14 DAY TRIAL // Even with all the new graphics cards running rampant, Data Robotics still found the time and place to announce that it, too, has finished updating its product offer, this once by incorporating a certain not so recent technological milestone.
The device that Data Robotics improved on is the Drobo S, a NAS (network-attached storage) device with five drive bays.
Previous versions only had FireWire 800 and eSATA connectivity to communicate with host PCs.
The new Drobo S is equipped with the significantly more advanced SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity technology, whose maximum theoretical transfer speed is of around 5 Gbps.
The device features the BeyondRAID technology, which boosts expandability, ease of use, data safety and even affordability.
In terms of raw storage, the maximum capacity attainable is of 32 GB, or so Data Robotics says, though it will be hard to reach that with just five HDDs, considering that 3TB is the current highest capacity.
Other than that, the triple interface still ensures that users can plug FireWire 800 and eSATA ports, plus USB 2.0, courtesy of the backwards compatibility inherent in USB 3.0.
"When USB 3.0 was released, many storage vendors simply added a basic connector to their systems, but that precluded small and medium-sized businesses from taking full advantage of its promise," said Mark Peters, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group.
"In contrast, by specifically engineering the Drobo S to incorporate USB 3.0, Drobo has been able to optimize performance and ease-of-use, both of which being characteristics that such businesses will appreciate," Peters added.
The 10TB Drobo S has a price of $1,799 and obviously has five 2TB HDDs inside of it, although users can buy an empty one for $799 and acquire the HDDs separately.
“Today’s announcements will serve to further accelerate what our customers and partners fondly call the ‘Drobo invasion,’” said Tom Buiocchi, chief executive officer, Drobo.
“Our quest to provide the best storage experience just progressed significantly with today’s new product advancements,” he went on to saying.