Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:30:47 PDT
Drobo has announced a pair of Thunderbolt and USB 3.0-capable storage
devices. The company has not released official pricing and availability
information, other than saying they will be coming next month.
Both the Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini include industry-first SSD acceleration—
utilizing the performance benefits of solid state drives (SSDs) and the
capacity benefits of hard disk drives (HDDs) to deliver an automated, no-
compromise system. In addition to supporting SSDs in any of the drive bays,
both units include an additional bay that will accommodate a small-form-
factor SSD to achieve significant performance boosts while making all drive
bays available for high-capacity HDDs.
The products also support both lightning-fast Thunderbolt (2 ports) and USB
3.0 connectivity, an industry first for storage arrays that will provide
flexibility to both Mac and Windows users. The two Thunderbolt ports allow
customers to easily daisy-chain devices to accommodate massive growth, and
the USB 3.0 port ensures compatibility to millions of USB systems.
Along with SSD acceleration and Thunderbolt / USB 3.0 interfaces, the new
Drobo products have been completely redesigned from the ground up with new
hardware and software architectures. These enhancements provide a
significant increase in processing capability and several optimizations to
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