Ethernet Connector Added to Drobo

Data Robotics, the makers of Drobo, announced the launch of DroboShare, a companion for Drobo that
enables users to easily share files over a Local Area Network (LAN).
With this release, the company is building on its mission to change the
way people store, manage and share their digital asset.

With
DroboShare, users can now access the information stored on the
award-winning Drobo from any client on the network, including Windows,
Apple or Linux computers, as well as other networked devices like Home
Media Centers. And unlike other NAS desktop storage devices the Drobo
and DroboShare solution embraces ease of use and flexibility by being
the first NAS solution that supports all major file systems (NTFS,
HFS+, EXT3, FAT32). Additionally, Drobo has the flexibility to be
easily disconnected from DroboShare and then connected directly to a
host computer as required.

DroboShare user, Robert
Farrington, teaches digital photography and digital asset management
courses at Dragonfleye Digital Productions in Sarasota, FL. Farrington
finds DroboShare an ideal storage solution for his classroom because it
brings simplicity to file sharing — and most importantly — protects
student projects from loss.

"We don’t have an
internal IT support staff so our quest for a storage product centered
on two key things: overall simplicity and the ability to easily create,
manage and share data with students across an established network. The
product would also need to expand as our organization — and the need
for additional storage — increases over time," said Farrington. "I
found the perfect solution in Drobo and DroboShare – my students and I
rely on it every single day."

Features include:

• All
  of the benefits of the Drobo storage robot including complete data
  safety, simple expansion, no down-time and minimum configurability
• Flexibility to attach Drobo to your computer or attach it to your network when you want to share data
• Gigabit Ethernet support
• Auto-mounting on Windows and OS X (no configuration or maintenance regardless of your connection choice)
• Support for all major file systems including NTFS (Windows), HFS+ (Apple OS X), EXT3 (Linux) and FAT32 (various)
• Support today for 8TB of storage, scaling to 32TB as larger disk drives become available

Drobo
and DroboShare are available today and can be purchased worldwide from
an extensive network of over 500 valued partners. In the United States,
Drobo retails for $499 and DroboShare retails for $199.

Data Robotics