Review Index:
Data Robotics, Inc. DroboPro 8-Bay In-depth Review
Specifications and Test System Setup
Specifications
Disk Interface:
- Eight-bay capacity
- 3.5" SATA I or SATA II hard disk drives
- No carriers required
- Mix and match capacities, disk brands and speeds
Physical:
- Width: 12.17"
- Height: 5.46"
- Length: 14.1"
- Weight: 16lbs 3ozs (without hard drives or packaging)
Host Interface:
- iSCSI (utilizes Gigabit Ethernet)
- FireWire 800
- High Speed USB 2.0
Accoustics:
- Normal operation: 30.4 dB
Box Contents:
- DroboPro
- 6' USB 2.0 cable
- 6' FireWire 800 cable
- 6' Ethernet cable
- User Guide and Quick Start Instructions
- Resource CD includes:
- Drobo Dashboard application
- Help files
- Electronic Documentation
Certification: Emissions:
- FCC Part 15 Class B and Safety: UL, cUL
Security:
- Kensington lock port
Power Specifications:
- Idle system (standby, drives off): 13 watts
- Typical idle system - idle, drive spin down mode (eight drives): 25 watts
- Typical busy system (eight drives): 82 watts
Operating System Support:
- Windows 2008 Server
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
- Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Mac OS X 10.4.11 and greater
- Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 or greater (Mac OS X 10.5.6 or greater recommended for optimal iSCSI performance and reliability)
- Linux using EXT3
File System Options:
- Windows: NTFS
- Mac OS X: HFS+
- Cross-Platform: FAT32
- Linux: EXT3 (currently in beta)
Warranty:
- Two (2) year warranty or as provided by local law.
Test System Setup
| Hard Drive Test System Setup | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7 920 @ 4 GHZ (HT disabled) |
| Motherboard | Asus P6T |
| Memory | Corsair Dominator 12GB DDR3-1600 |
| Hard Drive | Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD |
| Sound Card | Asus Xonar D1 |
| Video Card | EVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 |
| Video Drivers | Geforce 191.07 |
| Power Supply | Corsair 620HX |
| DirectX Version | DX11 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 x64
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