Drobo S 7.5 TB Bundle DR3A2-15EARS-5 - Includes One Drobo S and Five 1.5 TB WD Caviar Green Hard Drive (Black)

Drobo S is perfect for creative professionals and small businesses with “set it and forget it-inch storage needs. It’s safe, reliable and expandable features make it the best data storage experience ever. This primary and backup storage solution offers blazingly fast eSATA, enhanced FireWire 800 performance and USB 2.0 connectivity. It is a self-managing, self-healing solution ideal for safely storing large files and rapidly growing data. Built on award-winning BeyondRAID technology with single- or dual-drive redundancy, Drobo S protects your data without any user interaction, even in the event of multiple drive failures. It can hold up to five hot-swappable drives, for on-the-fly drive capacity expansion with zero downtime.

• BeyondRAID leverages RAID's protection methodologies, including mirroring and striping with parity. However, BeyondRAID applies these algorithms on top of a robust and flexible storage virtualization platform. This removes RAID's limitations and drawbacks.
• The eSATA interface on Drobo S transfers data up to 50% faster than FireWire 800. FireWire performance is even up to 25% faster than on previous systems and with enhanced USB 2.0, you’ll have the flexibility to connect to almost any system.
• Instantly expand your available capacity by hot swapping in an additional drive, or replacing an existing drive with a larger-capacity one. You can do this while your Drobo is operating, allowing you to expand capacity with no downtime!
• 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.
• With its self-healing technology, Drobo S keeps your data safer than ever. Drobo continually examines the blocks and sectors on every drive, flagging questionable areas and ensureing your data is being written only to the healthy areas of your drives.