Overview:
Transform your storage workflow. Meet the bigger,
better, bolder Drobo 8D. At a 128TB volume size, the Drobo 8D is
designed to meet the need for data intensive workflows. With lightning
speed Thunderbolt 3, the Drobo 8D is the fastest direct attached Drobo
yet. The Drobo 8D is the only Drobo with the Intelligent Volume
Management, which allows for the flexibility of manual and automated
management of storage pools.
Creative professionals will experience the
editing power for media rich, high resolution workflows with the
protection of Drobo�s patented BeyondRAID technology. The 8D is also
ideal as primary storage for SMBs requiring reliable, easy to use, high
capacity solutions.
This latest direct attached solution offers
high-performance connectivity and is backward compatible with any
computer running supported macOS. Drobo 8D comes with an Accelerator Bay
in a rear mounted slot for an SSD (not included) to enable the patented
Drobo Accelerator Cache technology. The Drobo Hot Data Cache keeps a
copy of your most frequently accessed transactional data so that it can
be delivered even faster when you need it. Drobo 8D includes a battery
that protects all data in flight. During a sudden power loss, the
battery keeps the Drobo functioning long enough for the data to be
written to non-volatile storage (written to an included internal SSD
storage device), ensuring your important information is always safe.
Drobo LEDs can also be dimmed to reduce light pollution in photo and
video editing environments.
Leave Your Limitations Behind� Go
BeyondRAID
Built on our award-winning BeyondRAID technology,
the Drobo B810i protects your data without any intervention - even in
the event of multiple drive failures. You can even switch from single to
dual disk redundancy with a single click, ensuring enterprise-level dual
parity data protection when required. Drobo's with BeyondRAID are also
self-healing and have virtual hot-spares. If a drive happens to fail,
Drobo will automatically re-layout the data to return to a protected
state without disruption.
Drobo takes the up front guess work out of
determining the amount of capacity you require. Buy the capacity you
need today, and when you need more storage, simply replace your smallest
drive with a larger one and immediately use that capacity in seconds.
You can even mix and match drive brands, capacities and speeds.
To further enhance your experience, every Drobo
comes with Smart Volume technology. Smart Volumes are thinly provisioned
volumes that automatically utilize capacity as needed from a common pool
of storage. Additionally, as data is deleted, free capacity is returned
to that common pool, immediately increasing the available capacity.
BeyondRAID along with Smart Volumes deliver
next-generation storage technology by bringing together enhanced data
protection, reliability, expandability, and ease-of-use.
Bigger. Better. Bolder.
The Fastest Drobo Yet With
Thunderbolt 3 Speed
Meet the bigger, better, and bolder
Drobo 8D. Capable of supporting 16 volumes of up to 128TB,
with a total storage pool of 256TB, 8D is designed to meet
the need for data-intensive workflows. With lightning speed
ThunderboltTM 3, the Drobo 8D is the fastest direct attached
Drobo yet. The 8D comes equipped with a Drobo Accelerator
Bay, and is the only Drobo with the new Intelligent Volume
Management technology.
SSD Acceleration Boosts Performance
Most storage arrays use either all
hard drives or all SSDs. The Drobo 8D delivers the best of
both worlds by intelligently combining hard drives and SSDs
to deliver both capacity and performance. The Drobo 8D gives
you the option to enable Hot Data Caching through the Drobo
Accelerator Bay on the rear slot. Using an SSD allows access
to most frequently read data to deliver blazing fast speeds.
This boosts performance of popular applications such as
Apple�s Final Cut and Adobe Lightroom.
SSDs can
also be utilized in the front bays of the Drobo 8D for
Data-Aware Tiering, allowing for transactional data to
migrate to the SSDs. This ensures that both writes and reads
are accelerated.
Intelligent Volume Management
New to the Drobo product line is the
Intelligent Volume Management technology available on the
8D. This technology combines the flexibility of manual
volume configuration with the convenience of Drobo�s
legendary automation, allowing for separation of file
systems as customer needs dictate. The 8D allows the
creation of up to 16 volumes with a maximum 128TB volume
size, and a 256TB storage pool.
Power of Thunderbolt 3
Drobo 8D storage array offers a
lightning fast ThunderboltTM 3 connection (macOS only) that
is both fast and backwards compatible. This optimizes your
performance when transferring large volumes of data. With
the dual ports, the Drobo 8D connects up to six Thunderbolt
devices or five devices and a monitor at the end of the
chain. Supports one 5K or two 4K displays (with a
Thunderbolt dock).
Enhanced Backup for Time Machine
Time Machine and Drobo:
A Perfect Pairing
Apple�s Time Machine was designed
to make backing up your files simple and painless. Pairing
Time Machine with Drobo improves your data protection by
ensuring your data is safe in the event of hard drive
failure.
Control How Much
Storage Time Machine Uses
Apple�s guidelines are to set the
storage space for Time Machine at twice the size of the
Mac�s hard drive that is to be protected. Time Machine users
know that it will gradually use all available disk space
without an easy way to stop this from happening. With Drobo
you can easily control the maximum storage space available
for Time Machine backups through Drobo Dashboard. When you
install a Drobo, Drobo Dashboard prompts to see if you want
to create a dedicated storage volume for Time Machine�s use,
allowing you to set the size of this volume.
Power Protecting Your Critical
Data
In addition to drive failure
protection, Drobo also protects against potential data loss
during a power outage. In every Drobo we include battery
backup technology to protect data in memory or cache. When
power spontaneously goes away, Drobo moves any in-flight
data to onboard flash in your Drobo, so it will be protected
and moved to your disk drives once power is restored. This
ensures your important information is safe and sound. Even
better, your battery recharges itself and is designed to
last for the life of your Drobo.
DroboCare
DroboCare extends beyond Standard
Hardware Warranty, providing you with additional peace of
mind. If an issue occurs, we will immediately send you a
replacement Drobo and pay for shipping both ways.
*Please note that DroboCare does not
cover failed hard drives.
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