Getting Started; Three Easy Steps; Selecting Hard Drives - Data Robotics DroboPro FS Bedienungsanleitung

II. Getting started
Your Drobo file sharing product (FS storage array) is designed to share
data over a network. This eliminates the problems of physically moving
your storage device between computers and having to take into account
different file system formats in order to share your data.

Three easy steps

To set up your FS array, you will need to do the following:
1. Install Drobo Dashboard – After installation, launch Drobo
Dashboard and leave it running while you complete the setup.
2. Insert drives – Use any 3.5" SATA drives. Start with at least two
drives to protect your valuable data. If you plan to use Dual Disk
Redundancy, start with at least three drives. All data on the
drives will be erased.
3. Connect cables – Connect the FS array to your network and
then connect power.
Drobo Dashboard will automatically discover your FS storage array. It
will take a few minutes for your device to finish its initial setup. After
the unit is ready, you should set the administrative username and
password. Then you can create new shares, add users, and change other
settings.
You will find more details on the setup in the "Drobo FS Setup" section
on page 7 or the "DroboPro FS Setup" on page 11.

Selecting hard drives

Drobo devices are unlike typical storage devices. They make it extremely
easy to increase storage capacity in the future by simply inserting
additional drives or replacing smaller drives with larger ones. This
means you can buy the storage you need today and then easily expand
later. You can save hundreds of dollars over time.
Drobo storage devices don't care what manufacturer, capacity or speed
of hard drive you install. They accept all standard 3.5-inch internal SATA
hard drives. SSD, SCSI and older IDE or ATA-type drives will not work.
Warning! Please note that when adding hard drives to your Drobo storage
device, any pre-existing data on those drives will be erased.
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