
Review Summary
2x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Up to 8 SATA or solid state drives (SSDs) or up to 3 SSDs
No tools required for 2.5" SSD carriers
4KN disk support
Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required
Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones
16TB
8
4
1x 240GB
Thin Provisioning
Instant Expansion
Mixed Drive Size Utilization
Automatic Protection Levels
Single or Dual Disk Redundancy
Virtual Hot Spare
Data Aware
Drive Re-ordering
Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights
Drobo Dashboard version 2.7 or later
Mac OS X 10.9 or higher
Windows 10 32 and 64 bit
Windows 8/8.1 32 and 64 bit
Windows 7 32 and 64 bit
Windows Server 2012 32 and 64 bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 32 and 64 bit
Common Internet File System (CIFS) / Server Message Block (SMB)
Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
Connection failover
Port bonding
Jumbo frames (up to 9000 bytes MTU)
Carrier-less Drive Bays
Power Fail Protection
Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included)
Hybrid Storage
Automated Data-Aware Tiering
Drobo Apps with new infrastructure
myDrobo compatible
Drive Spin Down
Dim Lights
OS X Time Machine Support
AC Input: 100-240VAC, 1.8/0.75A, 50/60Hz
Idle System (standby, drives off): 13W
Typical Idle System (drive spin down mode, eight (8) drives): 25W
Typical Busy System (four (4) drives): 82W
Dual, fixed cooling fans
Normal Operation: <30.4dB
10 to 35 deg. C (50 to 95 deg. F)
-10 to 60 deg. C (14 to 140 deg. F)
5% - 80%
Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, REACH
Regulatory: FCC Part 15 Class A, Canada ICES-003 Class B, CE Mark, CISPR22:19973rd Edition Class B, MIC Mark, VCCI Approval to V.3, BSMI Approval to CNS13438, ACA Approval to AS/NZS 3548
Canada ICES-003 Class B, CE Mark, CISPR22:19973rd Edition Class B
Safety: UL, cUL, TUV, CB
12.2 x 14.1 x 5.5" (309.88 x 358.14 x 139.70mm)
32lbs (14.52kg)
850737006420
The World's First 64TB NAS With Data-Aware Tiering
The B810n is a fusion of large and fast. It can grow up to 64TB presenting itself as a single large pool of storage. If you add two SSDs, it accelerates access to commonly used "hot" data. Ideal for a network of up to 100 users, the Drobo B810n can store and share files. Use it as your primary storage for important files and documents OR as a place to backup files, projects or even connect computers on the network.
The Problem B810n Solves
All other NAS systems have this problem: when multiple users are accessing it overall performance goes down. This is because simultaneous user requests induce the hard drives recording mechanism to move around the disk. The drive spends more time looking for data blocks than it does reading or writing data for users.
SSD Accelerated Performance
The B810n was designed to provide all users uniform performance. Add two SSDs and you can accelerate performance for all simultaneous users. New technology uses two techniques to accelerate access to your data:
Data Tiering
As transactional data (small pieces of data) is read or written it is placed in SSD storage. Subsequent reads or writes to these blocks are almost instantaneous as there is no delay induced by a hard drive's magnetic head having to move into position. Active or "hot" data, is stored in an SSD tier of storage. As it cools, i.e. access decreases, the B810n will move the data to the hard drive tier.
Hot Data Cache
This is a technique to accelerate data reads. As data is read from hard drives, the B810n will prefetch nearby data that it predicts will be also be read. Your benefit is faster access and less waiting.
Dual Ethernet Ports: Bond Together or Failover
The B810n has dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. These can be bonded together to provide approximately twice the read/write performance you get via a single port. Or they can be used to provide a connection to two different subnets. Furthermore, they can be used in an "active/passive" mode so that if one port fails the other takes over.
Share Files With OS X, Windows or Linux Users
Don't worry about compatibility - Drobo the B810n works with computers running OS X, Windows or Linux operating systems. By default, the Drobo B810n uses the SMB file sharing protocol to talk to OS X or Windows. If you set up a share for Time Machine backup, it uses Apple's AFP protocol. Linux users pick which file sharing method to use on their system.
Drobo DR: Offsite Data Replication Built-in
The B810n has a feature called "Drobo DR" (DR = disaster recovery). You can set up a pair of B810ns to automatically make an offsite copy of your data. This provides an easy to setup offsite backup of your important data. Even better, the remote B810n stores all user account information so that recovery is a breeze.
Optimized for Time Machine
One or more Macs on a network can use the Drobo B810n for storing their Time Machine backups. Create a separate shares for use by Time Machine and assign them a maximum size. This lets users control how much space Time Machine uses and stops it from taking over all storage on its backup target.
Protecting Your Critical Data from Power Loss
Drobo protects your data from loss in the event of a sudden power outage. This protects directory structures ensuring Drobo will remount on your computer. Drobo has a battery inside that powers RAM memory. When there is a power outage, data is stored on internal flash-based nonvolatile storage. Your data is safe until power returns. The battery recharges itself and lasts for the life of the product.
Add Customized Functionality With DroboApps
The myDrobo platform provides end-to-end secure access to services on your Drobo from the public internet, through a user chosen mydrobo.com address. It enables services such as DroboAccess, Koken and WordPress to be accessed remotely in a secure fashion. DroboPix allows secure and automatic uploads of mobile photos and videos. DroboApps also add functionality to your Drobo B810n. Whether it's cloud back up provided by either Crashplan or Elephant Drive or the video and music streaming offered through the Plex media server, these simple-to-install apps extend the capabilities of your Drobo B810n.