Choosing Capacity; Keeping Your Product Up-To-Date; Safe Shutdown Of Your Fs Array - Data Robotics DroboPro FS Bedienungsanleitung

Choosing capacity

The number and capacity of drives determine how much usable
protected storage your FS array provides. Take the guesswork out by
using our Capacity Calculator at www.drobo.com/calculator, a web-
based tool which determines the actual usable protected capacity,
based on any combination of drives. To calculate the approximate
capacity yourself, omit the largest drive and then add-up the capacity of
the remaining drives. If you plan to use dual disk redundancy, omit the
largest two drives. For example (largest drives are crossed out):
Single Disk (Default) Redundancy
# Drives
3
4
4
Dual Disk Redundancy
# Drives Drive Capacities
4 250GB + 250GB + 250GB + 500GB
5 750GB + 500GB + 500GB + 500GB + 250GB
5 750GB + 1000GB + 500GB + 500GB + 500GB = 1500GB
* Actual capacity will typically be less than these numbers due to different
systems used for rating capacity. These discrepancies have nothing to do with
Drobo storage devices.

Keeping your product up-to-date

During your initial setup, Drobo Dashboard asks if you want to check for
updates automatically. We highly recommend you select the "Yes"
option to assure optimal performance of your FS array. This feature
enables you to keep both Drobo Dashboard and your product's
firmware current. Subsequently, you will receive a notice when a newer
version is available. You can check for the most current versions at
www.drobo.com/support/updates.

Safe Shutdown of your FS array

In the event that you need to shut your FS array down for any reason, it
is very important that you shut it down in a safe manner in order to
protect your valuable data. Improper shutdown can result in lost data.
4
Drive Capacities
250GB + 250GB + 250GB
250GB + 250GB + 250GB + 500GB = 750GB
750GB + 250GB + 250GB + 500GB = 1000GB
Usable Protected Capacity*
= 500GB
Usable Protected Capacity*
= 500GB
= 1250GB