Changing the World of Digital Storage

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Changing the Worldof Digital Storage

• Data Robotics Confidential

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Worldwide Personal Storage Forecast and Analysis
IDC, Feb 2007

• In 2006, more disk drive capacity will ship to
  support 'Personal' storage than 'Enterprise'
  storage.
• The storage needs of consumers and small
  businesses are similar to those of large
  corporations, but the storage solutions must be
  completely different.
• The opportunities for personal storage providers
  are all about simplistic, but fool-proof and
  effective solutions.

Exabytes
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Market Dynamics
For a well furnished networked home, data is
forecast to grow from 322GB in 2005 to 1.93TB in
2010.
2005 TDG Research, Trends in Digital Home
Storage Meeting with Data Robotics, May 2007
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Yet storage providers ARENT delivering
simplistic, fool-proof or effective solutions.
Whats RAID?
Capacity?
Level 0, 1 or 5?
Migration?
Mirroring?
NAS?
Striping?
Provisioning?
Volumes?
Hot-Spare?
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Welcome to the world of Drobo

• The worlds first storage robot
• Automatically controls all aspects of storage
  management
• Keeps your data safe. Automatically monitors and
  repairs problems that could put data at risk
• No configuration or management consoles. Drobo
  does all the work, handling any complex storage
  management

Connect via High-Speed USB 2.0 to any Mac of
Microsoft PC Supports up to four 3.5 internal
SATA I or II hard disk drives Microprocessor
controlled fan to ensure quiet operation No
host side software required
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Upgrade Forever
Simple Management
Data Aware
Pay As You Grow
Mix n Match Drives
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Simple Management
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Data Aware
This allows Drobo to automatically protect data
and recover more quickly from a drive failure
This allows Drobo to provide a capacity meter
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Mix n Match Drives
Drobo can utilize the capacity of different sized
drives.
120 GB
250 GB
500 GB
750 GB
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Pay As You Grow
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Upgrade Forever
Even when Drobo is full, you can upgrade
capacity. Drobo will indicate which drive to
replace with a larger one.
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• Fully automated storage that keeps your data safe
• No configuration or management consoles
• Any drive with no size restrictions upgrade
  forever
• Drobo does all the work, handling any complex
  storage management

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