Drobo B800i 8-Bay Storage Area Network (SAN) Array for Business with 8TB (4x2TB) SATA Hard Drives

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Built on proven BeyondRAID technology, , the Drobo B800i redefines IT economics by delivering award-winning iSCSI SAN storage and advanced capabilities usually reserved for more expensive enterprise solutions. All in a product as easy to use as a Drobo. The Drobo B800i is optimized for small businesses to provide reliable and high-performance storage to servers running applications like file services, data protection, email, and server virtualization. It integrates seamlessly into your TCP/IP network infrastructure and utilizes the industry-standard iSCSI protocol to provide simple, consolidated storage for your servers. A Drobo B800i iSCSI array can hold up to 24TB of raw storage and beyond. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full. 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. Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives. It's all done with a single click and without ever losing access to your data. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Running out of space? Switch back to single drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there's no need to reformat or migrate data from the Drobo B800i, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime. Create new volumes up to 16TB in seconds and manage them over time with ease. The innovative and time-saving Smart Volume management technology with Thin Provisioning integrated into the Drobo B800i allows volumes to pull storage from the common pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk allocation. The labor of resizing and migrating volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intelligent engineering. Similar to business applications, Drobo is ideal for building your first scalable backup server or server virtualization cluster. It has been certified for Symantec Backup Exec, Veeam Backup, VMware vSphere, and Citrix XenServer environments. Drobo B800i can be deployed in a server room for IT use or on a desktop for workgroup sharing of storage, thanks to its compact design and quiet operation. Dual smart fans automatically manage their speeds to optimize cooling and minimize operating noise. (Drobo B800i Rack Mount sold separately.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum Enclosure Capacity | Total Bay Capacity 24TB - Number of Bays 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
Included Drive(s) | 8000GB (4 x 2000GB) 7200RPM SATA 3G | |||||||||||||||||||
Network Interface | Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 30.91cm (W) x 35.81cm (D) x 13.87cm (H) |
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Built on proven BeyondRAID technology, , the Drobo B800i redefines IT economics by delivering award-winning iSCSI SAN storage and advanced capabilities usually reserved for more expensive enterprise solutions. All in a product as easy to use as a Drobo. The Drobo B800i is optimized for small businesses to provide reliable and high-performance storage to servers running applications like file services, data protection, email, and server virtualization. It integrates seamlessly into your TCP/IP network infrastructure and utilizes the industry-standard iSCSI protocol to provide simple, consolidated storage for your servers. A Drobo B800i iSCSI array can hold up to 24TB of raw storage and beyond. To add capacity, simply insert a new hard drive or replace your smallest drive with a larger one, even when all drive bays are full. 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. Enable the dual-drive redundancy option to protect your data from failure of up to two hard drives. It's all done with a single click and without ever losing access to your data. | |
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Running out of space? Switch back to single drive redundancy at any time. Unlike moving between traditional RAID 5 and RAID 6, there's no need to reformat or migrate data from the Drobo B800i, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime. Create new volumes up to 16TB in seconds and manage them over time with ease. The innovative and time-saving Smart Volume management technology with Thin Provisioning integrated into the Drobo B800i allows volumes to pull storage from the common pool of disks rather than a specific physical disk allocation. The labor of resizing and migrating volumes is replaced with the simplicity of intelligent engineering. Similar to business applications, Drobo is ideal for building your first scalable backup server or server virtualization cluster. It has been certified for Symantec Backup Exec, Veeam Backup, VMware vSphere, and Citrix XenServer environments. Drobo B800i can be deployed in a server room for IT use or on a desktop for workgroup sharing of storage, thanks to its compact design and quiet operation. Dual smart fans automatically manage their speeds to optimize cooling and minimize operating noise. (Drobo B800i Rack Mount sold separately.) | |
Storage | |
Maximum Enclosure Capacity | Total Bay Capacity 24TB - Number of Bays 8 |
Included Drive(s) | 8000GB (4 x 2000GB) 7200RPM SATA 3G |
Interfaces/Ports | |
RJ-45 Ports | 2 x RJ-45 |
USB Ports | 1 x USB 2.0 |
Network (Wired) | |
Network Interface | Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps |
Network Protocols | iSCSI CHAP Authentication |
System | |
Management | Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights Drobo Dashboard version 2.0 or later |
System Requirements | |
Operating Systems Supported | Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later, 10.6.8 or later, 10.7.0 or later; Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 or later,10.6.8 or later (all Intel only) Windows 7 SP1, Vista SP1, XP SP3 (all 32 and 64 bit); Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 bit, 2003 R2 SP1 32 and 64 bit VMware vSphere 4.1.x (ESXi), Citrix XenServer 5.6 |
Compliance | |
Standards | Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, REACH Regulatory: FCC Part 15 Class A; Canada ICES- 003 Class B; CE Mark; CISPR22:19973rd Edition Class B; MIC Mark; VCCI Approval to V.3; BSMI Approval to CNS13438; ACA Approval to AS/ NZS 3548 Safety: UL, cUL, TUV, CB |
Electrical | |
Voltage/Frequency/Power | 100 to 240V AC / 50 to 60Hz / 82W |
Cooling System | Dual, fixed cooling fans |
Environmental | |
Environmental | Operating Temperature 10 to 35C |
Operating Humidity | Humidity 5 to 80% |
Noise Level | 30.4dB |
Physical | |
Cabinet Colour | Black |
In The Box | Drobo B800i 6 ft USB 2.0 cable, 2 x 6 ft Ethernet cables 6 ft power cord Quick Start Card and Getting Started Guide (printed) Drobo Resource CD, which includes Drobo Dashboard application |
Dimensions | 30.91cm (W) x 35.81cm (D) x 13.87cm (H) |
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Drobo | DroboCare 1 Year 24x7 Next Business Day Technical Support for Drobo B800i 8-Bay Storage Area Network (SAN) Array | £Call us 020 8453 9700 |
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