DroboShare

DroboShare

DroboShare

A Companion to Drobo

The Most Reliable and Expandable Networked Storage System for Sharing Your Data

DroboShare is the ideal companion to the award-winning Drobo fo users who want to share data over a local area network. DroboShare automates network management, safeguards your data, and lets you easily add capacity when needed.

About DroboShare

With DroboShare, users can now access the information stored on the award-winning Drobo from almost any client on the network, including Windows, Apple and Linux* computers. DroboShare can host up to two Drobos, allowing capacities of up to 8TB of storage today, scaling to 32TB as larger disk drives become available. *Linux support now in beta.

DroboShare Shares Your Drobo on a Gigabit Ethernet Network

DroboShare connects your Drobo to Gigabit Ethernet networks for sharing data. Just plug Drobo into DroboShare and you are ready to go.

DroboShare Automates Network Setup & Management

Avoid complex network configuration. Just hook up DroboShare and start sharing data across a LAN. Drobo Dashboard software automates connecting your computer(s) to the DroboShare and keeping them connected. Never again suffer a "dropped" network connection severing access to your data.

NAS When You Want It, DAS When You Need It

You can unplug the Drobo and connect it directly to a computer when required then reconnect Drobo to the DroboShare for sharing files with other users.

Supports Your Native File Systems

With DroboShare you can choose NTFS (Windows), HFS+ (Mac OS X), EXT3 (Linux) or FAT32 (Various)

Supports the Client of Your Choice

DroboShare supports standard network protocols allowing access to its data from almost any client.

DroboShare Technical Specifications

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DATA SHARING ETHERNET INTERFACE
Interface:
10/100/1000 ethernet
Number of Ports:
1
Network topology:
Shares data on a single subnet

USB INTERFACE TO DROBO
Interface:
Type A, USB 2.0
Number of Ports:
2 (shares 1 or 2 Drobos)

FILE SYSTEM OPTIONS
Linux:
EXT3
Mac OS X:
HFS+
Windows:
NTFS
Cross-Platform:
FAT32

OTHER
Power:
12VDC @ 0.5Amp
Dimensions:
6.0" Wide x 1.75" Tall X 10.7" Long
(152.4mm x 44.5mm x 271.8mm)
Weight:
2lbs 4 oz (1.02 Kg)
Operating Temperature:
10°C-35°C (50°-95°F)
Operating Altitude:
2,438m (8,000 ft)
Drobo Dashboard (optional)
Microsoft® Windows® OS,
Apple® Macintosh® OS-X v10.4+