DroboElite
DroboElite offers the best data storage experience ever for small to medium businesses (SMBs) and department within larger organizations. As the flagship Drobo platform, DroboElite redefines storage economics by delivering iSCSI SAN and advanced capabilities usually reserved for more expensive solutions. Built on the proven BeyondRAID technology, DroboElite is the easiest storage to deploy and manage, just one of the reasons it has finished ahead of well-known iSCSI SAN solutions in numerous product awards. Dual iSCSI ports and certifications with the top virtualization platforms and data protection applications make DroboElite the perfect choice as primary storage in a small business server or virtualized environment, and fantastic storage for backup in just about any environment.
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Multi-Host Connectivity
Have multiple servers that need storage? No problem. The DroboElite connects seamlessly to your existing TCP/IP network and utilizes the industry-standard iSCSI protocol to provide simple, consolidated storage for your servers.
Dual High-Speed iSCSI Interfaces
Unfamiliar with iSCSI? It's an industry-standard, high performance protocol that has become extremely popular with businesses and individuals who demand high data storage throughput, but it can often be complex to manage. DroboElite changes that by introducing zero-click iSCSI connection creation with optional LUN-level CHAP authentication for both Windows and Mac OS X.
The Virtues of Smart Volumes
Create new volumes in seconds and manage up to 255 x 16TB volumes over time with ease. The innovative and timesaving Smart Volume management technology integrated into DroboElite allows volumes to pull storage from the common pool of drives rather than a specific physical drive allocation, eliminating the need to manage capacity at the volume level. Smart Volumes are also data aware, allowing deleted data blocks to be returned to the common pool and ensuring that volumes remain as efficient as possible over time.
Simplify Your Virtual Environment
Storage is an integral part of a successful virtualization strategy. DroboElite has been certified for use with VMware vSphere 4 and Citrix XenServer to eliminate risk from your storage decision and help accelerate deployment of your virtual server environment.
BeyondRAID
Drobo utilizes the revolutionary BeyondRAID storage technology that protects data against a hard disk failure, yet is simple enough for anyone to use. As long as you have more than a single disk in Drobo, all data on Drobo is safe no matter which hard disk fails. Combined with an appropriate backup policy, the Drobo provides a cost effective, expandable storage solution.
Dual Drive Redundancy
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 off of DroboElite, potentially saving you hours or days of downtime.
Self-Healing Reliability
With the self-healing technology now incorporated into DroboElite, your data is safer than ever. Even when sitting idle, DroboElite will continually examine the blocks and sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas. This preemptive "scrubbing" helps ensure your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives, and that your data is always safe. Even if a drive fails, DroboElite keeps your data in the safest state possible, utilizing the available space on the remaining healthy drives.
Rack Mount Ready & Desktop Quiet
DroboElite is equally at home in a rack mount environment as it is on your desktop. Dual smart fans automatically manage their speeds to optimize both cooling and operating noise. (DroboElite Rack Mount Kit sold separately)
DroboElite Introductory Video
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