |
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Drobo B1200i | iSCSI SAN for Server Virtualization and Business Critical Applications | 12-bay | 3 x Gigabit Ethernet (iSCSI) |
Drobo Storage For Businesses Comparison:
| Drobo Storage For Businesses | |||
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| File Sharing Solutions | iSCSI SAN Solutions | ||
 Drobo B810n |
Drobo B810i |
Drobo B1200i |
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| 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, SSD | 3.5" SATA, SSD | 3.5" SATA, SAS, SSD |
| Interfaces | 2 x Gb Ethernet | 2 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI 1 x Gb Ethernet for Management |
3 x Gb Ethernet iSCSI (multi server), 1 x Gb Ethernet for Management |
| Form Factor | Desktop / Rackmount (3U) | Desktop / Rackmount (3U) | Rackmount (3U) |
| BeyondRAID | |||
| Thin Provisioning | |||
| Data-Aware Tiering | |||
| Drive Protection | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual |
| Smart Volumes | Automatic | Up to 255 | Up to 255 |
| Drobo Apps | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| File Sharing Solutions | Direct Attached Solutions | ||||
Drobo 5N2 |
Drobo 5D3 |
Drobo 5C |
Drobo 5D |
Drobo 5Dt |
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| Description | Networked storage for connected home, home office, or small office environment | Lightning fast storage for your creative workflow with 5K and 4K display support | Desktop storage ideal for storing and backing up your data on your Mac or Windows based laptop or PC | High-performance, desktop storage for professionals | Complete solution for creative power users, includes mSATA card, 3 year DroboCare and 4K monitor support |
| Storage Type | Network-Attached (NAS) | Direct-Attached (DAS) | Direct-Attached (DAS) | Direct-Attached (DAS) | Direct-Attached (DAS) |
| Scalability | Single User | Single User | Single User | Single User | Single User |
| Drive Bays | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Drive Type | 3.5" SATA, SSD | 3.5" SATA, SSD | 3.5" SATA | 3.5" SATA, SSD | 3.5" SATA, SSD |
| Interfaces | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet | 2 x Thunderbolt | 1 x USB 3.0, Type-C | 2 x Thunderbolt, 1 x USB 3.0 |
2 x Thunderbolt 2, 1 x USB 3.0 |
| Form Factor | Desktop | Desktop / Rackmount (3U) | Desktop | Desktop | Desktop |
| BeyondRAID | |||||
| Thin Provisioning | |||||
| Data-Aware Tiering | |||||
| Drive Protection | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual | Single or Dual |
| Smart Volumes | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Drobo Apps | |||||
| Power / Cooling | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed |
| Management | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard | Drobo Dashboard |
| DroboCare™ Services & Support Program | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional |