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onnectivity

• 2 x Thunderbolt ports; second port for daisy chaining Thunderbolt devices (Mac OS X only)
• 1 x USB 3.0 port

Drives and Expansion

• Up to four (4) 2.5″ SATA I/II/III hard disk drives or solid state drives – 7 mm and 9.5 mm in height (sold separately).
• One (1) mSATA solid state drive in the Drobo Accelerator Bay for increased performance (sold separately).
• Drives of any manufacturer, capacity, spindle speed, and/or cache can be used. No carriers or tools required. Click here for drive recommendations.
• Expandable by adding drives or hot-swapping drives with larger ones. Use the Capacity Calculator to estimate available storage in various configurations.

BeyondRAID Features

• Thin Provisioning
• Instant Expansion
• Mixed Drive Size Utilization
• Automatic Protection Levels
• Single – or Dual-Disk Redundancy
• Virtual Hot Spare
• Data Aware
• Drive Re-ordering

Management

• Drive bay indicator lights, capacity gauge, status lights
• Drobo Dashboard version 2.3 or later

Operating System Support

• Mac OS X 10.7 and higher
• Windows 8/8.1 32 and 64 bit
• Windows 7 32 and 64 bit

File System Options

• Mac OS X: HFS+
• Windows: NTFS

Hardware Features

• Carrier-less Drive Bays
• Power Fail Protection
• Kensington Lock Port for Security (lock not included)

Additional Software Features

• Hot Data Caching
• Drive Spin Down
• Dim Lights
• OS X Time Machine Support

Warranty

• One (1) year warranty in the US or outside the EU or two (2) year warranty in the EU.

Size and Weight

• Desktop Form Factor
• Width: 7.3 in (187.2 mm)
• Height: 1.8 in (44.6 mm)
• Depth: 7.1 in (180.0 mm)
• Weight: 2.2 lb (1 kg) without hard drives, power supply, or packaging

Power and Cooling

• External Power Supply:
  • AC Input – 100-240VAC~2A, 50-60Hz
  • DC Output – 12V, 4.16A, 50W max
• Dual, fixed, variable speed cooling fans

Box Contents

• Drobo Mini
• 3.3 ft (1 m) USB 3.0 cable
• 7.5 ft (2.2 m) power cord with power supply
• Quick Start Card

Optional Accessories

• Drobo Mini Carrying Case