Drobo, a manufacturer of external storage devices, the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini will be announced. Both storage arrays are equipped with an msata bay for a cache ssd, two Thunderbolt ports and a usb 3.0 input.
In the 5D can be up to five 3.5″sata hard drives to be placed. All drive bays are hotswappable and using BeyondRAID technology, various raid modes to select. In addition, the nas on the bottom msata slot; in this ‘accelerator bay’ can a msata ssd be placed.
According to Drobo can be data-aware tiering algorithm to automatically determine which files much be manipulated and this on the ssd places, while the hard disks are used for data that is sequentially written, and less often it is requested. To the performance continue to increase, can also ssd in the regular drive bays are placed. The tiering algorithm would have the ssds to automatically recognize and use them as cache can use.
The Drobo 5D has two Thunderbolt ports, allowing multiple devices through daisy chaining to each other can be linked. According to the manufacturer, five Drobo 5D’s for a total of 96TB of storage capacity ensure, where the bi-directional Thunderbolt connectivity performance maintain. Furthermore, the storage system a ups-function: a battery should data loss occur if the voltage drops.
Drobo also has a portable variant under the name Mini was announced. Like the Drobo 5D contains nas, an msata slot, while there is space for four 2.5″sata drives. The Mini also has two Thunderbolt ports and a usb 3.0 port.
According to Engadget, will the 5D for less than 800 dollars, while the Mini for less than $ 650 will be sold. Hard drives or ssd’s are not included, but Drobo stop a Thunderbolt and a usb 3.0 cable in the package. The manufacturer makes in July known when the Mini and the 5D come on the market.
